ECM Sleeves of Desire (Edition of Contemporary Music Sleeves of Desire : a Cover Story) [Paperback]

Lars Müller (Editor)

Book Description

Series: Edition of Contemporary Music Sleeves of Desire : a Cover Story | Publication Date: July 1, 1996

The ECM recording label's contribution to the fields of jazz and contemporary classical music is unparalleled, and its success story has been visually enhanced by the striking covers designed under Manfred Eicher's art direction by Barbara Wojirsch and Dieter Rehm.

A delight for music and design fans alike, the book presents chronologically ordered color reproductions of over 500 covers from the innovative ECM label. Sleeves of Desire also contains a comprehensive picture essay that provides a detailed look at over 100 album covers. Additionally, renowned jazz essayist Peter Ruedi relates the history of the ECM label and designer Lars Muller comments on the evolution of the covers and on ECM's unmistakable aesthetic signature.

Product Details

• Paperback: 359 pages
• Publisher: Princeton Architectural Press (July 1, 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1568980647
• ISBN-13: 978-1568980645
• Product Dimensions: 9.6 x 6.7 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,390,768 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Spectacular Coverage of a Spectacular Music Label, July 21, 1999

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This review is from: ECM Sleeves of Desire (Edition of Contemporary Music Sleeves of Desire : a Cover Story) (Paperback)

One of the best things about LPs, as opposed to CDs, was the ability to flip the sleeves in stores during browsing. I started listening to jazz in the early 1980's, and was rapidly transfixed by the beauty and originality of the artwork on releases from the ECM jazz label, out of Germany. Since 1970, ECM has released nearly 700 albums of wonderful music, much of which defies categorization. What remains is their clearly identifiable (but often imitated - such as by Windham Hill) cover graphic style, making their releases art collector items as well as music. This book describes the history of the ECM sleeve art, as well as provides color pictures of essentially all of their releases up to the publication date of the book. This book is a wonderful gift to music, as well as art, lovers!