12 Inch Sleeves

In "12A" Sleeves", Toni Rubio offers a careful selection of maxi-single record cover art. Since the mid nineteen-seventies, the graphic artwork that has appeared on 45-rpm maxi-single has traveled a heterogeneous line, drawing from diverse influences and idioms. With abundant references to pop, minimalism, hard core, hyperrealism, electronic and other tendencies from the past thirty years, "'12A" Sleeves" is a journey through the recent past, allowing readers to re-live and re-visit many of the songs and covers that have provided the soundtrack for our lives. The covers in the book include records from all music styles, spanning the twenty years between 1980 to 2000: Communards, soft cell, Blondie, De La Soul, Kurtis Blow, Sylvester, Tone Loc, Westband, Moby, Line, Frankie Goes to Hollywood, Talk Talk, The The, Soul II Soul, Prince, the Pet Shop Boys, Simply Red, and Basement Jaxx.