Shop roger dean roger deans work is possibly the finest artwork associated with recorded music and his covers for yes are internationally renowned. Roger dean osibisa woyaya lp cover album cover art. A forwardthinking architect and product designer, and the man behind countless spectacular album sleeves, roger dean is a genre in himself. Browse the galleries, shop fine art prints, original paintings and sketches, or keep up to date with rogers events and exhibitions in what others are saying a very influential book for designers by one of the best. With representation from all music categories, this book will prove that record album jackets have become an art within themselves. William roger dean, known as roger dean, is an english artist, designer, and publisher. I was envious of his ability, and decided that i would. Dragon garden, rock album covers, book covers, roger dean, shadow art, english artists, soul art, animation background, science fiction art. Adult play issue adult audio coloring book sampler. Roger became widely known in the 1970s for his album cover designs for.
Made popular through the medium of album covers and posters, his work has sold in excess of 100 million copies. See more ideas about roger dean, cover art and album covers. Roger dean, when my grandpa bought me a book about his artwork, i fell in love with his unique creativity. The isle of man post office islands and bridges a set of six stamps showcasing the work of internationallyrenowned artist and designer roger dean. Biography roger dean was born in ashford kent, england in 1944. To fans of prog rock, roger dean is an art icon, his work gracing the cover of numerous albums by bands from gentle giant to uriah heep, but mostly yes and the band that grew out of it, asia. Join host pete pardo as he discusses and shows some of his favorite album covers from the legendary roger dean. The 10 essential roger dean covers legendary prog sleeves. Roger dean is internationally acclaimed as an artist and designer whose evocative and visionary images created a new genre. See more ideas about roger dean, album cover design and dean.
The album cover album 3 1980s album art book part 1. These companies also produced full colour illustrated books featuring the work of artists such as, syd mead, alan lee, jeff jones, rick griffin, michael kaluta, frank hampson and ian miller. The first two volumes that chronicled the unique art and design of roger dean were met with huge critical and popular success. Roger became widely known in the 1970s for his album cover designs for yesincluding. More information about this seller contact this seller 1. Roger dean is an internationally renowned artist and designer famed for his album cover designs, posters, books, his revolutionary publishing companies, dragons dream and paper tiger, his ecoarchitectural furniture and stage design, and his typefaces and logos. Views dean, roger, hamilton, dominy, capalbo, carla. The other editor is roger dean whose dreamscape images adorned the album covers of yes. The covers in question are the handful that roger dean produced for paperbacks in the 1970s and 80s, rather than those for his own books and. The ultimate album cover album paperback october 1, 1987 by dominy hamilton author, colin greenland author, bob fisher author, roger dean compiler, david howells compiler. Supplying customers all over the world for more than 25 years 1994 to 2020 items ordered. Awesome book with unbelievable art works of roger dean got it as a gift for someone, they cant stop talking about how much they love it. See more ideas about album covers, cover art and roger dean. Featuring a new original isle of man inspired painting as well as 5 fan familiar album covers and landscapes.
Views 1975 went straight to number one on the bestseller list and went on to sell more than a million copies, and its successor magnetic storm 1984 enjoyed similar success. Browse the galleries, shop fine art prints, original paintings and sketches, or keep up to date with roger s events and exhibitions in 2016. Back record covers bibliotheca universalismultilingual. Roger dean signed and dated by the author on the title page. If you continue to use this website without changing your cookie settings or you click accept below then you are consenting to this. Through his paintings, he creates plausibly implausible worlds where floating islands with lakes, wind shaped pines and perpetually replenished waterfalls glide across deserts. The man responsible, pretty much entirely, for the look of 1970s prog music.
The name roger dean means different things to different people. The 10 essential roger dean covers osibisa osibisa 1971. It is only through the sale of my books that allow me to continue my work as a child advocate, helping abused children and american orphans. First edition, hardcover, signed, fine in fine dust jacket, 182 pp.
Richard branson roger dean virgin records rock album covers book covers album cover design rock artists english artists. Flying elephant mosquitoes, just like it ought to be. Pages in category albums with cover art by roger dean artist the following 82 pages are in this category, out of 82 total. I didnt know what to expect from a third roger dean book, but i should have. The books, stories and audio cds of roger dean kiser. His work has sold more than sixty million copies worldwide, and his fantasy landscapes seem to have inspired those used in the film avatar. A description of the publishing companies dragons dream, and paper tiger formed to publish the work of roger dean. The album covers of bands such as, yes and asia became windows into deans world. Deans work appears on many yes releases, from the foldout monstrosity that is tales from topographic oceans 1973 to latterday attempts at new. He is especially wellknown for his relationship with the progressive rock band yes, whose albums have sold millions of copies. Given the popularity of dean s work in the 1970s youd expect there to be more than this although im not sure.
Through his paintings, he creates plausibly implausible worlds where floating islands with lakes, wind shaped pines. He is internationally renowned for his unique style of album cover paintings, logos, typefaces, and organic architectural designs. Mar 4, 2019 explore utopianscott2s board album cover art. The covers often feature exotic, fantasy landscapes. The ultimate album cover album brings together the best of the best i n album cover designhundreds of the most visually complex, stimulating and creative album covers of the past 45 years. He is best known for his work on posters and album covers for musicians, which he began painting in the late 1960s. He is best known for his work on posters and album covers for musicians, which h. Both were able to blend the album artwork and actually make it a part of the music.
The issue marks a most significant collaboration between the artist, isle of man post office and manx national heritage and. The covers in question are the handful that roger dean produced for paperbacks in the 1970s and 80s, rather than those for his own books and the ones he edited. The artists for whom he did the most art are english rock bands yes and asia. These new editions, reworked to accompany the publication of the third book in the.
Osibisa osibisa album cover roger dean best known for his yes album covers. The book walks you through a brief history of the record and then takes you through how the album jacket came to. The weird worlds of roger dean, prog rocks artist in. This is a beautiful example of how illustration and graphic design can be incredibly effective when integrated.
The ultimate album cover album by david howells and roger. The cookie settings on this website are set to allow cookies to give you the best browsing experience possible. From the midseventies on the period looked at more fully in part two, a roger dean cover was instantly recognisable a fantasy landscape, looking like something out of an alien world. Click book covers to read a story or purchase a book my friend, roger dean kiser has to be one of the best unknown short story writers in america. For some, hes the man responsible for setting the aesthetic of 70s and 80s progressive rock. An english artist, designer, architect, and publisher. Roger dean has 23 books on goodreads with 808 ratings. Osibisa vinyl lp album record osibisa new zealand mca 1971 osibisa. This encompasses a panoramic dreamscape of original paintings. Magnetic storm by dean, roger, dean, martyn and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. Rik flynn met with this master of unearthly landscapes at his studio in lewes if pink floyd and yes are the poster boys of prog rock, then roger dean.
Unfollow roger dean album covers to stop getting updates on your ebay feed. The roger dean gallery is the online home of iconic album cover artist roger dean. His work has sold more than 150 million copies worldwide. The covers often feature exotic fantasy landscapes.