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For the love of vinyl : the album art of Hipgnosis by and written by Aubrey Powell and Storm Thorgerson; designed by Peter Curzon and Storm Thorgerson is a music available to read on EtoBox.

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Hipgnosis was the biggest and best graphic design firm for the biggest and best bands of the 60s and 70s. Formed by Storm Thorgerson and Aubrey Powell in London in 1968 (with the addition of Throbbing Gristle's Peter Christopherson in 1974), Hipgnosis specialized in creative photography for the music business, making classic album covers for bands and musicians like Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, Electric Light Orchestra, Genesis, 10cc, Yes, Peter Gabriel, The Gods, Black Sabbath, Rainbow, Paul McCartney, Syd Barrett, Scorpions and Styx, among others. Over the course of its 15 year existence, Hipgnosis produced timeless rock iconography--everybody knows at least one Hipgnosis cover, thanks to Pink Floyd's <i>Dark Side of the Moon</i>. The firm's inventive takes on the themes or titles of any given album opened up a new visual language in album cover art, one in which theatrical tableaux, trick photography and logo design played notable roles. <i>For the Love of Vinyl</i> is the first book to survey Storm and Powell's output in detail, focusing on more than 60 package designs--from cover to label--described with entertaining detail by the team who created them. Also included are short es

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Author

and written by Aubrey Powell and Storm Thorgerson; designed by Peter Curzon and Storm Thorgerson

Publisher

Brooklyn, NY: Picture Box Inc.

Published

2008

Language

EN

ISBN

9780981562216

Category

music

Subjects

Crafts & Hobbies, Music, History

Rating

4.7 / 5 (30 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14