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| Mind Over Matter 4: The Images of Pink Floyd | 
 enlarge | Creators: Storm Thorgerson, Peter Curzon
Publisher: Vision On
Category: Book
List Price: $34.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  14 reviews
Sales Rank: 11513
Media: Hardcover
Edition: 40th Anniversary
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 208
Shipping Weight (lbs): 4.7
Dimensions (in): 12.6 x 9.9 x 1.3
ISBN: 1846097630
Dewey Decimal Number: 780
EAN: 9781846097638
ASIN: 1846097630
Publication Date: October 30, 2007
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Product Description
Published to coincide with the 40th anniversary of Pink Floyd, this book from famed British artist Storm Thorgerson explores the images of Pink Floyd album sleeves and the artwork contained therein. Thorgerson’s memoirs of his time spent with Pink Floyd are combined with all the artwork he created to represent the band at each stage of their career.
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One of the best art books I own. October 3, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This is an amazing book, not only for fans of Pink Floyd, but for anyone who's interested in photography or surreal art. The text is entertaining and gives a lot of insight into the creative and production process, and some amusing anecdotes as well.
Magnifico!!! April 28, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Definitivamente es la mejor adquisicion Floydiana que uno puede hacer de todos los lanzamientos del ultimo ano.
Thorgerson es dueno de una imaginacion y talento asombrosos. En este libro que posee practicamente todo su trabajo relacionado a Pink Floyd hay muchas pruebas de ello.
Vale la pena totalmente, junto al Libro de Nick Mason son un complemento perfecto para entender la magia que ronda a Pink Floyd en sus dos ambitos principales: musica y artes visuales.
The best! December 31, 2007
If you like Pink Floyd, art, design or album cover, this is the best book I ever read.
Buy NOW!! =)
Perfect Companionship For Listening to Floyd February 24, 2005
14 out of 14 found this review helpful
Storm Thorgerson is the artist who designed the bulk of Pink Floyd's artwork, and "Mind Over Matter" is a combination of memoir, scrapbook, and gallery. With the possible exception of Led Zeppelin, no British rock band of the 1970s paid closer attention than Pink Floyd to the potent magic a well-designed album cover could lend to music the album contained. Much like Zeppelin, it's almost impossible to think of Pink Floyd's music without imagining the incredible visuals on their album covers. In essence, Thorgerson is almost an adjunct member of the band.
Graphic artists will appreciate this collection because Thorgerson's almost Magritte-like graphic style is also perfectly and endlessly adaptable to the commercial marketing. Casual Floyd fans will get a kick out seeing so many classic Floyd images reproduced at much larger than CD size. More serious Floyd fans will savor Thorgerson's behind-the-scenes insights regarding the band. (I was surprised to learn that Thorgerson leans more towards Gilmour than Waters). Throughout,the author discusses his designs in a very straightforward, conversational, non-pretentious way. As a bonus, he also includes graphics from Floyd tour books, posters, and DVD clamcases.
Given that so little video footage exists of Floyd, this oversized hardcover collection provides the perfect collection of visuals to leaf through while you're listening to "Dark Side of the Moon" for the umpteenth time.
A "Beautiful" Mind March 25, 2002
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
I absolutely knew I had to purchase "this" book the second I saw the book cover. Storm Thorgerson is utterly amazing, eyecatching & perhaps a bit eccentric (aren't most true artists?) I loved reading about his ideas/how he came up with them & how he laid them out in the end, and after reading this book, I now want to check out other material on him as well. Pink Floyd is indeed legendary as are the works of Storm Thorgerson. A Fantastic view of Unimaginable Talent. Check it out.
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