7 Pieces of Album Art From the Golden Age of Disco Design

What ’s hot , sweaty , and filled with intimate insinuation ? I ’m talking about disco — what did you remember I was talking about?—but I ’m also blab out about the design that was create to sell this earned run average of all of a sudden decadent modus vivendi .

The new bookDisco : An Encyclopedic Guide to the Cover Art of Disco Recordsincludes over 2000 ( ! ) album covers from the 70s and 80s , with at least 95 per centum of them featuring scantily - clad and/or grease - up female body part . There are interviews with musician , designers and producers from the era , and the covers themselves include so many oh - so conversant names like Donna Summer , Chic , Gloria Gaynor , Grace Jones , Isaac Hayes , and Kool and the Gang , as well as C of more obscure acts .

With discotheque seeing somewhat of a resurgence — have youheardGiorgio Moroder ’s unexampled single?—plus theMemphis - esque aim of the epoch also get its own counter , the prowess does n’t actually feel that visually date any longer ; if anything , it will be barrack to the current generation of designers . But if all this talk of the town is making you nostalgic for the feel of moist Spandex and the glittery spray of a mirrorball , do n’t care : There ’s asoundtrack to accompany the bookas well .

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Lime, Lime II | Matra Records

The Canadian label was best be intimate for Lime , a husband - and - wife group headed by Denis and Denyse LePage .

Vine Street Disco Band, Disco Delight | Gateway

This 1977 album was artistic production calculate by Cyd Kilbey with the cover example by Bruce Emmett . Plus dancing pourboire on the back concealment !

Blackwell, Boogie Down | Butterfly Records

Racy ! This 1978 record album was designed by Glenn Ross with photography by Buddy Rosenberg and Bob Levy .

African Suite, African Suite | MCA

This African - charm disco record album was produced by the legendaryRichie Rome in 1980 . instance by William Rieser , conception by Vartan .

Lightning, Lightning | Casablanca

Roller disco , the most authoritative subset of disco . Design by Gribbitt , Murry Whiteman and Michael Kevin Lee , photography by Scott Hensel .

Le Pamplemousse ( French for “ Citrus paradisi ” ) had a bunch of strike , this one in 1979.Design by The Committee , and picture taking by James Mares .