UID:
kobvindex_INT0002739
Format:
192 pages
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richly illustrated (chiefly colour)
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27.5 x 27.5 cm
Edition:
1st edition
ISBN:
9780785826774
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9781849120425
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0785826777
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1849120420
Content:
"THE ART OF THE ALBUM COVER celebrates seven decades of sleeve design from the early covers of Alex Steinweiss in the 1940s, through the Cool Jazz of the Fifties, the pop and psychedelic revolution of the Sixties, the golden age of the album cover in the Seventies, the New Wave of the Eighties, the Britpop and Grunge years of the Nineties, and the iPod generation of the Noughties. [...] Includes useful information on how to get started on your own cover design and to download the templates."
Content:
"This book traces right back to the 1940s and even before (including some great single sleeves from the 1930s). It covers over seven decades of music packaging and features stories and the work of many key designers, photographers, and artists who made it all happen."
Note:
Foreword by Aubrey Powell -- Sleeve notes -- 1940s: Albums and long-players -- 1950s: The birth of the cool -- 1960s: Pop to Psychedelia -- 1970s: Prog, Disco, Funk and Punk -- 1980s: The smaller square -- 1990s: OK Computers -- 2000s: Virtual album covers -- Create an album cover -- Further reading -- Index
Language:
English
