Just a teaser cover for a project which is some way away, likely 2023, but the book trade does work on very long lead times. It is a personal look at the art of the vinyl album from the collection of designer Simon Robinson. “I’ve been fascinated by album covers ever since I bought my first records as a school kid. Most people collect albums for the music but I also pick up interesting sleeves regardless of content. So this is a selection from the shelves, chosen from what I would consider to be well designed covers (with a few mad ones as well!). I am avoiding the well documented covers in the main and am aiming for a more eclectic selection…”

More on this later.