{"product_id":"folkways-records-a-visual-history-of-folkways-records-cover-art","title":"Folkways Records: A Visual History of Folkways Records Cover Art","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e208 pages\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEdited by Stuart Baker\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDesigned by Adrian Self \u0026amp; The World Design Corporation\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e30 × 30 cm \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLanguage: English\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHardback \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePublisher: Soul Jazz Books\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e2026\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWhat should a record of birdsong look like? What about a civil rights speech, a John Cage composition or a poem read aloud? For Folkways Records, designer Ronald Clyne gave these very different sounds a visual language of their own. Strong typography, tightly cropped photographs and striking blocks of colour gave the label a recognisable identity while leaving room for the character of each recording.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe book gathers hundreds of sleeves, from jazz and experimental music to sea shanties, field recordings and spoken word. Among them is Nancy Dupree’s \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSweet Thunder\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, whose direct portrait and red title band reappear on the book’s cover. Seen together, the sleeves show how much a square of printed cardboard can tell us about what a label chose to record and whose voices it wanted people to hear.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Soul Jazz Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":59418086605135,"sku":null,"price":53.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2424\/8147\/files\/beccb73a-7cda-469a-b2c2-0769c2972404.jpg?v=1793976797","url":"https:\/\/www.legrandj.eu\/products\/folkways-records-a-visual-history-of-folkways-records-cover-art","provider":"Le Grand Jeu","version":"1.0","type":"link"}