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If every picture tells a story then album sleeves speak volumes. Just ask Simon Halfon whose LP designs for the likes of Oasis, George Michael and The Style Council, have helped shape British pop culture over the past 40 years.

Some of the biggest names in music are friends with Simon, who has also worked his visual magic for stars such as Sir Tom Jones, Kim Wilde, Lenny Kravitz and David Bowie.

His stellar career took off in 1979 thanks to a mixture of luck and cheek. He blagged a chat with The Jam and Paul Weller for a student mag after seeing them in Bridlington, East Yorks.

He landed a job in the post room of Stiff Records, home to Madness, Elvis Costello and the Damned, and then moved to its art department and created a cover for

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