Portraying Performer Image in Record Album Cover Art

Inbunden, Engelska, 2021

Del i serien For the Record: Studies in Rock and Popular Music

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Beskrivning

In this work, Ken Bielen explains how album cover art authenticates recording artists in a particular genre. He considers albums issued from the 1950s to the 1980s, the golden era of record album cover art. The whole album package is studied, including the front and back covers, the inside cover, the inner sleeve, and the liner notes. Performers in rock and roll, folk and folk rock, soul and disco, psychedelic, Americana nostalgia, and singer-songwriter genres are included in this study of hundreds of record album covers.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2021-11-02
Mått:161 x 228 x 22 mm
Vikt:590 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:For the Record: Studies in Rock and Popular Music
Antal sidor:222
Förlag:Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
ISBN:9781793640727

Utforska kategorier

Kulturvetenskap inom Samhälle och politik
Musikvetenskap inom Kultur
Populärmusik inom Kultur

Mer om författaren

Ken Bielen holds a doctorate in American culture studies from Bowling Green State University and is the retired director of the grants office at Indiana Wesleyan University.

Recensioner i media

There was nothing like walking into a record store during the LP era and catching sight of an album cover that presented a vision of the artist, the music and a reflection of the times. We listened with our eyes before we tasted with our ears. Are they one of us? The images on an album cover are images of an artist as well as images of ourselves. Or at least the image they want to project is. Ken Bielen looks at album covers and uncovers a history of musical art in his book, Portraying Performer Image in Record Album Cover Art. He invites us to listen to what we’ve seen and see again what we’ve heard. Or dare I say that an album cover is worth a thousand songs?

Innehållsförteckning

Preface1. From the Early Idols of Popular Music to the British Invasion2. 1960s Folk Music and the Move to Folk Rock3. From Sweet Sixties and Seventies Soul Music to Disco on the Cover4. Psychedelia and Beyond5. Images of Americana6. Singer-Songwriters and Song Interpreters