Book Time

A great book to spend an hour or two browsing through. R. Crumb's, "The Complete Record Cover Collection." Full of his drawings and graphics for various record covers, mostly of old Blues, Country and Jazz recordings from the 1920's and 30's. Many obscure musicians and recordings. It's fascinating pausing and lingering for a moment or two, over each illustration before turning the page and discovering what's next. It causes me to want to search out each and every record.

Goodreads

An example of one of the many unique, imaginative and colorful images that fill the pages of this book. I've never heard of any of the musicians on this record but would happily give it a listen and add to my record collection based on the cover art alone.

Without Frontiers

Started reading, "Without Frontiers - The Life and Music of Peter Gabriel." In the prologue there's a story about Gabriel getting back together with Genesis for a benefit concert to pay off a huge debt resulting from the first concert by the organization he created to promore World Music, WOMAD, A bit of history previously unknown to me. There's never been much that's been widely shared about the Peter Gabriel story. The book should be a revelation to longtime listeners of his music.  

On the sleeve: "Without Frontiers gets to the heart of the psychological threads common to so many of Gabriel's disparate endeavors and in the end a picture emerges of a man who, despite his high profile, has somehow managed to live an enviably normal life through it all."