Stir It Up : Reggae Album Cover Art

Name: Stir It Up : Reggae Album Cover Art
Price: 114.95 USD
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ISBN: 9780811826167

ISBN-10: 0811826163

ISBN-13: 9780811826167

Edition: 1999

Authors: Christine Morrow

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Before the advent of music videos and CDs, album covers provided international audiences with a colorful invitation to the exotic, exciting world of Jamaican reggae. Stir It Up surveys this highly popular cover art, featuring rare and classic covers from the early ska era through the dancehall style of the '80s. While the cover art frequently reflects serious political and religious preoccupations, reggae's lighter side comes through in pictorial tributes to American Westerns, steamy dances, and smoke-wreathed spliffs. Interviews with the designers reveal the true stories behind Bob Marley's outlawed scratch 'n' sniff cover for Kaya, the mysterious fingerprints masquerading as Peter Tosh's…

Book details

List price: $24.95
Copyright year: 1999
Publisher: Chronicle Books LLC
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 120
Size: 10.25" wide x 10.50" long x 0.25" tall
Weight: 1.496
Language: English

Foreword	p. 6
Introduction	p. 8
Island of Jamaica	p. 10
Ska, Rocksteady, and Early Reggae	p. 14
A Divine Black King	p. 22
Land of Africa	p. 38
Protest	p. 44
The Healing of the Nation	p. 58
The Good, The Bad, and The Upsetters	p. 64
The Sistren	p. 70
Dancing Shoes	p. 76
Behind the Sleeves	p. 84
Select Discography	p. 116
Further Reading	p. 119
Index	p. 120
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