Andy Warhol: The Complete Commissioned Record Covers

The range of music represented through these record covers, from jazz to classical and rock to soul, reveals the breadth of Warhol's musical tastes and his extraordinary ability to combine his artistic vision with that of the musicians.. Hundreds of additional contextual illustrations present liner notes and inside covers, related works by Warhol, and documentary images that trace the artist’s visual sources. This stunning volume reproduces all of the album covers, front and back, that Warhol designed over four decades. Now available in an expanded edition, this landmark collection presents all of the record covers designed by Andy Warhol between 1949 and 1987, charting the Pop icon’s lifelong engagement with music and casting a new light on his enormously diverse oeuvre. Author Paul Maréchal explores Warhol's creative process, his relationship with artists, and his fascination with all genres of music. Count Basie, Tchaikovsky, Aretha Franklin, Lou Reed, Diana Ross, John Lennon, and the Rolling Stones all had their music promoted by Andy Warhol's record covers

Paul Marechal is the author of Andy Warhol: The Complete Commissioned Posters 1964 - 1987 and Andy Warhol: The Complete Commissioned Magazine Work (both Prestel). An avid collector of Warhol's printed matter, he teaches art market fundamentals at the Universite du Quebec a Montreal, serves as curator of the art collection of Power Corporation

His peelable banana on the cover of “The Velvet Underground & Nico” (1967) with the suggestive pink banana underneath and giant signature below it is without parallel. The Rolling Stones’ “Sticky Fingers” with a giant close-up of a jeans-clad crotch, working zipper and underwear underneath was pure Warholproactive yet populist, and hard to ignore. “Produced at nearly actual size, with photographs of the original works, along with entries detailing the story of each album, this catalogue is a compendium of sumptuous delight.”Crave Online“Warhol is among the greatest album-c