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Five Hundred 45s: A Graphic History of the Seven-Inch Record Paperback – June 1, 2010

by Spencer Drate (Author), Judith Salavetz (Author)
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From Spencer Drate and Judith Salavetz, award-winning designers of album art for countless industry legends—including U2, the Ramones, the Velvet Underground, and Joan Jett—comes Five Hundred 45s: the most comprehensive compilation of 45rpm record sleeve graphics available in book form on the market today. A real collector’s item—and at a great price—for classic rock fans, art book collectors, and graphic design aficionados alike.
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    480 pages
  2. Language
    English
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    Harper Paperbacks
  4. Publication date
    June 1, 2010
  5. Dimensions
    7.75 x 2 x 8.25 inches
  6. ISBN-10
    9780061782411
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    978-0061782411
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The 45 record sleeve has long been viewed as a medium for design experimentation, a blank slate onto which designers could unleash their creativity and ingenuity. From the 1950s to the 1980s, before the 45 was replaced by the CD, and then in the 1990s, when grunge became the rage and 45s enjoyed a resurgence in popularity, 45 record–sleeve design combined photography, illustration, color, and typography with innovative bravado. For this reason, vintage 45 record sleeves today are sought-after collectibles by music buffs and designers alike.

Compiled by well-known designers and authors Spencer Drate and Judith Salavetz, Five Hundred 45s contains more than 500 examples of striking seven-inch record sleeve design across every genre of music and its great musicians—all reproduced at full size. This gorgeous book includes a foreword by Lenny Kaye, music critic and guitarist for the Patti Smith Group, as well as essays offering diverse perspectives on the subject by avid collectors, industry insiders, and designers. The book is organized into thematic chapters, with a mix of dynamic, visually inspiring pairings on every spread. A discography at the back provides complete information for each sleeve, rounding out this highly collectible volume.

About the Author

Spencer Drate and Judith Salavetz are award-winning creative directors, designers, authors, curators, and packagers specializing in music and pop-culture books. Their many published works have covered diverse subjects within these genres: film animation and special effects, movie and rock posters, rock photography, graphic and Web design, and typography. They have designed for artists such as U2, Lou Reed, The Velvet Underground, Leonard Cohen, John Lennon, Paul McCartney, Ramones, Talking Heads, The Pretenders, Joan Jett, and Bon Jovi. Drate was a four-time judge on the Grammy music packaging committee, co-designed the Grammy Award–nominated album package Talking Heads: Fear of Music, and wrote 45 RPM, the first visual history book on the 45 record sleeve. They both live and work in New York City.

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ 0061782416
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Harper Paperbacks
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ June 1, 2010
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 480 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 9780061782411
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0061782411
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 2.98 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 7.75 x 2 x 8.25 inches
  • Best Sellers Rank: #4,622,785 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.0 out of 5 stars 11 ratings

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I am a award-winning creative director/designer/author/curator/radio personality. Nominated for the 2019 National Design Award. Spencer drate and Judith Salavetz are legendary music designers for the music famous including 25 Rock Hall of Fame inductees.My music design and with Judith Salavetz in MoMA,AIGA and Rock n Roll Hall of Fame archival collections and in major museum and gallery shows. In major music design MoMA shows 2010 and 2016. Our design displayed in traveling museum shows "Who Shot Rock n Roll Show" in 2009 and RAMONES show at The Queens Museum and GRAMMY Museum in 2016. Spencer and Judith both nominated for the 2019 National design award. Co-authored 21 pop-culture books with Judith Salavetz and all books visually driven. Spencer a selected 7 time GRAMMY judge on the album packaging nyc committee and both Making Vinyl Event Awards judges on the vinyl album packaging committee. Spencer nominated for a GRAMMY in album packaging co-designing "Talking Heads-Fear of Music" album in 1979. Spencer and Judith both conceived/curated a "Art of Vinyl Cover Show" on youtube selecting some of the best designed album/45 covers internationally and many never displayed before. Spencer Drate and Judith Salavetz authored "45 RPM" and "FIVE HUNDRED 45s" books included in The Rock n Roll Hall of Fame archival collection. Spencer and Judith Interviewed in AIGAdesign video and Zach Rocks! 3 radio interview series on youtube. Book mentioned in famous author Anthony DeCurtis "Lou Reed: A Life" book having album designed with Judith Salavetz and Sylvia Reed for Lou Reed "New York" and Magic and Loss" and The Velvet Underground. HOWL gallery Spencer Drate and Judith Salavetz major music design life event "It's a Long Way to the Top!" in May 2017.Spencer Drate and Judith Salavetz interviewed in many design books and current book "Album Art" by john Foster (Thames and Hudson). Spencer and Judith have won many major design awards and interviewed in major media. Film judge for "southeastern international film festival". I was first aIbum cover designer interviewed on MTV/VH1. I am still designing in nyc with Judith Salavetz. Spencer Drate on Facebook. "Spencer Drate/Judith Salavetz" searchout design site on Facebook.

On facebook we have a VINYLTALK and FILMTALK site. Spencer contributes articles for Punk Globe Magazine and co-hosts a pop-culture radio show interviewing the famous in pop-cuture. Interviewed in major media and books. Interviewed on MTV/VH1 and AXS TV supported. Authored 5 major film and movie poster books and film judge for major film festivals.

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  • Darren Davis
    5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
    Reviewed in the United States on September 19, 2015
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  • Music Man
    4.0 out of 5 stars Nice 7" collection
    Reviewed in the United States on September 20, 2013
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    A little bit of every genre, each page is a life size reproduction of a single, artistically connected with the one next to it. Nice heavy stock, but it would be better if there were more-or any- notes about the choices, either musically or visually.
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  • DavidF
    2.0 out of 5 stars Good Idea Missed
    Reviewed in the United States on January 16, 2014
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    The idea behind the book is cool but the choice of records on display is a bit ordinary. Perhaps they should have broken the records down by era.
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  • Buyer
    5.0 out of 5 stars Outstanding
    Reviewed in the United States on September 25, 2010
    Format: Paperback
    This is an very expansive collection of 45 covers spanning decades ... it is beautifully and creatively put together, with discussions of the various art techniques used to create the works, and the impact this art has on the purchase of these records.

    I would recommend this book to any art or music enthusiast - and it makes an incredibly cool coffee table addition :).
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  • Ramones Fan
    5.0 out of 5 stars Cover Sleeve Time Mahine.
    Reviewed in the United States on July 21, 2010
    Format: Paperback
    What a great coffee table book. It's a wonderful ride on a 45 RPM cover sleeve time machine. Nice to see the sleeves of songs from the past and some quite contemporary ones juxtaposed in this unique manner. A-1 job by Spencer Drate & Judith Salavetz.
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  • Mr. Geoffrey Kinder
    5.0 out of 5 stars A great present
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on August 19, 2010
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    Bought this for my son's birthday after seeing a review in the Observer. A brilliant book that 'does exactly what it says on the tin'. The size of a 45-rpm disc it's simply a collection of 500 cover designs from the earliest to the latest. Very well selected and reproduced. It has pride of place (with Rothman's Footie Yarbook) next to the toilet - both ideal books for times of serious reflection.
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  • joanworthy
    5.0 out of 5 stars Good book for collectors
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 27, 2015
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    Interesting good visuals
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