<P> The album 's artwork emphasises the suggestive innuendo of the Sticky Fingers title , showing a close - up of a jeans - clad male crotch with the visible outline of a large penis ; the cover of the original ( vinyl LP ) release featured a working zipper and perforations around the belt buckle that opened to reveal a sub-cover image of cotton briefs . The vinyl release displayed the band 's name and album title along the image of the belt ; behind the zipper the white briefs were seemingly rubber stamped in gold with the stylized name of American pop artist Andy Warhol , below which read `` THIS PHOTOGRAPH MAY NOT BE -- ETC . '' While the artwork was conceived by Warhol , photography was by Billy Name and design was by Craig Braun . Braun and his team had other ideas , such as wrapping the album in rolling paper - a concept later used by Cheech & Chong in Big Bambu - but Jagger was enthused by Warhol 's cover with a zipper . Execution was then handled as Warhol sent Braun Polaroid pictures of a model in tight jeans . </P>
<P> The album 's artwork emphasises the suggestive innuendo of the Sticky Fingers title , showing a close - up of a jeans - clad male crotch with the visible outline of a large penis ; the cover of the original ( vinyl LP ) release featured a working zipper and perforations around the belt buckle that opened to reveal a sub-cover image of cotton briefs . The vinyl release displayed the band 's name and album title along the image of the belt ; behind the zipper the white briefs were seemingly rubber stamped in gold with the stylized name of American pop artist Andy Warhol , below which read `` THIS PHOTOGRAPH MAY NOT BE -- ETC . '' While the artwork was conceived by Warhol , photography was by Billy Name and design was by Craig Braun . Braun and his team had other ideas , such as wrapping the album in rolling paper - a concept later used by Cheech & Chong in Big Bambu - but Jagger was enthused by Warhol 's cover with a zipper . Execution was then handled as Warhol sent Braun Polaroid pictures of a model in tight jeans . </P>
1971 rolling stones album with a working zipper
1971 rolling stones album with a working zipper
Sticky Fingers
Sticky Fingers