The Britpop band chose a picture taken in 2004 of Gourock Lido for the artwork on their new album.
A photograph of Scotland's oldest outdoor heated swimming pool has been used for the cover of Britpop band Blur's new album.
The man was unaware of the photo being taken but found out years later when a friend saw it in a Glasgow exhibition.Blur chose a picture of a man swimming in the lido, looking across the Firth of Clyde, for their new album coverthat he sent Ian Galt a print when he contacted him to say he was the swimmer.
McAslan is from Dunoon in Argyll and Bute - which sits on the other side of the upper Firth of Clyde, a short ferry journey from Gourock.
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