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Along with Columbia, Atlantic Records is probably the most storied record label in U.S history, with a 75-plus-year legacy…
Otis Redding with the Bar-Kays
… that ranges from Ray Charles and Otis Redding and Aretha Franklin to John Coltrane and Ornette Coleman …
John Coltrane
© Jim Marshall Photography LLC
from Led Zeppelin and the Rolling Stones to ABBA and the Allman Brothers, from Ed Sheeran and Bruno Mars to Hootie & the Blowfish and Cardi B …
ABBA
and those are just the very top.
The Drifters with producer Tom Dowd
You’ve got tons of Atlantic records in your vinyl or CD collection or playlists, whether you realize it or not — and so do your parents and maybe your grandparents…
The Allman Brothers
It’s a heavy, heavy legacy, and the label and virtuoso publishers Taschen Books have paid it tribute with a heavy, heavy book — in fact, virtually anyone’s first reaction will be, “OHMYGOD IT’S SO HEAVY.”
Ornette Coleman
Measuring 14” x 14” with super-thick page stock and packaged in a cardboard box, it weighs at least 11 pounds and is almost impossible to hold in your lap for long without your legs losing blood circulation…
but wow are these photos amazing.
Aretha Franklin with Tom Dowd
Krause, Johansen
The label’s archives are a national treasure (disclosure: this writer worked at Atlantic and spent a lot of time digging through them), and the photo research here is next level…
Chic
Chic, Scheveningen 1979 © Anto
You see everyone from Aretha (giving a serious side-eye to producer Tom Dowd) to the Drifters, the Stones to Zeppelin, Chic to Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young and more in the studio, on stage, posing or just looking cool. And the editors were sure that the label’s recent history got an outsized look as well — Sheeran, Bruno, Jewel, Hootie & the Blowfish, Brandy, Janelle Monae, Cardi B and many more…
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
although a 14 x 14 photo of ‘90s rockers Collective Soul may not be as electrifying as, say, the incredible shot of Otis Redding and Nina Simone hanging out and smiling.
Janelle Monae
There’s plenty of archival articles and extended captions as well, but there’s little question that the real draw here are the photos. Dig into a small selection above …
Silk Sonic (Bruno Mars and Anderson .Paak)
