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Tom Stevens and Guardian readers

The places behind the music: share your photos of album sleeve locations

Paul's Boutique by the Beastie Boys.
Paul’s Boutique by the Beastie Boys. A clothing store in 1989 at what is now the more gentrified corner of Ludlow and Rivington on New York’s Lower East Side Photograph: Halley Docherty for Guardian Cities

Having marked the eighth annual Record Store Day on Saturday 18 April, we’d like to see your photos of the places that have been made famous by album covers. Have you visited the location of your favourite album of all time? Perhaps you remember some striking album sleeves from your parents’ vinyl collection growing up, and have come across the locations years later? 

Whether you’ve been to the now closed Walthamstow dog track as portrayed on Blur’s Parklife album sleeve, the residential blocks on St Mark’s Place, New York featured on Led Zeppelin’s Physical Graffiti or the Astor Place subway station made famous by Billy Joel’s Turnstiles cover share your photos of the album sleeve locations you have discovered on your travels. We will use the most interesting contributions on the site. 

You can share your album sleeve location photos and stories by clicking on the blue ‘Contribute’ button on this article. You can also use the GuardianWitness smartphone app or the Guardian app and search for ‘GuardianWitness assignments.’ If you’d like to share your photo via Instagram, you can do so by using #GuardianWitness 

  • GuardianWitness is the home of readers’ content on the Guardian. Contribute your video, pictures and stories, and browse news, reviews and creations submitted by others. Posts will be reviewed prior to publication on GuardianWitness, and the best pieces will feature on the Guardian site. 
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