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12%OFFJonathan Kirby - Rock Covers - 9783836545259 - V9783836545259
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Rock Covers

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Description for Rock Covers Hardcover. Album art is indelibly linked to our collective musical memories; when you think of your favorite albums, you picture the covers. Paying tribute to this art form, this title brings you a compilation that includes 600 remarkable covers, from legendary to rare record releases. Num Pages: 552 pages. BIC Classification: AKLB; AVGP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 299 x 302 x 47. Weight in Grams: 4124.

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 Youth are gathered together in ... Read more

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Product Details

Publisher
TASCHEN GmbH
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
Weight
4124g
Number of Pages
552
Place of Publication
Cologne, Germany
ISBN
9783836545259
SKU
V9783836545259
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About Jonathan Kirby
Jonathan Kirby is a record collector and music writer. He served as an editor for Brooklyn-based music magazine Wax Poetics, has contributed in-depth articles for Oxford American and The Fader and is currently an A&R at Chicago’s famed archival label the Numero Group, where he also conceived the compilation Purple Snow: Forecasting the Minneapolis Sound. Robbie Busch aka ... Read more

Reviews for Rock Covers
“The material is wonderful. The subject merits so thorough and authoritative an account and caption details are good.”
The Spectator
“A lovingly and illuminatingly annotated journey.”
Metal Hammer
“The ultimate rock’n’roll art book.”
instyle.co.uk
“…as is the case with any TASCHEN book, you can rest assured it will look as good on display as ... Read more

Goodreads reviews for Rock Covers


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