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In Portraying Performer Image in Record Album Cover Art, Ken Bielen explains how album cover art authenticates recording artists by using elements that authenticate the performer in the particular genre. He considers albums issued from the 1950s to the 1980s, the golden era of record album cover art. The whole album package is studied including the front and back covers, the inside cover, the inner sleeve, and the text (liner notes) on the album jacket. Performers in rock and roll, folk and folk rock, soul and disco, psychedelic, Americana nostalgia, and singer-songwriter genres are included in this study of hundreds of record album covers.



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Preface

1. From the Early Idols of Popular Music to the British Invasion

2. 1960s Folk Music and the Move to Folk Rock

3. From Sweet Sixties and Seventies Soul Music to Disco on the Cover

4. Psychedelia and Beyond

5. Images of Americana

6. Singer-Songwriters and Song Interpreters

Portraying Performer Image in Record Album Cover

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      Publisher: Lexington Books
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 02/11/2021
      ISBN13: 9781793640727, 978-1793640727
      ISBN10: 1793640726

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      In Portraying Performer Image in Record Album Cover Art, Ken Bielen explains how album cover art authenticates recording artists by using elements that authenticate the performer in the particular genre. He considers albums issued from the 1950s to the 1980s, the golden era of record album cover art. The whole album package is studied including the front and back covers, the inside cover, the inner sleeve, and the text (liner notes) on the album jacket. Performers in rock and roll, folk and folk rock, soul and disco, psychedelic, Americana nostalgia, and singer-songwriter genres are included in this study of hundreds of record album covers.



      Table of Contents

      Preface

      1. From the Early Idols of Popular Music to the British Invasion

      2. 1960s Folk Music and the Move to Folk Rock

      3. From Sweet Sixties and Seventies Soul Music to Disco on the Cover

      4. Psychedelia and Beyond

      5. Images of Americana

      6. Singer-Songwriters and Song Interpreters

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