1/21/2009

For the Love of Vinyl: Hipgnosis Album Art

Best known for their work for Pink Floyd, as well as cover art designed for AC/DC, Genesis, Led Zeppelin, and many others, noted British design group Hipgnosis document and discuss in detail 60 of their projects in For the Love of Vinyl: The Album Art of Hipgnosis [left], a veritable feast for fans of classic '70s album art, and firm co-founders Storm Thorgerson and Aubrey Powell, in particular. (Hipgnosis closed up shop in the early '80s. We miss you, gentlemen.)

Here's Powell talking about the book and the firm's work:


For the Love of Vinyl sells for $45 but can be obtained on sale for $20--for a limited time only--here.