The Music Library

Hardback

Main Details

Title The Music Library
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Jonny Trunk
By (author) FUEL
Physical Properties
Format:Hardback
Pages:248
Dimensions(mm): Height 254,Width 254
Category/GenreIllustration and commercial art
Music
ISBN/Barcode 9780993191138
ClassificationsDewey:741.66
Audience
General
Edition Revised and expanded edition
Illustrations Illustrated in colour throughout

Publishing Details

Publisher FUEL Publishing
Imprint FUEL Publishing
Publication Date 4 April 2016
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

Library Music, also known as source or mood music, was made for use in film, TV, advertising and radio. It is music given to TV stations and producers, but never commercially for sale. Similarly the sleeves are designed to represent the music not for commercial sales. These are LPs for purpose and function, not for pop charts, and as a result they look and sound like nothing else. The first edition of The Music Library came out in 2005. It brought together over 325 sleeves with information about these rare and elusive albums. This highly sought after book influenced both graphic artists and music collectors around the world, quickly becoming known as the music library 'bible'. The Music Library sparked a resurgence of interest in the subject over the last ten years, with many new libraries and recordings coming to light. As a result this revised and expanded edition contains twice the content, featuring 625 rare sleeves from 230 music library companies of the 1960s, 1970s and early 1980s. The amazing cover designs of over 100 newly discovered libraries are beautifully reproduced (alongside all the sleeves contained in the first book) accompanied by exhaustive updated captions.

Reviews

Aficionado and avid collector Jonny Trunk reveals the many and varied pleasures of Library Music.-- "Grafik" Aside from information on hundreds of library music labels, much of the book is given over to reproductions of over 600 sleeves, which makes for a wide-ranging survey of album design over the decades.-- "The Wire"