Alex Steinweiss. The Inventor of the Modern Album Cover - Reviews (2)
| "Dem Erfinder und Pionier des Designs dieser speziellen Verkaufsverpackungen, dem amerikanischen Grafiker Alex Steinweiss, widmet der Kölner TASCHEN-Verlag einen prachtvollen Bildband."— Wdr3, Köln, Germany |
| "En época de descargas musicales, muchos saben que un buen diseño de disco tiene muchas papeletas de triunfar y ser adquirido. Y en ese a capacidad de ofrecer diseños sorprendentes, Alex Steinweiss (1917) fue un verdadero maestro, considerándosele el hombre que dio inicio a la edad de oro del diseño de portadas para álbumes. La editorial TASCHEN ofrece la oportunidad de conocer su trabajo con una edición de un libro muy atractivo del que se han sacado a la venta 1.500 ejemplares numerados, cada uno firmado por el artista."— Elconfidencial.com, Madrid, Spain |
| «Un ouvrage somptueux rend hommage à Alex Steinweiss, le graphiste américain qui a introduit "l'artwork" sur les pochettes de disques vinyles.»— Le Matin, Lausanne, France |
| "Ignoring the clanging death knell of the physical media, TASCHEN are celebrating the great man's work with a luxurious compendium that focuses on the sparkling jazz, pop and classical covers he produced before 1962, when rock and roll swept in an heralded the age of the photographic cover."— Word Magazine, London, United Kingdom |
| "Alex Steinweiss is justly remembered for the way he brought Columbia's records out of themselves. He managed to make Beethoven look like Pink Floyd, Xavier Cugat like a Disney film, and Louis Armstrong like Kanye West....TASCHEN's book is stupidly, prohibitively expensive to most, but it's still lovingly put together. The sleeves are the stars, but wonderful factory line-style photos and evocative shots of Steinweiss with his lifelong geau, smoking cigars, always wearing suits, fills it out in style."— Record Collector, London, United Kingdom |
| "No one can hold a candle to Alex Steinweiss. With the coffee-table buckling Alex Steinweiss: The Inventor of the Modern Record Cover, TASCHEN gives a hearty high-five to the Columbia Records art director (now 92) who created the concept of cover art in 1940 with Smash Song Hits, a cabaret-jazz LP from Rodgers and Hart. If that weren't enough, Steinweiss - whose swirly lettering and clean, vibrant graphics continue to influence design today - went on to pioneer the folded cardboard record sleeve as we know it. Respect."— Nylon, London, United Kingdom |
| "All can be found in this signed, luxuriously appointed art book, which will add some serious class-and cred-to your music collection."— DETAILS Magazine, New York, United States |
| "Under the leadership of Kevin Reagan, TASCHEN Books has assembled these incredible covers into a must-have compendium, available in two versions..."— Ritz Magazine, Paris, France |
| "Published by TASCHEN, known for its immense collector's editions, the 13-pound "Steinweiss" contains more than 800 images, including ad campaign designs, paintings, movie posters and collages of memorabilia from his overseas travels in the '70s."— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles, United States |
| "This gorgeous, large-scale coffee table book covers his extensive career and includes an original essay, detailed captions and never-before-seen ephemera. We should all know at least a little bit about the guy who created the exciting world of album art we know and love today."— Zink Magazine, New York, United States |
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Alex Steinweiss. The Inventor of the Modern Album Cover
Alex Steinweiss, Steven Heller, Kevin Reagan
Hardcover in slipcase, 15.6 x 13.0 in., 422 pages, $ 1,000 (October 2009) |
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Alex Steinweiss. Inventor of the Modern Album Cover, Art Edition Hardcover in slipcase with print in portfolio, 15.6 x 13.0 in., 422 pages, $ 1,800 The man who launched the Golden Age of album cover design. Limited edition of 100 copies |
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Alex Steinweiss. The Inventor of the Modern Album Cover Hardcover, 13.4 x 11.1 in., 420 pages, $ 69.99 Music for the eyes. Cover art sells albums: Alex Steinweiss, inventor of the album cover |