{"product_id":"extraordinary-records-hardcover","title":"Extraordinary Records - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAlessandro Benedetti\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eGiorgio Moroder\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003ePeter Bastine\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis electrifying vinyl edition creates a new and edgy definition for \"album art.\" Produced in collaboration with \u003cem\u003eColors\u003c\/em\u003e magazine, it brings together \u003cstrong\u003emore than 500 remarkable records\u003c\/strong\u003e from the collection of Alessandro Benedetti and Peter Bastine. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis book forms a junction between photography, music, and design, celebrating vinyl for the integrity of sound recording and its \u003cstrong\u003eartistic potential as a material form\u003c\/strong\u003e. With featured artists including \u003cstrong\u003ePink Floyd\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong\u003eThe Beatles\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong\u003ePrince\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong\u003eMichael Jackson\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong\u003eBon Jovi\u003c\/strong\u003e, 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe discs are arranged thematically to span \u003cstrong\u003emonochrome vinyl\u003c\/strong\u003e; \u003cstrong\u003eunusual vinyl\u003c\/strong\u003e (including silver, gold, or mirror vinyl as well as extremely rare glow-in-the-dark vinyl); \u003cstrong\u003emulticolored vinyl\u003c\/strong\u003e; \u003cstrong\u003eetched vinyl \u003c\/strong\u003e(where music is pressed onto only one side); \u003cstrong\u003eshaped vinyl \u003c\/strong\u003e(cut into forms that are different from the classic round disc); and \u003cstrong\u003epicture discs \u003c\/strong\u003e(where a photograph or design is stamped onto the surface of the record). \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn addition, there is a \u003cstrong\u003erare view \u003c\/strong\u003einto the records known today as \"ribs\" or \"\u003cstrong\u003ebone music\u003c\/strong\u003e.\" 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 David Bowie and Pink Floyd. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePage after page, this kaleidoscopic encyclopedia of innovative and ingenious vinyl is a \u003cstrong\u003ecolorful journey through era-defining records and artists\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 472\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 19, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53735101006188,"sku":"9783836595001","price":70.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0989\/3019\/6844\/files\/1e2c6fb143c29caa09e288420c34672b.webp?v=1778372700","url":"https:\/\/pattansenterprise.com\/products\/extraordinary-records-hardcover","provider":"Pattansenterprise","version":"1.0","type":"link"}