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Portraying Performer Image in Record Album Cover Art

Inbunden, Engelska, 2021

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In this work, Ken Bielen explains how album cover art authenticates recording artists in a particular genre. He considers albums issued from the 1950s to the 1980s, the golden era of record album cover art. The whole album package is studied, including the front and back covers, the inside cover, the inner sleeve, and the liner notes. Performers in rock and roll, folk and folk rock, soul and disco, psychedelic, Americana nostalgia, and singer-songwriter genres are included in this study of hundreds of record album covers.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2021-11-02
Mått161 x 228 x 22 mm
Vikt590 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
SerieFor the Record: Studies in Rock and Popular Music
Antal sidor222
FörlagBloomsbury Publishing Plc
ISBN9781793640727

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Musikvetenskap inom Kultur
Populärmusik inom Kultur
Kulturvetenskap inom Samhälle och politik

There was nothing like walking into a record store during the LP era and catching sight of an album cover that presented a vision of the artist, the music and a reflection of the times. We listened with our eyes before we tasted with our ears. Are they one of us? The images on an album cover are images of an artist as well as images of ourselves. Or at least the image they want to project is. Ken Bielen looks at album covers and uncovers a history of musical art in his book, Portraying Performer Image in Record Album Cover Art. He invites us to listen to what we’ve seen and see again what we’ve heard. Or dare I say that an album cover is worth a thousand songs?