REVIEWS &

ACCOLADES

Books of the Year –MidCentury Books

Best Rock and Roll Books in 2018 –Goodreads

Best books of 2017 –Financial Times

Best music books of 2017 –Vinyl Factory

The Look of Midcentury Sound –Wall Street Journal

"a handsomely illustrated volume" –Alex Ross, The Rest is Noise blog

“provides pertinent and relevant context for understanding a renewed vinyl boom in the digital age” –Songs My Sister Likes

An Excellent Study of How Record Sleeve Artwork Shaped Consumerist Values –Times Higher Education

MIdcentury Visions of Christmas in New York –Medium

“a thoughtful and compelling perspective on the vinyl record as material culture” –International Association for the Study of Popular Music

"a wonderful read. scholarly and fun" –Symbolic Interaction

"a revisionary examination of a hidden agenda for distributing cultural tropes through record albums and their covers" –Leonardo: The International Society of Arts, Sciences and Technology

Hi-Fi Living –Rochester Democrat & Chronicle online

Vintage Vinyl: A Local Couple's Curated Look Back –Northern Express

New Music Books –The Wire

"A sort of Billboard for the cultural-studies set" –Art Review

The Aspirational Living and Jet-Setting of Midcentury Vinyl LPs –Hyperallergic

Holiday Picks from Rhythm Planet –KCRW Radio, Santa Monica

Holiday Gift Guide –Centre for Public Impact

Holiday Book List 2017 –Docomomo US (Committee for the Documentation and Conservation of the Modern Movement)

"Inspirational" –Dusty Groove Records, Chicago

“Zankel lecture examines record covers” –Skidmore College News

“New Stuff This Week” –Quimby’s, Chicago

On the Table –Post Magazine, Rochester

When vinyl was a medium for more than just music –Independent Publisher

Happy Days as Cool Cats Go Back to the 50s at Blackwell's Bookshop –Oxford Mail

"A cool book about mid-century modern album covers from a design perspective" –Record Time with Chris Star

Album Cover Art Books –Musiceureka

New Books –Album Cover Hall of Fame

Capitol Records at Midcentury –MIT Press Blog

Recovering and Discovering Album Artists and Photographers –MIT Press blog

Recent books that caught our eye –Eye Magazine

Best new books on material culture –Lovereading UK

Discovering the 1950s records that reflected the aspirations of American life –The Vinyl Factory

Lorraine's Picks –Fresh Press, Baker & Taylor

Pick of the Lists –Mountain and Plains Independent Bookseller's Association

HI-Fi Living –University of Michigan Alumnus Newsletter

Designed for Hi-Fi Living: How it All Started –MIT Press blog

How the Cold War Trickled Down to Midcentury Record Albums –Literary Hub

Recommended –American Booksellers Association

New & Noteworthy Books –The Getty Store

A Colorful New Book Celebrates the Midcentury Rise of the Vinyl Format –Pop Matters

Recommended Reading –Rough Trade

Top Book of the Year –Chad Comello blog

Hi-Fi Living –Andy Nicastro blog

Designed for Hi-Fi Living –deconstructed | graphic design and art criticism

Faculty Research Yields New Books –RIT News

Vinyl Art Book Review –ST33 Sleeve Design blog

Hi-Fi Living –ST33 Sleeve Design blog

Sounding Out! Reads –Sounding Out! Sound Studies blog

“I’m totally enamored” –Bill Caraher, North Dakota Quarterly

Celebrate Vinyl Day –Confuzzled Books blog

Some of our Favorite Record Covers –Jerry Jazz Musician blog

The Hi-Fi Generation – Print magazine

Listen! Radio and Podcasts

A Quick Spin Around the Globe via 1950s LP Covers –Public Radio International's The World

Designed for Hi Fi Living –The Kodakery podcast

The MItch Albom Show –WJR Radio Detroit

The Johnny Burke Morning Show –WRSR Radio Flint

Mind of Magnus Show –WRFZ Radio Rochester

Retro Cocktail Hour podcast –Kansas Public Radio