The Music Library

Jonny Trunk, FUEL, Jerry Dammers

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FUEL Publishing
01 September 2016

Illustration & commercial art; Music

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.

By: Jonny Trunk, FUEL, Jerry Dammers
Imprint: FUEL Publishing
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Edition: Revised and expanded edition
Dimensions: Height: 254mm, Width: 254mm, Spine: 30mm
Weight: 1.460kg
ISBN: 9780993191138
ISBN 10: 0993191134
Pages: 248
Publication Date: 01 September 2016
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Reviews for The Music Library

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