What the? Get the fungool out of here. Ridiculoso. For the designer slash music nerd (current census: just under 10 million clones out there), this book is the once a year no-wipe dookie. Enough geeky build-up though, this book features obscure 60/70s record covers from sound library collections: pop/exotica, experimental electronic, rare european jazz, and more. Chances are, you've never seen 99% of these covers, so opening this up is a definite fresh experience in the most literal sense (harder and harder to come by these days). The selections are quite spectacular, and lean on the 70s graphic/typographic style that pops Lab heads. Each page nails down the fact that we as a race, have already passed our graphic prime (cue Metallica "da-na-na-nah... sad but true.") . Full color, over 200 pages in fitting matte. Hardcover. Did I mention it comes with a CD featuring tracks from the book? Highly recommended.

reviewed by mgmnt