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Wooten, Greg. Jason Fulford, Editor. Brooklyn, NY: J&L Books, 2019. First Edition. 8vo. Boards with Pictorial Pastedown. Music Graphics Survey. As New/No Jacket - As Issued. 260pp, 275 color illustrations. "Marred for Life! presents over two hundred and fifty record covers lovingly and mischievously vandalized by anonymous music lovers selected from the collection of Greg Wooten, a Los Angeles-based collector, musician and design purveyor. Wooten and his community of record-collector friends have discovered these in used record bins over the course of several years. Sometimes over-the-top and other times subtle - and often, really funny - the objects become a kind of found folk art. Bloodshot eyes, blackened teeth, mustaches, tattoos, reviews, love letters, collage, and pornographic and psychedelicized embellishment adorn these record covers by Elvis, the Beatles, Frank Zappa, Jimi Hendrix, John Coltrane, Yoko Ono, Nina Simone, Led Zeppelin, Sparks, LL Cool J., David Bowie, The Velvet Underground, Mose Allison, Prince, Tim Buckley, Neil Young, and many, many more can be found here in this fabulous new release from J&L Books edited by publisher Jason Fulford in a way that highlights various connections and humor between the covers.". A brand new, pristine example of this ultra-charming tome perfect for the vinyl enthusiast in your life additionally BOLDLY SIGNED by author and collector Greg Wooten!

PLEASE NOTE: "MARRED FOR LIFE" is not officially available from the publisher yet, but we have ten signed advance copies for sale - one per customer, first come, first served - courtesy of J&L Books that we will ship on Tuesday, April 23rd. Our full supply should then arrive at the shop on Tuesday, April 30th, and remaining orders will be fulfilled starting on Wednesday, May 1st. Please write us at sales@arcanabooks.com with any questions. Thanks!


Inventory Number: 026079