Synopsis
Album art is indelibly linked to our collective musical memories; when you think of your favorite albums, you picture the covers. Many photographers, illustrators, and art directors have become celebrities from their album artworks―the best examples of which will go down in history as permanent fixtures in popular culture.
Paying tribute to this art form, Rock Covers brings you a compilation of more than 750 remarkable album covers, from legendary to rare record releases. Artists as varied as Elvis Presley, The Beatles, The Sex Pistols, Pink Floyd, The Cure, Iron Maiden, and Sonic Youth are gathered together in celebration of the cover art that defined their albums and their cult status. Each cover is accompanied by a fact sheet listing the art director, photographer or illustrator, year, label, and more, while nearly 250 records that marked particular turning points for a band, an artist, or the music genre, are highlighted with short descriptions.
This far-reaching catalog of visualized rock is contextualized with insider interviews with professionals who shaped the history of rock, and by top-10 record lists from ten leading rock collectors.
About the series
TASCHEN is 40! Since we started our work as cultural archaeologists in 1980, TASCHEN has become synonymous with accessible publishing, helping bookworms around the world curate their own library of art, anthropology, and aphrodisia at an unbeatable price. Today we celebrate 40 years of incredible books by staying true to our company credo. The 40 series presents new editions of some of the stars of our program―now more compact, friendly in price, and still realized with the same commitment to impeccable production.
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About the Authors
Jonathan Kirby is a record collector and music writer. He served as an editor for Brooklyn-based music magazine Wax Poetics, has contributed in-depth articles for Oxford American and The Fader and is currently an A&R at Chicago’s famed archival label the Numero Group, where he also conceived the compilation Purple Snow: Forecasting the Minneapolis Sound.
Robbie Busch aka “McBoing Boing” is an internationally recognized record collector and DJ. He has worn many artistic hats over the years: consulter and producer for numerous record labels, writer and photographer for magazines including Wax Poetics, Big Brother and XXL, comic book artist/writer and storyboard artist.
Julius Wiedemann studied graphic design and marketing and was an art editor for newspapers and design magazines in Tokyo before joining TASCHEN in 2001. His titles include the Illustration Now! and Record Covers series, as well as the infographics collection and books about advertising and visual culture.
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Buch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - Album-Cover sind unauslöschlich mit unseren kollektiven musikalischen Erinnerungen verbunden; denkt man an eine Lieblingsplatte, stellt man sich das Cover vor. Generationen von Grafikern, Fotografen, Illustratoren, Künstlern und Art-Direktoren haben sich an dieser lange verkannten Kunstform abgearbeitet. Viele Cover sind als feste Bestandteile in die Rockgeschichte eingegangen und haben ihre Schöpfer selber zu Prominenten der Populärkultur gemacht. Als Hommage an diese Kunstform stellen wir 750 der großartigsten Plattencover der Rockgeschichte vor, Klassiker des Genres wie auch weniger bekannte Glanzstücke - von Elvis über die Beatles, Pink Floyd und Iron Maiden bis zu The Cure, den Sex Pistols und Sonic Youth. Zu jedem Cover gibt es tabellarische Informationen über Erscheinungsjahr, Interpret, Label, Art-Direktor, Fotograf oder Illustrator und mehr. 250 Platten, die für die Entwicklung der Rockmusik, den Künstler oder ein ganzes Genre von besonderer Bedeutung waren, werden ausführlicher besprochen. Das Ganze wird abgerundet durch Insider-Interviews sowie Top-Ten-Listen von zehn ausgewählten Sammlern von Rockplatten.; Mehrsprachige Ausgabe. Seller Inventory # 9783836576437
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Hardback. Condition: New. Album art is indelibly linked to our collective musical memories; when you think of your favorite albums, you picture the covers. Many photographers, illustrators, and art directors have become celebrities from their album artworks-the best examples of which will go down in history as permanent fixtures in popular culture. Paying tribute to this art form, Rock Covers brings you a compilation of more than 750 remarkable album covers, from legendary to rare record releases. Artists as varied as Elvis Presley, The Beatles, The Sex Pistols, Pink Floyd, The Cure, Iron Maiden, and Sonic Youth are presented in celebration of the cover art that defined their albums and their cult status. Each cover is accompanied by a fact sheet listing the art director, photographer or illustrator, year, label, and more, while nearly 250 records that marked particular turning points for a band, an artist, or the music genre, are highlighted with short descriptions. This far-reaching catalog of visualized rock is contextualized with insider interviews with professionals who shaped the history of rock, and by top-10 record lists from ten leading rock collectors. Seller Inventory # LU-9783836576437
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