Meet the Beatles!
Initially, the Ramones wanted an album cover similar to "Meet the Beatles!" (1964) and subsequently had pictures taken in that style by Danny Fields but Sire was dissatisfied with the results. The art direction was by Toni Wadler and, according to cartoonist John Holmstrom, the "Meet The Beatles" cover idea came out "horribly". Wadler later chose a photo by Roberta Bayley, a photographer for "Punk" magazine for the cover. The black and white photograph on the front of the album was originally in an issue of "Punk".