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Art Record Covers (Multilingual Edition)

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Since the dawn of modernism, visual and music production have had a particularly intimate relationship. From Luigi Russolo’s 1913 Futurist manifesto L’Arte dei Rumori (The Art of Noise) to Marcel Duchamp’s 1925 double-sided discs Rotoreliefs, the 20th century saw ever more fertile exchange between sounds and shapes, marks and melodies, and different fields of composition and performance. In Francesco Spampinato’s unique anthology of artists’ record covers, we discover the rhythm of this particular cultural history. The book presents 500 covers and records by visual artists from the 1950s through to today, exploring how modernism, Pop Art, Conceptual Art, postmodernism, and various forms of contemporary art practice have all informed this collateral field of visual production and supported the mass distribution of music with defining imagery that swiftly and suggestively evokes an aural encounter. Along the way, we find Jean-Michel Basquiat’s urban hieroglyphs for his own Tartown record label, Banksy’s stenciled graffiti for Blur, Damien Hirst’s symbolic skull for the Hours, and a skewered Salvador Dalí butterfly on Jackie Gleason’s Lonesome Echo. There are insightful analyses and fact sheets alongside the covers listing the artist, performer, album name, label, year of release, and information on the original artwork. Interviews with Tauba Auerbach, Shepard Fairey, Kim Gordon, Christian Marclay, Albert Oehlen, and Raymond Pettibon add personal accounts on the collaborative relationship between artists and musicians. Read more

Publisher ‏ : ‎ TASCHEN; Multilingual edition (January 13, 2017)


Language ‏ : ‎ Multilingual


Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 448 pages


ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 3836540290


ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 92


Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 8.53 pounds


Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 11.81 x 1.78 x 11.75 inches


Best Sellers Rank: #96,700 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #165 in Music History & Criticism (Books) #210 in Graphic Design Techniques #383 in Art History (Books)


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  • A heavy, interesting perspective on vinyl covers
A good overview and a bit of history on some lesser known record covers. Great pics, easy to read, definite conversation starter.
Reviewed in the United States on November 19, 2023 by Ron Leybovich

  • Record Covers really can be collectable, affordable art!
This is an excellent book covering the emergence of vinyl record cover art as legitimate, collectable art. This is not encyclopedic in nature, but covers a large number of artists whose work has appeared on vinyl record covers. As vinyl collecting explodes among new fans, this is a nice reminder of how important the association of music and visual art has been since the late 1940s. I wish this had gone deeper in depth about some of the prolific artists like Andy Warhol and Keith Haring, but this is a great educational tool that you can use as a start, before checking out other record cover art books and websites. ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on April 8, 2017 by Frank M Edwards

  • Great gift idea!
This was given as a gift and the recipient loved it!
Reviewed in the United States on December 26, 2021 by Lorraine Smilko

  • Great coffee table!
Nice book!
Reviewed in the United States on January 3, 2021 by Wonda Clyatt

  • Coffee table!
A beautiful book for my table!
Reviewed in the United States on January 5, 2020 by Kellye Russell Kellye Russell

  • Good product. RECOMMENDED
Fast delivery. Good product. RECOMMENDED!
Reviewed in the United States on January 3, 2018 by Tom P. Umhoefer

  • Five Stars
My grandson loved it!
Reviewed in the United States on November 9, 2017 by Brenda K. Robinson

  • Huge but unimpressive
The size of the book and quality production are great as Taschen’s books generally are. That’s where it ends though. The cover causes the assumption that you are going to see a collection of THE BEST in album cover art, when in reality, what you will find is a collection of politicized graphics that are almost wholly visually uninteresting. There are a few classics scattered in there like Sgt Pepper, but these are almost without exception, covers that would have caused me to pass over purchasing an album. NOT recommended. ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on December 6, 2021 by Whitney Lake

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