This 360 page large-format (12"x12") deluxe hardback book features the amazing artwork of thousands of disco record cover designs from the 1970s up to the mid-1980s. The record cover designs gathered here create a unique visual history of disco culture. Featuring more than 2,000 album cover designs (including hundreds of full-size covers) as well as over 350 12-inch sleeves, this book is truly an encyclopedic document of disco music and the industry and culture attending it.
In addition to the visual documents from the era, the book includes interviews with a number of important disco figures such as Mel Cheren (West End Records), Henry Stone (TK Records), Ken Cayre (Salsoul), Marvin Schlachter (Prelude) and others, as well as histories, biographies and discographies of all the major disco record companies, plus sections on roller disco sleeves, disco instruction albums, 12-inch sleeves and a scrapbook of disco ads.
Presented by Disco Patrick and Patrick Vogt.
Foreword by Tom Moulton and Nicky Siano (The Gallery).
Published by Soul Jazz Books, London.
Published by Soul Jazz Books, London.
Publications (selection):
The Independent Newspaper (UK), The Guardian Newspaper (UK),
De Volkskrant Newspaper (NL), Die Presse Magazine (Austria), Falter Magazine (Austria), Skug Magazine (Austria), OOR Magazine (NL), The Sydney Morning Herald (Australia), Dagens Næringsliv Newspaper (Norway), Sonic Magazine (Sweden), Libèration Newspaper (France) and numerous websites.
To coincide with the massive 360-page deluxe hardback book two compilation albums were
released on Vinyl and CD.
• Disco (A Fine Selection Of Independent Disco, Modern Soul & Boogie 1978-82)
• Disco 2 (A Further Fine Selection Of Independent Disco, Modern Soul & Boogie 1976-80)
