Philip Lloyd-Smee

Philip Lloyd-Smee
Philip Lloyd-Smee
Other names	Phil Smee
Occupations	Designer, music journalist
Known for	Designing iconic album covers, Bam-Caruso records

Last updated January 21, 2026

One of Phil Smee's better known designs Motorheadselftitled.jpg — One of Phil Smee's better known designs

Philip Lloyd-Smee is an English music journalist, designer and record collector, who designed music album covers and owned an independent record label known as Bam-Caruso. In 1986, he began the Rubble music compilation series, wherein he retroactively coined the microgenre and phrase known as "freakbeat" in the liner notes, specifically to refer to a style of British rock music from the 1960s.

Much of Smee's design work was done for CD re-issues of 1960s and 1970s productions by artists such as Moby Grape, Syd Barrett, Elvis Costello, T-Bone Burnett and others. One of his more notable designs is the lettering of the Motörhead logo (the "War-Pig" image is by Joe Petagno).^[1]

References

↑ Hepworth, David (21 January 2010). "Here's a bloke whose record collection may well be worth as much as your house". The Word magazine. Archived from the original on 2 February 2010. Retrieved 14 February 2010.

External links

Philip Lloyd-Smee discography at Discogs

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[TheWord-1] Hepworth, David (21 January 2010). "Here's a bloke whose record collection may well be worth as much as your house". The Word magazine. Archived from the original on 2 February 2010. Retrieved 14 February 2010.

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