Dan Nadel Posted October 16, 2008 Share Posted October 16, 2008 For those craving the stories behind some of Led Zeppelin's finest covers, including Houses of the Holy and In Through the Out Door, PictureBox is pleased to announce: For the Love of Vinyl: The Album Art of Hipgnosis, in stores everywhere in mid-November. For the Love of Vinyl: The Album Art of Hipgnosis by Storm Thorgerson & Aubrey Powell Hardcover, $45.00 9.25” x 12.25”, 224 pp. PictureBox December 2008 Hipgnosis was the biggest and best design firm for the biggest and best bands of the classic rock era. Formed by Storm Thorgerson and Aubrey Powell in 1968, Hipgnosis was a graphic design studio specializing in creative photography and working mainly in the music business designing album covers for many rock ‘n’ roll bands includ- ing Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, Genesis, 10cc, Yes, Peter Gabriel, Black Sabbath, Paul McCartney, Syd Barrett and Styx, among others. For a dozen years Hipgnosis created timeless rock iconography. For the Love of Vinyl is the first book to document their output in detail, focusing on over 60 package designs – from cover to label – written about in entertaining detail by the men who created them. Also included are short essays by musicians (such as Pink Floyd’s Nick Mason), artists (Peter Blake) and fellow designers (Paula Scher) on their favorite covers, as well as unseen photographs and ephemera. Complementing it all is a lengthy critical and historical text examining Hipgnosis and its legacy. For the Love of Vinyl will be THE rock book of 2008. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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