Last copy discounted due to small back cover damage.
A Record Could Be Your Whole World: Vinyl Records as the Total Artwork of the Late Twentieth Century, by Bruce Russell & Luke Wood (editors) is a book about records considered ‘in themselves’. It is not about musicians, or music, or design, or music history — though all those things are considered at various points.
This book tries to cast light on the unique role played by records in western culture in the late twentieth century. Records deeply penetrated everyday life and encompassed entire worldviews through their combination of sound, design and modern mythology. In this book a diverse group of people reflect on their relationship to a specific vinyl record, and in the process reflect the diversity of human connections, needs and aspirations that records can represent.
In addition thematic essays by contributors look at specific kinds of records and their significance to popular culture, providing a broader context in which to consider the personal stories that form the core of the book.
Editors:
Bruce Russell is a sound improviser. Since 1987 he has been a member of the Dead C. and has directed two record labels, Xpressway and Corpus Hermeticum. Bruce writes about sound and is the author of Left-handed Blows (2009). In real life he coordinates creative research and post-graduate teaching in creative practice at Ara Institute of Canterbury and is an Adjunct Associate Professor in Art and Music at the University of Canterbury.
Luke Wood is currently a Senior Lecturer in Graphic Design at the Ilam School of Fine Arts (University of Canterbury, Te Wananga o Waitaha).
Contributors:
Lee Borrie, Jo Burzynska, Stella Corkery, Jon Dale, Kiran Dass, Richard Francis, James Goggin, Christopher L. G. Hill, Lisa MacKinney, James Meharry, Gwynneth Porter, Bruce Russell, Luke Shaw, D Thomas Herkes Tekai, Ariana Tikao, Tama-Te-Ra Tikao, Tuha Tuimaka and Luke Wood.
328 page softcover book with screenprinted jacket and riso printed text pages. Entirely produced inhouse at the Ilam Press facilities. Edition of 500 copies.
Book design by Luke Wood
Printed by Luke Wood & Luke Shaw at Ilam Press
Covers screenprinted by Danny Knight Baré
Cover image by Christopher Supranowitz
