TASCHEN”75 Years of Atlantic Records” Hardcover Book

Rock, pop, and soul icons play to the camera

In 1947, when Ahmet Ertegun and two fellow music fans started Atlantic Records in New York City, they never could have known thattheir passion for discovering artists and making records would shape 75 years of popular culture. The reason for such tremendous global success is simple: Atlantic is a groundbreaking industry model that embraced and championed a wide range of genres: Black music likeR&B, soul, jazz, and hip-hop, as well as rock, pop, dance, and more.

75 Years of Atlantic Recordsis the official and definitive photographic history of this legendary record label; four years in the making, and featuring imagesfrom Atlantic’s extensive archives, many of them published here for the first time. Check out soul pioneers likeAretha Franklin and Ray Charles; jazz innovators likeJohn Coltrane and Charles Mingus; era-defining pop acts like theBee Gees and ABBA; rock legends likeLed Zeppelin and theRolling Stones; trailblazing singers likeRoberta Flack andStevie Nicks, and today’s stars likeEd Sheeran and Charli xcx. Presented in formal portraits, live performance shots, decisive moments in the studio, and intimate glimpses behind the scenes are captured bysome of the world’s greatest photographers,includingAnnie Leibovitz, Jim Marshall, Lee Friedlander, Walter Iooss Jr.,Anton Corbijn, Chuck Stewart,Albert Watson,andDavid LaChapelle.

Fascinating captions by Richie Unterberger and Herb Powellprovide context while award-winning writersDavid Ritz, Ben Ratliff, Elizabeth Nelson, Barney Hoskyns, and othersexamine the label’s various genres, alongside a timeline and profiles of the label’s pioneers.A foreword by Bruno Marsdeclares that Atlantic revolutionized how records were made and heard. Now this story has been fully and beautifully documented—a must-have for music lovers.

Details:

• Hardcover book in slipcase
• 462 pages
• Approx. 13″Sq.
• Item Weight (Lbs.): 14.6
• Made in Italy