BOOK Big-Up: Coast to Coast Album Covers

Coast to Coast Album Covers: Classic Record Art From New York to LA is a celebration, an archive and further proof that the idea of album cover art as a subject and an art form has taken hold in the public conscious. As the Crossed Combs blog put it "...yet another coffee table book about record covers. And we're not complaining, au contraire."

This is a particularly special book from the authors who brought us The Cover Art of Blue Note Records in the 1990s. No doubt they have helped to generate some of the much deserved enthusiasm buzz surrounding the album cover art genre that is in evidence today. They certainly raised awareness about the work created by Reid Miles for Blue Note that reflected so eloquently the style of the music it held.

These two books by Graham Marsh and Glyn Callingham, Coast to Coast Album Covers and The Cover Art of Blue Note Records, alongside several other books that we consider to be gems of album cover art writing will hopefully be available to buy from our Hypergallery - Bookshop when we relaunch hypergallery.com soon. Lots of new goodies to browse; much new knowledge to imbibe!

Coast to Coast Album Covers and The Cover Art of Blue Note Records are both published by Collins & Brown, part of the Anova Books Group. Thanks to @harriharriharri for our preview.

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