Album
Classic Sleeve Design
Published on 14. October 2005
Book
Paperback/Softback
256 pages
978-1-84533-130-6 (ISBN)
Description
Millions buy albums and cds, and millions adore their albums not just for the music, but also for the sleeve artwork which becomes by association the visual representation of everything the album represents for the listener. Album is unique - the first visual history of this phenomenon and of the designers, art directors, recording artists, and record companies associated with the greatest music graphics of all time. Structured chronologically, the book focuses on individuals, music scenes, and subcultures, including: Punk, Surfers, Psychedelia in London, Tamla Motown, Disco Divas, and DJ Culture.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Octopus Publishing Group
Product notice
With flaps
Illustrations
500 colour illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 280 mm
Width: 283 mm
Thickness: 20 mm
Weight
1305 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-84533-130-6 (9781845331306)
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Person
Nick de Ville is a designer, artist, critic, curator, and academic. He first came to prominence in the 1970s when he collaborated with Bryan Ferry on many of Roxy Music's album covers, including the notorious Country Life album that was banned in the United States. Since then he has lectured at many art schools on contemporary art and its wider context, and is now Professor of Visual Arts at Goldsmiths' College, London. He has published numerous essays on contemporary art and design and is the co-author of Lenare - the Art of Society Photography (1982).
Content
6 Introduction; 14 1900-40: Design For Music Before The Album; 30 1940-1949: The Birth Of The Album Cover; Alex Steinweiss; Jim Flora; Bob Jones; 42 1950-59: The Pioneering Years; Early Blue Note; Erik Nitsche; David Stone Martin; Rudolph de Harak and Neil Fujita at Columbia; Bert Goldblatt; Paul Huf; Reid Miles at Blue Note; William Claxton and Woody Woodward; Saul Bass; Ivan Chermayeff; Early Rock 'n' Roll; Marvin Israel and Loring Eutemy at Atlantis; 76 1960-69: Teen Culture, Pop, And Psychedelia; Tamla Motown; Surfers; The Beatles; Cosmic Visions of the Counter Culture; Mouse & Kelley Studios; Victor Moscoso; Wilson, McLean, and Conklin at the Filmore; Rick Griffin; Psychedelia in London; Hapash and the Coloured Coat; Bob Seideman; Andy Warhol; Cal Schenkel; William S Harvey and Joel Brodsky at Electra; Bob Cato and John Berg at Columbia; 110 1970-1979: From Progressive Rock To Punk; West Coast Design in the early '70s; Neon Park XIII; Rod Dyer; Mick Haggerty; Roger Dean; Tadanoori Yukoo; Reggae; The Rolling Stones; Bryan Ferry; Hipgnosis; Heavy Metal Art; Shusei Nagaoka; Disco Heaven and Disco Divas; Punk; Jamie Reid; Post-punk in Britain: 1978-1983; Barney Bubbles; 156 1980-1989: From New Wave To Acid House; Designers of the Manchester Music Scene; Morrisey; Assorted Images; Neville Brody; Identity Politics and Glamour; Vaughan Oliver; Russell Mills, David Coppenhall, Steve Byram, Martyn Atkins, and Brian Griffin; Annie Leibovitz; ECM; Stylogrouge; Anton Corbijn; DJ Culture; 200 1990-: Techno To Napster... And Beyond; Trevor Jackson; Designers Republic; Art Chantry, Grunge, and Sub Pop; Me Company; David James; Microdot; Design for Classical/New Music; Peter Saville; Nick Knight; Mark Farrow; The Drawn Image, post Apple Mac; Ben Drury at Mo Wax; Stefan Sagmeister; tomato; Blue Source; intro; Carlos Segura; 224 Bibliography; 251 Index; 256 Acknowledgments