Vinyl . Album . Cover . Art

Recently I acquired a portable record player. The first thing I did was break out my old record albums and began to play them. I am a child of the 60s and 70s so the music I love is also from that period.

Those years were famous for their record album designs. Besides the records themselves, I loved the art, photos, lyrics and special insert the albums contained.

The Hipgnosis Design Group was responsible for many of those album’s covers. In the new Thames & Hudson book: Vinyl . Album . Cover . Art The Complete Hipgnosis Catalogue by Aubrey Powell, with a foreword by Peter Gabriel, their entire catalogue of album covers 1967 to 1984 is showcased.

Wow! Talk about bringing back some great memories! So many of the albums shown I owned and listened to. To be honest many of the albums I bought simply because I liked their covers. While many of the albums were by acts I knew there were others I did not and taking a chance based on their cover art or photos I bought them.

This deluxe hardbound book showcases an era when album cover designs ruled the world of music. If an album did not have a striking or unusual cover it could very well tank the sales of said album.

The book is a fun and fascinating to look at. I learned a lot about what it takes to make a successful album cover, the music groups and individuals whose albums were showcased and especially about the design group that created the album covers.

Interesting facts, behind-the-scenes tidbits and statistical information about each album represented are included.

Romans 15:13 - Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that ye may abound in hope, through the power of the Holy Ghost.