Extraordinary Records

Extraordinary Records

Produced by TASCHEN in collaboration with Colors magazine and drawn from the collections of Alessandro Benedetti and Peter Bastine, this 472-page hardcover treats the long-playing record as a design object as much as an audio one. Across 500-plus records it documents the rare coloured pressings, shaped vinyl, picture discs, USSR bootleg X-ray records and the era-defining sleeves that shaped how musicians wanted to be seen.

It is a reference book for anyone working in album packaging, graphic design or music photography, and a quietly seductive object in its own right. Includes Pink Floyd, The Beatles, Prince, Michael Jackson and others; introduction from Giorgio Moroder. Hardcover.