Music Album Covers with the American Flag on Them - Part I

Composite image of 25 album covers featuring the American flag on them.

The American flag is a powerful visual cue representing patriotism. More often, and as seen in the covers here, it is used to raise questions about American identity and politics.

We cover the flag theme in 2 posts. The first post (this) has album covers mostly before the year 2000. The second post (here) has album covers mostly after the year 2000. 

The 25 albums in the post with “Old Glory” are arranged more or less by date:

1968 Richard Pryor - The Anthology 1968 - 1992 1969 Jefferson Airplane - Volunteers 1970 Canned Heat - Future Blues 1970 Edwin Starr - War and Peace / Involved 1971 Don McLean - American Pie

1971 Sly and the Family Stone - There's a Riot Going On 1972 Johnny Cash - America 1974 Johnny Cash - Ragged Old Flag 1975 Premiata Forniera Marconi - Chocolate Kings 1976 Gil Scott Heron - It's Your World

1980 Husker Du - Land Speed Record 1981 Randy Newman - Ragtime - Soundtrack 1982 Motley Crue - Red, White and Crue 1984 Bruce Springsteen - Born in the USA 1985 Various - Farm Aid

1989 Garth Brooks - The Hits 1990 2 Live Crew - Banned in the USA 1991 Ice Cube - Death Certificate 1994 Black Crowes - Amorica 1994 Various - Kiss My Ass - Classic Kiss Regrooved

1995 Gov't Mule - Gov't Mule 1995 Various - United DJs of America Vol 4 1996 Anti-Flag - Die for the Government 1996 Ministry - Filth Pig 1997 Motley Crue - Generation Swine