CARBONELL PALLARÉS, XAVIER / GÁÑEZ ALCOLEA, JOAQUÍN / FRAGA ANGOITIA, GARIKOITZ
Xavier Carbonell y Joaquín Gáñez recuperan en este libro más de setecientas portadas realizadas por todo tipo de personas para sus copias caseras en CD y cassette. En la búsqueda y selección del material no se han establecido limitaciones temporales o geográficas, ni de género musical, valorando principalmente el interés gráfico y la pluralidad de las aportaciones. El material se ha ordenado según estilos y técnicas gráficas, actitudes y humores, en capítulos que llevan títulos de conocidas canciones. Así, Alphabet Street agrupa a los que se centran en la tipografía; Heroes, a los que evocan la imagen de sus ídolos musicales; Qué será, será, a los abstractos; I´ll be your mirror, a los que recrean la portada original, etc.
When music fans copy an album for their own collection or to give to someone else they often create their own home-designed sleeve inserts. These do-it-yourself graphics allow the designer to reconstruct or reinvent in accordance to their own particular imagination. This book brings together more than 700 album covers produced by a wide variety of people for their own personalised CD and cassette copies. During the search and selection process importance was not so much given to time or geographical limitations or to musical gender, but rather to graphic interest and diversity. The material has been ordered according to styles and graphic techniques, attitudes and moods, into chapters bearing the titles of well-known songs. So, Alphabet Street includes those centred on typography; Heroes, which evoke the image of the authors musical idols; Qué será, será, contains abstract contributions; Ill be your mirror, which recreate the original cover, et
