Rock Covers – 40th Edt.

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From legendary releases to ultra-rare records, Elvis Presley to Iron Maiden, discover the 750 album covers that made rock history. Fact sheets,insider interviews, and lists from leading collectors of their top 10 records guide us through the indelible markers of musical memory, complete with bonus info on 250 milestone recordsthat became turning points for a band, an artist, or an entire genre.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 Youthare 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 interviewswith professionals who shaped the history of rock, and by top-10 record lists from ten leading rock collectors.

Edition: Multilingual (Text in English, French, and German)


Poids
1.4 kg
Dimensions

4.3 x 16.5 x 22.5

Couverture

Hardcover

Pages

512

Langue
  • English
  • French
  • German
Couleur
  • Black
ISBN:
  • 9783836576437




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