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Art Record Covers

Art Record Covers

Taschen
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Art Record Covers is like the physical, 450-page incarnation of whiling away an afternoon browsing sticky shelves of album sleeves

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A visual deep dive into the meeting point of music and art, Art Record Covers explores how some of the world’s leading artists have shaped the look of sound. Spanning 500 sleeves, it features work by Basquiat, Haring, Hockney, and Banksy, along with rare collaborations, interviews, and behind-the-scenes stories. It studies the record sleeve as a cultural artefact — from punk to pop, minimalism to graffiti. A large-format hardback of 448 pages, each the size of a record sleeve, it’s equal parts design history and music history — and essential for anyone who cares about either.

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Features

  • 500+ sleeves where art meets music
  • Warhol, Basquiat, Hirst, Banksy and more
  • From 1950s covers to modern releases
  • Large format hardback, 448 pages

SPECIFICATIONS

Author: Francesco Spampinato
Publisher: Taschen
Publication date: March 2017
Pages: 448
Dimensions: 29.3 × 29.3 cm
Weight: 3.85 kg
Format: Hardcover
Language: Multilingual (English, French, German)
Content: More than 500 record covers and records by visual artists from the 1950s to today
Designed In: Germany
Made In: Germany

MORE DETAIL

A visual chronicle of the meeting point between music and art — Taschen’s Art Record Covers explores how visual culture has shaped, and been shaped by, the album sleeve.

Edited by Francesco Spampinato, it surveys more than 500 records from the 1950s to today, featuring work by artists such as Andy Warhol, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Damien Hirst, Banksy, and Ai Weiwei.

Each section pairs the album’s visual language with the cultural moment it emerged from, tracing the dialogue between fine art and popular music across genres and decades.

Printed on high-quality paper with rich colour reproduction, the 448-page hardcover measures 29 × 29 cm — the same square format as a vinyl sleeve, reinforcing the tactile link to its subject.

Comprehensive, beautifully executed, and steeped in visual history — a record of how art and sound have continually reinvented one another.

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