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Since the dawn of modernism, visual and music production have had a particularly intimate relationship. From Luigi Russolo's 1913 Futurist manifesto L'Arte dei Rumori (The Art of Noise) to Marcel Duchamp's 1925 double-sided discs Rotoreliefs, the 20th century saw ever more fertile exchange between sounds and shapes, marks and melodies,…

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1 author picked Art Record Covers as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

This is an exceptional book on album cover art, with over 500 images that cover the 1950s to the 2010s. The author did an amazing job of tracking down stories of how these fantastic covers were created.

I learned so much about album cover art from this book, and it introduced me to dozens of records that I want to acquire. It’s a huge book, and I love to flip through it while listening to vinyl.

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