Janis Joplin at the Royal Albert Hall supported by the up and coming young band Yes

The video of the Kinks’ 1986 compilation album found a slightly awkward Ray Davies straining to affect a lounge lizard pose, but Keith caught him at the right moment, which in a slightly different form became the cover shot..

Although he’d photographed Traffic live a few times, it wasn’t until commissioned by Island to do some p.r. shots for his first solo album that Keith had worked solely with Steve Winwood. His farmyard backdrop neatly reflected Steve’s laid-back rural image

Petty and his band first toured Britain in ’77 behind their eponymous first album, and despite the ravages of punk at the time gave a great account of themselves, as Keith’s shot clearly shows

The first series of Rock Proms featured a sometimes awkward mix of mainstream and underground artists, but Led Zeppelin were undeniably triumphant and Mr Plant’s pose left no-one in doubt of where he was headed

Taken at the height of their eminence, Keith’s study of BC’s Mick Ralphs and Paul Rodgers caught them in earnest rock god pose

Ian Anderson of Jethro Tull, with the actress Madeleine Smith. Although not really a folk or even folk-rock act, Jethro Tull were friends with Fairport Convention (Bassist Dave Pegg played simultaneously with the Tull and Fairport between 1969 and 1994) which may explain how Keith came to shoot Ian for Island Records.

Keith was a good friend of the multi-talented ex-Velvet Undergrounder and supplied cover shots for several of his albums, two of which are in this exhibition. This of course is for Helen of Troy released against his wishes in a form he deemed unfinished.

Formed from the ashes of mod band The Action, Keith took all the photos for Mighty Baby’s first, eponymously titled album, including very different individual poses of each of its members. And here guitarist Stone displays an early sign of his taste for unusual hats and faraway thoughts.

Another uncommon portrait from the sleeves of Mighty Baby’s first, hugely underrated album, this one catching bass player Mike Evans in a rare vanity mirror moment.