Disco: An Encyclopedic Guide to the Cover Art of Disco Records

Absolutely love this book.I am a huge Disco fan, born in the time to be an older Teen when Disco really hit (circa 1975 thru 1982). I dabbled in DJ work and was a collector of 12 Inch Records. One of the great things about Disco was the covers of Albums and certain 12 Inch Singles. This is an A to Z of those covers and is presented in a simple but appealing way.I will treasure this book for the rest of my life.If you love Disco nostalgia, you do not want to miss out on this beautiful book.

A must-have collectable book!

There is no need to make another book on disco record cover art, Disco Patrick and Patrick Vogt have put together the ultimate collection! Foreword by Tom Moulton and Nicky Siano (The Gallery) gives it the extra authenticity. Don't sleep on this massive anthology!

I have mixed emotions about the book which I did find to be quite comprehensive. The book is nicely divided by the major record labels of the era and then divided by sub-labels when needed. Each section includes a list of the albums in the order of their "matrix" (catalog) numbers, which is really nice.The bulk of the pages have 16 covers per page. For most of the albums, only the front covers are included. The book does have some pages with the front cover of a single album. I appreciated the task the authors undertook to obtain images of over 2,000 albums. However, I have to mention that the quality of the images of the covers are not consistent. Many of the album covers photographed were visably worn. There didn't seem to be any attempt to reasonably restore the images for the book, probably due to the quantity. Some photographs are also of covers with cut corners (promotional copies). Once again, those images didn't bother me too much due to the quantity of covers in the book. However, there are many photographs of covers taken with the shrink wrap still on the albums. Wouldn't be a problem except those cover images have streak marks from the reflection of the flash! Why didn't they remove the shrink wrap before photographing? Plus, the rule of the day was to remove the shrink wrap from vinyl records to prevent warpage.On the plus side, the book does include a fun collection of advertisement for the albums. The images of the advertisements are of a better quality than some of the images of the covers, though.Maybe my expectations are a little unrealistic since I still have many of the albums in the book with covers in relatively good shape. Just seems with the technology available, the images could have been better. Fortunately, the hardcover book is reasonably priced.

FRAMING SOME OF THE FULL PAGE ALBUMS. THANK YOU DJ DISCOWORM SANFRANSISCO

Essential! Finally a book that shares album artwork from the disco era...hope a volume 2 comes around at some point, as there are plenty more covers to expose...and don't forget the music - CD and vinyl available as well...

I highly recommend this book;.Iam so glad i Ibought this book and I advise all Disco lovers to do the same.

If you love disco and you have bought all the 12 inch disco singkes, then you will love this.All the covers of the 12 inch records are in this book !

フルサイズのジャケットが、1ページ毎に載ってると期待し、購入。でも実際はそこまでは、無かった、、当時DJがプレイしたレアな12インチのジャケットも無く、レーベルのスリーブのみ、、なのでコアでドス黒いグルーヴを、とお考えの方には、お薦めしません。ちょっと期待外れでしたが、まぁ良しとしました。昔の図鑑みたいで重いです。

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Bellissima pubblicazione con foto a colori delle copertine dei dischi di musica da discoteca anni '70 e '80, c'è poco o niente da leggere (in inglese) ma è assolutamente immancabile per i collezionisti e gli amanti del genere e per quelli che, come me, hanno avuto quei dischi come colonna sonora della loro giovinezza, sfogliare questo libro è stato come guardare un album di foto ricordo, molti di quei dischi sono passati tra le mie mani (e alcuni li possiedo ancora), un magnifico viaggio nella migliore musica da discoteca prodotta negli ultimi 50 anni (dopo il Funk, ovviamente). Consegna avvenuta nei tempi previsti, ma essendo pesante e con copertina rigida la mia copia deve avere un po' sofferto gli sballottamenti del lungo viaggio, pazienza, la tengo così, un po' vissuta ... come la musica che ricorda. Consigliatissimo.

Muy buena calidad con tapa dura y tamaño de vinilo.

Ich habe mir das Buch gekauft weil Ich als Disco Platten Sammler immer schon gerne die tollen Platten Cover angesehen habe. Als Ich das Buch auspackte war Ich erfreut über die Grösse, doch als Ich kurz umherblätterte um zu sehen ob sich der Kauf gelohnt hatte war Ich extrem begeistert , Absolut Klasse und sehr schön gemachtes Buch. Ich habe noch sehr viel Cover entdeckt die Ich noch nicht kannte , sehr liebevoll gemacht ,tolle Bilder. Für Freunde alter Disco Musik ein absolutes Muß ,selbst der Extrem Sammler alter Disco Scheiben wird hier sicherlich noch das ein oder andere Cover endecken. was er noch nicht kennt . Absolute Kaufempfehlung.für Fans alter Disco Musik. Ich freue mich jetzt schon auf das nächste Buch , den da ist noch Potential für ein nächstes Buch.