Factory Records : the complete graphic album / Matthew Robertson ; [foreword by Tony Wilson]
Series: FAC ; 461.Publication details: San Francisco, Calif. : Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada : Chronicle Books ; Distributed by Raincoast Books, 2009. Edition: Reprinted edDescription: 223 p. : chiefly col. ill., ports. ; 30 x 26 cmISBN: 9780500286364Subject(s): Factory Records | Sound recordings -- Album covers -- England -- Manchester | Advertising fliers -- England -- Manchester | Rock music -- Posters -- DesignLOC classification: NC 1883 .G7 R6 2009 Summary: A creative juggernaut of the post-punk era, Factory Records was the catalyst behind the U.K. music explosion of the late '70s through the '90s. At Factory, musicians and designers commingled creatively, with innovators such as Peter Saville, Ben Kelly, Mark Farrow, 8VO, and Martyn Atkins elevating album covers to a new art form. This is the only collection of Factory's complete graphic output, including every single piece it produced: extremely rare record sleeves, club flyers, and posters all gathered together for the first time.Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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Books | Vitali Hakko Kreatif Endüstriler Kütüphanesi | NC 1883 .G7 R6 2009 | Not for loan | 003734 |
First hardcover edition published in the United States in 2007. First published in the United Kingdom in 2006 by Thames & Hudson Ltd., London.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
A creative juggernaut of the post-punk era, Factory Records was the catalyst behind the U.K. music explosion of the late '70s through the '90s. At Factory, musicians and designers commingled creatively, with innovators such as Peter Saville, Ben Kelly, Mark Farrow, 8VO, and Martyn Atkins elevating album covers to a new art form. This is the only collection of Factory's complete graphic output, including every single piece it produced: extremely rare record sleeves, club flyers, and posters all gathered together for the first time.