Millions buy albums and cds, and millions adore their albums not just for the music, but also for the sleeve artwork which becomes by association the visual representation of everything the album represents for the listener. Album is unique - the first visual history of this phenomenon and of the designers, art directors, recording artists, and record companies associated with the greatest music graphics of all time. Structured chronologically, the book focuses on individuals, music scenes, and subcultures, including: Punk, Surfers, Psychedelia in London, Tamla Motown, Disco Divas, and DJ Culture.
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Nick de Ville is a designer, artist, critic, curator, and academic. He first came to prominence in the 1970s when he collaborated with Bryan Ferry on many of Roxy Music's album covers, including the notorious Country Life album that was banned in the United States. Since then he has lectured at many art schools on contemporary art and its wider context, and is now Professor of Visual Arts at Goldsmiths' College, London. He has published numerous essays on contemporary art and design and is the co-author of Lenare - the Art of Society Photography (1982).
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Soft cover. Zustand: Near Fine. First Paperback edition. Card covers, square 4to, pp.256. Illustrated. Visual history of classic LP sleeve design with chapters on what preceded illustrated covers ( from 1878 - 1940 ), the beginnings of the album cover ( 1940 - 1949 ) and the decades that followed. Full text accompanies the illustrations, as well as details of the cover shown. Clean and tight. Near fine. Heavy book weighing c1600g when parcelled, exceeding the postage quotation default weight of 1000g and thus incurring extra postage over the default for orders from overseas and those sent by 1st class post in the UK ( 2nd class UK post unaffected ). Artikel-Nr. 011287
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