Brief History of Album Covers

Cover art can be an influential factor in a record's success, and some designs are so memorable that they go down in design and music history ? who doesn't instantly recognize the covers for the Beatles' Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band or Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon? Now celebrate some of the greatest covers of the last 50 years alongside entertaining and informative text, in this great little book that will make an ideal gift for any music aficionado or art and design enthusiast. AUTHOR: Jason Draper is the Reviews Editor at Record Collector. Recent publications include The Rolling Stones Revealed and Classic Album Covers. He has contributed to The Definitive Illustrated Encyclopedia of Rock and has also written for Uncut, Metal Hammer, Sound Nation, Big Issue Cymru and Buzz. 180 photographs 174 illustrations