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At a time when music is increasingly being downloaded and uploaded, the art of packaging music is being lost. For the past five decades musicians have displayed their work inside packages that were often as integral as the music itself. This book brings together 250 of the greatest album covers of all time and is arranged chronologically, beginning in 1956. There is a 50-strong judging panel selecting the final 250 entries, those judges having been drawn from the great and the good of the music industry. The panel includes famous designers, musicians, producers and record company executives whose reasons for choosing covers will accompany the illustration of the sleeve. From rock "n" roll to pop, R&B to jazz, blues and even folk some of the album covers included are obvious and essential to such a volume, while others will surprise readers and jog memories. The chosen entries might not necessarily be of a best-selling release, but they will be important artistically, stylistically or culturally. This book will undoubtedly be an object of discussion and argument for music fans the world over.
About the Author
Miles has written several seminal books on the Beat generations, including biographies of Ginsberg, Burroughs and Kerouac, and in October 2002 published his memoirs of the decade titled In The Sixties (Jonathan Cape). He is the author of the best selling Hippie (Cassell Illustrated, 2003). Grant Scott has art directed several leading magazines, including Tatler and English Elle, and has worked with photographers such as William Klein, Jean Loup Sieff, David Bailey and Don McCullin. Choosing to move behind the camera lens, Scott was winner of the John Kobal Portrait Awards 2000 and has been exhibited at the National Portrait Gallery.
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
I first saw this book in a shop and being into music, graphic design and even album cover design from time to time was so excited by it I had to go back and buy it. When it wasn't there I ordered it from Amazon - and when it arrived I was extremely disappointed by the size of it. The book I had seen in the shop was huge, displaying all the images in 'in your face' detail. That's what I was looking forward to. And what I received was not even 9" square. The content is good, but sometimes lost. Shame.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
This was a present for my 15 year old son who loves rock music. He has dipped into it. I am having trouble getting much information out of him, but he says it is arranged by decade and by type of music, occasionally by artist. There is information about everything - a little about the history of the album, the music, and who the artwork is by. He would probably have preferred the best rock album covers.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
I love this book and so do my sixth form media students who are using it to research music packaging images for their own production work. Worth every penny.
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