中文简介：

在这本关于放克和灵魂乐的精美图集中，迷幻与黑色力量相遇，性解放与社会良知相遇，街头肖像与幻想卡通相遇。本书汇集了黑人音乐黄金时代的500多张传奇唱片封面，包括其文化背景、设计分析以及对关键行业人物的采访。

原创封面

黑人音乐的黄金时代

继《爵士乐唱片封面》大获成功之后，本书汇集了黑人音乐黄金时代的500多张传奇唱片封面。在这本关于放克和灵魂乐的精美图集中，迷幻与黑色力量相遇，性解放与社会良知相遇，街头肖像与幻想卡通相遇。

本书收集并颂扬了这些经典而罕见的唱片封面，它们不仅非常抢手，还表达了整个音乐氛围。Marvin Gaye、James Brown、Curtis Mayfield、Michael Jackson、Prince等人用他们独特而令人难忘的声音改变了世界。歌迷们争相抢购他们的唱片，欣赏那些辉煌、大胆、离奇、纯美的封面设计。

本书以对业界关键人物的采访为特色，还提供了许多所选唱片封面的文化背景和设计分析。

作者

Joaquim Paulo是各大音乐厂牌顾问，并在葡萄牙指导一些广播电台。他从15岁开始收集黑胶唱片，并飞往伦敦、巴黎、纽约和圣保罗，以丰富他超过25000张唱片的收藏。他在里斯本生活和工作，并将空闲时间用于修复旧唱片和稀有唱片。

编辑

Julius Wiedemann学习过平面设计和市场营销，在2001年加入TASCHEN之前，曾在东京的报纸和设计杂志担任艺术编辑。他的作品包括【插画现在时！】系列和【唱片封面】系列，以及信息图表集和关于广告和视觉文化的书籍。

放克&灵魂乐唱片封面《40周年纪念版》

Joaquim Paulo, Julius Wiedemann

精装，6.1 x 8.5英寸，2.73磅，512页

ISBN 978-3-8365-8819-5

语言版本：英语、法语、德语

英文简介：

Psychedelia meets Black Power, sexual liberation meets social conscience, and street portraiture meets fantastical comic art in this epic volume of groove. Complete with cultural context, design analysis and interviews with key industry figures, the collection gathers more than 500 legendary record covers from a golden era of Black music.

Original Covers

The golden age of Black music

Following the success of Jazz Covers, this epic volume of groove assembles over 500 legendary covers from a golden era in Black music. Psychedelia meets Black Power, sexual liberation meets social conscience, and street portraiture meets fantastical comic art in this dazzling anthology of visualized funk and soul.

Gathering both classic and rare covers, the collection celebrates each artwork's ability to capture not only a buyer's interest, but an entire musical mood. Browse through and discover the brilliant, the bold, the outlandish and the incredibly beautiful designs that fans rushed to get their hands on as the likes of Marvin Gaye, James Brown, Curtis Mayfield, Michael Jackson, and Prince changed the world with their unique and unforgettable sounds.

Featuring interviews with key industry figures, Funk & Soul Covers also provides cultural context and design analysis for many of the chosen record covers.

The author

Joaquim Paulo is a consultant for major labels and directs a number of radio stations in Portugal. He started collecting vinyl at the age of 15, and flies to London, Paris, New York, and São Paulo to enrich his collection of over 25,000 LPs. He lives and works in Lisbon and dedicates his free time to recovering old and rare recordings.

The editor

Julius Wiedemann studied graphic design and marketing and was an art editor for newspapers and design magazines in Tokyo before joining TASCHEN in 2001. His titles include the Illustration Now! and Record Covers series, as well as the infographics collection and books about advertising and visual culture.

Funk & Soul Covers. 40th Ed.

Joaquim Paulo, Julius Wiedemann

Hardcover, 6.1 x 8.5 in., 2.73 lb, 512 pages

ISBN 978-3-8365-8819-5

Multilingual Edition: English, French, German