1000 Record Covers

by Michael Ochs

Book Overview

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--Andy Warhol's covers, for example, including the banana he designed for The Velvet Underground. This edition of Record Covers presents...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 383655058X
• ISBN13: 9783836550581
• Release Date: May 2014
• Publisher: Taschen
• Length: 576 Pages
• Weight: 2.49 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.8" x 7.9"

Customer Reviews

Great book, great gift

Like all Taschen books, this one does not disappoint. Taschen is famous for their great curation, and this is no exception. This book has a lot of classic covers, and is beautifully put together. If you have not purchased a Taschen book before, you will really enjoy this!

Quick Service

I bought this book as a gift to my dad, an avid record collector. The book was in good condition, and arrived sooner than I anticipated. My dad and I were both very pleased, thank you!

So Many Great Album Covers!

Just as the title suggests, this book is full of 1,000 record covers. Full color and in all their glory. Page after page of beautiful, quirky, innovative and just about any other adjective you can think of, album covers. Some will bring back memories, some will make you want to search the record stores so that you can own the album again or for the first time. I keep this book handy and find myself thumbing through it all the time. It's also a great conversation starter when it sits on the coffee table.My only complaint is that it isn't full record size! That would have sent this review into 7 stars!

Great for remembering!

I don't know if there was a full size "coffee table edition of 1000 Record Covers produced. This is an undersized book but the reproduction of the album covers will bring back the excitement and creativity of each of the eras - 1950's, 60's,70's, 80's and 1990's.The commentary is left to a minimum, without more than a few words of interest just every so often.I guess I want my cake and to eat it too. The small size is easy to read in bed or while relaxing. But a full size (12" X 12") edition would be marvelous.I spend a lot of hours looking through this intriqueing book.John row

Cover Me

This book of "just" album covers is put together so brilliantly, it seems to actually have a plot. As Ochs goes through his collection of covers, (some obscure, some not) they tell the story of Rock and Roll from the 50's, forward. His groupings of related covers accurately describe the many stages, styles, and trends that Rock music has gone through. You can pick it up and browse through it, but it really is better to go page by page. This is a work of love. Ochs (for all his success with his Archives) really gets it.