For The Love Of Vinyl The Album Art Of Hipgnosis

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For the love of vinyl the album art of hipgnosis.

For the love of vinyl the album art of hipgnosis. To understand why this book hits all the right sweet spots we have to travel back in time. Hipgnosis is the beatles of album cover art nobody has ever done it better than the british design firm founded by storm thorgerson and aubrey powell. 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.

For the love of vinyl. By aubrey powell 1994. 100 best album covers. Hipgnosis was the biggest and best graphic design firm for the biggest and best bands of the 60s and 70s.

The album art of hipgnosis by storm thorgerson and aubrey powell is quite simply the most engaging and entertaining design book i have read all year. The album s front and back cover were designed by hipgnosis. By aubrey powell storm thorgerson 1999. 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.

Classic album covers of the 1970s. For the love of vinyl the album art of hipgnosis chromant. Their first cover was pink floyd s 1968 album a saucerful of secrets and their last was led zeppelin s coda released in 1982. Formed by storm thorgerson and aubrey powell in 1968 hipgnosis was a graphic design studio specializing in creative photography and working mainly in the music business designing album covers for many rock n roll bands including pink floyd led zeppelin genesis 10cc yes peter gabriel black.

But i am getting ahead of myself. Hipgnosis was the design firm of choice for the biggest and best bands of the classic rock era. Specialising in creative photography for the music business they designed album covers for bands and musicians like pink floyd led zeppelin electric light orchestra black sabbath paul mccartney scorpions and many others. Hipgnosis was the biggest and best graphic design firm for the biggest and best bands of the 60s and 70s.

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 f. As storm thorgerson stated in for the love of vinyl. By aubrey powell storm thorgerson 2008.