Patrick and Patrick Vogt
Disco book Disco: An Encyclopedic Guide to the cover art of disco reco
Soul Jazz Books
44.95 €
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600 colour illustrations • 300x300cm • 208pp
This 360 page, deluxe hardback book – a massive 12x12” – features the amazing artwork of thousands of disco record cover designs from the 1970s up to the mid-1980s. The record cover designs amount to a unique visual history of disco culture. Featuring over 2,000 album cover designs (including many full-size covers) as well as over 700 12” sleeves, this book is truly an encyclopedic document of disco music and its industry.
As well as being a comprehensive visual document on the era, the book comes complete with interviews of a number of important disco figures, histories, biographies and discographies of all the major disco record companies. Sections on Roller Disco sleeves, Disco Instruction albums, 12” sleeves and a scrapbook of disco ads are all brought together in one stunning and stylish package.
Artists featured include Chic, Grace Jones, Salsoul Orchestra, Musique, Cerrone, The Blackbyrds, Giorgio Moroder and thousands more. Interviews and label profiles include Ken Cayre (Salsoul Records), Henry Stone (TK Records), Casablanca Records, Marvin Schlacter (Prelude Records) and Mel Cheren (West End Records).
Disco Patrick and Patrick Vogt have previously put together the book Disco Patrick presents: The Bootleg Guide to Disco Acetates, Funk, Rap and Disco Medleys.