1000 Record Covers - Taschen

"Wonderfully edited by TASCHEN, this book is bound to bring tears to the eyes... The vinyl revival? This is a book that makes a strong case for the cause." - Inpress, Melbourne

Record covers are a witness to an era. Just like the music they illustrate, they evoke love, life, death, the spirit of the times, as well as revolt. For music lovers, record covers are a reflection of a specific period, a given moment in their existence. Many of them, true works of art, have become as famous as the music they illustrate, like Andy Warhol's famous banana, for example, created for Velvet Underground.

This special edition of Record Covers presents a selection of the best album covers from the 1960s to the 1990s, chosen from the immense private collection of Michael Ochs, a record collector, DJ and journalist who also worked in the publicity department of several record labels. This book, which can be read as a journey through time or a general study of the evolution of "cover art", finally does justice to a form of artistic expression that is still too underestimated.

Author(s): Ochs Michael

Publisher: Taschen

Release: 04/20/2005

Number of pages: 574

Format: Paperback

Dimensions: 19.5 x 14 x 4.5