An album cover collection exploring 70 years of surprising, shocking and frankly hilarious nude and provocative art. Sexy covers sold all musical genres, from funk to punk, and the silly German schlager. Comedy albums range from mid-century “stag party” pin-ups to the undeniably raunchy ’70s sensation, Blowfly. Steamy, seamy and adults only.
An album cover collection exploring 70 years of surprising, shocking and frankly hilarious nude and provocative art. Sexy covers sold all musical genres, from funk to punk, and the silly German schlager. Comedy albums range from mid-century “stag party” pin-ups to the undeniably raunchy ’70s sensation, Blowfly. Steamy, seamy and adults only.
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TASCHENs sexy record covers are hitting all the right notes. * Wallpaper* * Captures this ever-persistent pursuit of sexiness. * Flaunt Magazine * Sexy Record Covers shows hundreds of album covers that have one thing in common: they are revealing, wicked, and frivolous. * Stern * When Dian Hanson and Eric Godtland review the history of music album artwork, some of which is highly sexualized, for their book Sexy Record Covers, they do so with the cheerful eye of record collectors... Humor and sex work surprisingly well together, even across decades. * Rolling Stone * Ive collected sexy records since 1977. Most are small label, small production, local distribution releases from the 1960s through the 90s. In many cases I may have the only extant copy, or one of very few, in the world. Which is why I wanted this book to exist. * Collector/Author Eric Godtland *
Dian Hanson is a senior editor and writer for TASCHEN, with over 50 books to her credit. In addition to Hal Fosters Tarzan, her recent works include ARNOLD, The Art of Pin-up, Masterpieces of Fantasy Art, and The Fantastic Worlds of Frank Frazetta.
Eric Godtland is a self-confessed compulsive collector. Working from his bases in the Haight-Ashbury district of San Francisco and Sonoma County, California, Eric obsesses over all things girlie, Hawaiian, musical and modernist. When not lusting after "cool stuff," Eric manages musicians and properties and putters around his farm and warehouse. Originally from Butte, Montana and Coronado, California, Eric traces his interest in 20th century magazine design to the colorful pasts of both of these character-rich towns where the past over-stayed its welcome.
