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MUSIC: HISTORY, SURVEYS & THEORY

PUBLISHER
Soul Jazz Books

BOOK FORMAT
Flexi, 8.75 x 10.75 in. / 400 pgs / 800 color.

PUBLISHING STATUS
Pub Date
Out of print

DISTRIBUTION
D.A.P. Exclusive
Catalog: SPRING 2013 p. 51   

PRODUCT DETAILS
ISBN 9780957260009 TRADE
List Price: $39.95 CDN $53.95

AVAILABILITY
Not available

TERRITORY
NA ME

Seven-inch record cover sleeve designs from bands such as the Adverts, Cabaret Voltaire, Crass, Dead Kennedys, Electric Eels, The Flamin’ Groovies, The Human League, Joy Division, Pere Ubu, Plastic Bertrand, The Residents, X-Ray Spex and many, many others.

  

SOUL JAZZ BOOKS

Punk 45

Original Punk Rock Singles Cover Art

Edited by Jon Savage, Stuart Baker. Foreword by Jon Savage.

Punk 45Punk 45 is a revelatory guide to hundreds and hundreds of original seven-inch record cover sleeve designs--visual artifacts found at the heart of the most radical and anarchistic musical movement of the twentieth century. Spurred by the Desperate Bicycles’ rallying cry “It was easy, it was cheap--go and do it!” and Mark Perry’s “Here are three chords. Now form a band,” thousands of new groups emerged in the wake of the Pistols, between 1976 and 1980. This politicized do-it-yourself ethic was applied to design as much as it was to music, and these lo-fi record sleeves declared politics ranging from anarchism to socialism, anticonsumerism, feminism and more. Spanning pre-punk to postpunk, Punk 45 is introduced and co-compiled by Jon Savage, author of the acclaimed, definitive history of the Sex Pistols and punk music, England’s Dreaming, and the period’s most pre-eminent historian. It features sleeves from bands such as the Adverts, Cabaret Voltaire, Crass, Dead Kennedys, Electric Eels, The Flamin’ Groovies, The Human League, Joy Division, Pere Ubu, Plastic Bertrand, The Residents, X-Ray Spex and many, many others. As well as original artwork, the book also includes interviews and articles on designers such as Peter Saville, Jamie Reid, Malcolm Garrett and Gee Voucher, and interviews with record label founders such as Geoff Travis (Rough Trade), printing pressers and more. Punk 45 is an exhaustive, thorough and exciting celebration of the stunning artwork of punk music, including everything from the most celebrated and iconic designs through to the stark beauty of the cheapest do-it-yourself lo-fi obscurities.

Featured image is reproduced from Punk 45.

Punk 45

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