{"product_id":"extraordinary-records","title":"Extraordinary Records","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis volume spans more than 500 remarkable records and is a journey into vinyl's extraordinary history. From rare and colorful editions, bold shapes, and bootleg X-ray vinyl of the USSR to daring designs that fashioned the identities of era-defining records and artists, this collection celebrates vinyl's artistic potential as a material form.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eISBN 9783836595001\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eHardcover, 29.3 x 29.3 cm, 3.22 kg, 472 pages\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003eThe visual of vinyls\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003eThe most daring of record designs\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis electrifying vinyl edition creates a new and edgy definition for “album art.” Produced in collaboration with Colors magazine, it brings together more than 500 remarkable records from the collection of Alessandro Benedetti and Peter Bastine.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis book forms a junction between photography, music, and design, celebrating vinyl for the integrity of sound recording and its artistic potential as a material form. With featured artists including Pink Floyd, The \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.taschen.com\/search\/?searchPhrase=beatles\/\"\u003eBeatles\u003c\/a\u003e, Prince, Michael Jackson, Bon Jovi, and beyond, it offers compelling insight into the most intricate details of a performer’s visual identity, from a vivid color to a futuristic mirror effect.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe discs are arranged thematically to span monochrome vinyl; unusual vinyl (including silver, gold, or mirror vinyl as well as extremely rare glow-in-the-dark vinyl); multicolored vinyl; etched vinyl (where music is pressed onto only one side); shaped vinyl (cut into forms that are different from the classic round disc); and picture discs (where a photograph or design is stamped onto the surface of the record).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn addition, there is a rare view into the records known today as “ribs” or “bone music.” Produced in the USSR, where western music and culture were forbidden, these were made by engraving discarded x-rays with special machines and creating bootleg disks of hit singles of artists such as \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.taschen.com\/en\/collection\/david-bowie\/\"\u003eDavid Bowie\u003c\/a\u003e and Pink Floyd.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePage after page, this kaleidoscopic encyclopedia of innovative and ingenious vinyl is a colorful journey through era-defining records and artists.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003eThe authors\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eAlessandro Benedetti began collecting colored and unusual records in 1981, and now has 8,000 discs, including 1,200 colored vinyl discs. In 1998 his collection won recognition in The Guinness Book of Records. His dream is to open a record museum so he can share his collection with the public.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eItalian producer and songwriter Giorgio Moroder helped create electronic dance music, and has worked with Donna Summer, \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.taschen.com\/en\/collection\/david-bowie\/\"\u003eDavid Bowie\u003c\/a\u003e, Janet Jackson, \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.taschen.com\/en\/collection\/barbra-streisand\/\"\u003eBarbra Streisand\u003c\/a\u003e, and many others. He also founded Musicland Studios in Munich, once used by legendary acts like Led Zeppelin, Queen, and Elton John.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003ePeter Bastine has been a DJ, record seller, and concert organizer. From 1977 until 1998 he collected every kind of picture disc; since then, mostly historical 78rpm records. Today his collection comprises around 8,000 picture discs, and has been the subject of several European exhibitions.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Edwards Lowell","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":58338208874821,"sku":"9783836595001","price":60.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0965\/7132\/6789\/files\/COVERS_EXTRAORDINARY_RECORDS_JU_INT_3D_43471-Photoroom.png?v=1782133052","url":"https:\/\/elcol.com\/products\/extraordinary-records","provider":"Edwards Lowell","version":"1.0","type":"link"}