Research- Vintage Album Art

I wanted to look at vintage Album art as that is the direction I would like my own to go in, with a 

vintage feel but a contemporary look.  I particularly like these examples, they are all quite Illustrative and have a quirky feel to them. 

Finnegans Wake by James Joyce | Read by Patrick Bedford
Cover art by Russo, 1963

Basil Rathbone reads Edgar Allan Poe
Cover art (woodcut) by Antonio Frasconi

Pineapple Poll | A Ballet based on Music of Sir Arthur Sullivan
Cover art by ?, 1951

Stamitz
Cover art by Eric Carle, 1968