This electrifying vinyl edition creates a new and edgy definition for album art. Produced in collaboration withColorsmagazine, it brings togethermore than 500 remarkable recordsfrom the collection of Alessandro Benedetti and Peter Bastine.This book forms a junction between photography, music, and design, celebrating vinyl for the integrity of sound recording and itsartistic potential as a material form. With featured artists includingPink Floyd,The Beatles,Prince,Michael Jackson,Bon Jovi, and beyond, it offers compelling insight into the most intricate details of a performer s visual identity, from a vivid color to a futuristic mirror effect.The discs are arranged thematically to spanmonochrome vinyl;unusual vinyl(including silver, gold, or mirror vinyl as well as extremely rare glow-in-the-dark vinyl);multicolored vinyl;etched vinyl(where music is pressed onto only one side);shaped vinyl(cut into forms that are different from the classic round disc); andpicture discs(where a photograph or design is stamped onto the surface of the record).In addition, there is arare viewinto the records known today as ribs orbone music. Produced in the USSR, where western music and culture were forbidden, these were made by engraving discarded x-rays with special machines and creating bootleg disks of hit singles of artists such as David Bowie and Pink Floyd.Page after page, this kaleidoscopic encyclopedia of innovative and ingenious vinyl is acolorful journey through era-defining records and artists.
