Extraordinary records
Subtitle: Außergewöhnliche Schallplatten = Disques extraordinaires : records from the collections of Alessandro Benedetti and Peter Bastine
By: introductions by Giorgio Moroder and Alessandro Benedetti ; [captions by Giuliana Rando]
Series: Colors
Publisher: Taschen; Colors
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Köln, Germany; Italy
Language: eng
Number of pages: 431
ISBN-13: 9783836507295
Subjects: Art collections; Picture discs (Sound recordings); Collectors and collecting; Sound recordings; Private collections; Art
Other titles: Außergewöhnliche Schallplatten; Disques extraordinaires; Colors (Rome, Italy)
Description: This highly original collection, made in collaboration with Colors magazine, brings new meaning to the term "album art"--What's featured is not record covers but records themselves, in a plethora of colors, shapes, and forms. This book showcases over 400 records owned by Guinness-award-winning collector Alessandro Benedetti as well as collector Peter Bastine. From artists such as Pink Floyd, Queen, the Beatles, Prince, Michael Jackson, Elvis Presley, Bon Jovi, and many others, these rare and valuable records run the gamut from gold to transparent to painted, photo-printed, or shaped like a map, butterfly, heart, star, or even a tree!
Notes: Includes index.

Text in English, French, and German.
Table of contents: title: Preface / Giorgio Moroder; title: Introduction / Alessandro Benedetti; title: Monochrome vinyl; title: Unusual vinyl; title: Mulitcolored vinyl; title: Etched vinyl; title: Shaped vinyl; title: Picture discs.