Designed for Hi-Fi Living

Before album covers were reduced to tiny icons on smartphones, they were bold, colorful pieces of art, as much cultural indicators as protectors for the records inside. —Wall Street Journal, Alexandra Wolfe An excellent example of consumer research subtly linked to political ideologies and shifting consumer attitudes and tastes. —TIMES HIGHER EDUCATION One of the smartest books we've ever seen on album cover art – a lavish full color volume that not only presents loads of classic images, but also has plenty to say about them as well! —Dusty Groove, Chicago Fascinating. —Print Magazine Terrific. Makes a great gift for the music lover who loves midcentury design and travel. —KCRW Rhythm Planet Borgerson and Schroeder contend that midcentury record albums offered compelling visions for incorporating style, home, and travel into mainstream American society. Their book, Designed for Hi-Fi Living, offers a view of this vision, a way to illustrate the role of the vinyl LP in developing contemporary American consumer culture. —Leonardo An eye-opening, colorful, often humorous look back at a time when the vinyl LP was not only becoming a commonplace item in the American home, but also reflected the times we lived in, and our hope for the future. —PopMatters Delve[s] beneath the kitschy album art to explore how this genre of mood music reflected an era of shifting desires. —Hyperallergic A slice of American postwar life.... An indication of how music is visually interpreted. —Print Magazine