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1000 Record Covers

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A fascinating survey of cover art (TASCHEN's 25th anniversary special edition), record covers are a sign of our life and times. Like the music on the discs, they address such issues as love, life, death, fashion, and rebellion. For music fans the covers are the expression of a period, of a particular time in their lives. Many are works of art and have become as famous as the music they stand for such as Andy Warhol's covers, for example, including the banana he designed for The Velvet Underground. This special edition of Record Covers presents a selection of the best 60s to 90s rock album covers from music archivist, disc jockey, journalist, and ex-record publicity executive Michael Ochs's enormous private collection. Both a trip down memory lane and a study in the evolution of cover art, this is a sweeping look at an under-appreciated art form.

This edition is in English, French and German.

575 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1,1996

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Format
575 pages, Hardcover
Published
March 30, 2005 by Taschen America Llc
ISBN
9783822840856
ASIN
3822840858
Language
Multiple languages

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Michael Ochs is an American photographic archivist best known for his extensive collection of pictures related to rock music dating back to the 1950s and 1960s. The Michael Ochs Archives, located in Venice, California, contained 3 million vintage prints, proof sheets and negatives which were licensed daily for use in CD reissues, books, films and documentaries.
The Los Angeles Times called Ochs "America's preeminent rock 'n' roll photo archivist" and described his archive as "the dominant force in the rock image marketplace"; The New York Times called it "the premier source of musician photography in the world". Ochs sold the archive to Getty Images in 2007.

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underatterman
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March 26,2025
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The art of rock n roll... As a vinyl lover (but not able to enjoy since I have no working turntable currently) this book is very cool! It spans many generations of music and genres. Great coffee table style book.
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artemisxii
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March 26,2025
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1000 Record Covers es un libro de 1996 escrito por Michael Ochs, un archivista musical, disc jockey, periodista y ex ejecutivo de Atlantic Records. El libro presenta una selección de las mejores portadas de álbumes de rock de los años 60 a los 90.

El libro está dividido en décadas, con cada década presentando una selección de 100 portadas de álbumes. Las portadas están organizadas alfabéticamente por artista. Cada portada está acompañada de una breve reseña que proporciona información sobre el álbum, la banda y el artista.

El libro es una excelente fuente para los fanáticos del rock que buscan una visión general de las mejores portadas de álbumes de la era del rock clásico. Las portadas están bien seleccionadas y representan una amplia gama de estilos musicales, desde el rock and roll de los años 60 hasta el grunge de los años 90.

Las reseñas son informativas y concisas, y brindan una buena introducción a cada álbum. El libro también incluye una introducción del propio Ochs, que proporciona una visión general de la historia de las portadas de álbumes de rock.
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popcornfantasy
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March 26,2025
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Some people say this is just a bunch of small photos of album sleeves slapped together with minimal thought and little point except to encourage the drools of the nostalgically excitable.

But I demur. Although I do see the funny irony in celebrating the art of the LP sleeve by reducing the reproductions to about a quarter of the size of a cd cover.

Still, I would never have seen all these sleeves gathered in one place myself, so yeah.

Mr Ochs is a man of few words. 99% of these sleeves are presented without comment. The comment is all in the juxtaposition. But very occasionally he rouses himself to make an observation, usually on one topic :

The Five Keys cover is rare because the thimb on the far left might have been misunderstood as an exposed penis. Most copies have the thumb airbrushed out.

These compilations are of primarily black recording artists, yet, once again, only white people are shown on the covers.

The original cover was changed soon after release and a white couple was put on the cover to get the record carried in the South.


Some covers really stop you in your tracks, however many times you flip through these 768 pages - this time for me it was :





As words have now failed me, I will stop.



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LanieStyle
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March 26,2025
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while this books shows lots of covers it does not discuss them.
There are a few examples of early (1950s) cheapness and misdirection.
Also missing are many "fantastic" album covers. Covers that were bigger than the album themselves.
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lousyFur
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March 26,2025
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This book makes a good coffee table read.
Not a lot of text,but as is common with Taschen,beautifully reproduced album covers(sleeves).
A fabulous source material book for those who are new to the vinyl game.
For us older ones, a great memory jogger of all those albums we used to,or still,have.
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lujsy
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March 26,2025
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I paged through looking at the pictured album covers. Enjoyed seeing a few I'd forgotten. Got a special tingle when I saw one I still have myself upstairs. Missed seeing some I thought should have been included if there was any rhyme or reason to this other than someone's personal collection. I was surprised (but maybe I shouldn't have been) and the sexual aspect of many of these, and the oh so many different ways to display the female body. And rarely with subtlety or cleverness.
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