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Albert Studio Gallery will have a limited number of signed copies of "For The Love of Vinyl" for sale throughout the duration of the exhibition. Only £35 To pre-order please email: info@albertstudiogallery.com
For The Love of Vinyl: published by PictureBox, is designed by Storm Thorgerson and Aubrey Powell and highlights their favourite projects, although in the back is a catalogue of (nearly) all their covers, some of which are labelled with a turkey and are, naturally, not featured. The hardback book covers are cleverly spot varnished with the concentric rings of record groove and the whole thing is a beautiful 9.25" x 12.25", 224-page tome.
Rather than presenting the covers chronologically, Thorgerson and Powell decided to put it together as one would an album by choosing the best 'running order'. Starting with and introduction by the pair and an insightful essay, Optical Believability, by Adrian Shaughnessy the rest of the book is divided into Side One and Side Two (see what they did there?). Sandwiched in the middle is another set of engaging essays from Nick Mason, Jonathan Ellery, Scott Rowley, Graham Gouldman, Peter Blake and Paula Sher.
Each selected album cover contains two commentaries, one by Thorgerson and the other by Powell. They are both highly amusing raconteurs and they have a kind of page-delayed conversation throughout the book. Every cover has some kind anecdote from those heady days in London's Denmark Street in the 60s and 70s as well as the adventures they had whilst travelling for their work.
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