Shows jazz, classical, new wave, and rock album covers from Japan, England and the United States and discusses developments in cover design
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Seller: BISON BOOKS - ABAC/ILAB, Winnipeg, MB, Canada
Paperback. pp. 141. 4to. Light shelfwear; very good. Seller Inventory # 086781
Seller: Lindenlea Books, Ottawa, ON, Canada
Soft cover. Condition: Very Good Plus. Dust Jacket Condition: No DJ. First Edition. First printing. Lightly rubbed along edges, front corners creased, pages darkened, else very good plus. Note: heavy book. Seller Inventory # 004939
Seller: Alhambra Books, Edmonton, AB, Canada
Soft cover. Condition: Good. First American Edition. Text by Colin Greenland and Bob Fisher. 140 pp including index, plates. Wraps rubbed, edgewear, creased corners. Interior unmarked, spine straight and uncreased. Seller Inventory # 010199
Seller: Hollywood Canteen Inc., Toronto, ON, Canada
Paperback. Condition: Good. 22febBackroom filingSurface wear. Seller Inventory # 220205014
Seller: West Cove UK, Wellington, United Kingdom
Hardcover. Condition: Good. Immediate dispatch from Somerset. Nice older book in good condition. Pages in good condition. Protective cover fitted. Hardcover. English. See images for condition. About the book >.>.> The Album Cover Album was the first book to collect and document the pictorial history of the record sleeve, from 1939 to its publication in 1977-by which date everything had changed with the breakthrough of "New Wave". Next came Album Cover Album 2 in 1982, telling the story of those fertile five years. In the next two years the record industry has moved on at an undreamt-of pace. As before, this selection of art is international, but we've chosen to focus on British work in this introduction, for the most dramatic development has been the new worldwide passion for British pop and rock. Unlike the climate of 1982, in 1984 British artists have at any one time occupied in excess of 35% of the U.S. charts the largest market for recorded music in the world. Riffling through record racks, or through the pages of this book, it's immediately apparent what a stimulus this has been for British designers, illustrators and photographers. So rather than analyse the sleeve art itself, this time we've ch. Seller Inventory # Batch-FM631-G-13124
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Seller: Burton Lysecki Books, ABAC/ILAB, Winnipeg, MB, Canada
[0-312-01707-3] 1984, 1st edition. (Square 4to paperback) Near fine. 140pp. Frontispiece, color photographs, color illustrations, index. "The third book of record sleeves". Compiled by Roger Dean & David Howells. (Art, Record Jackets). Seller Inventory # 114253