We recently completed the photo shoot for one of our upcoming books, Touchable Sound: Twenty Years of 7″ Record Design & Packaging. Shot by Ian Baguskus, the shoot comprised of shooting over 540 records which will be featured in the book.

The photo featured in this post, which is a shoot outtake, features stacks of records comprising roughly 85% of the records that will be in the book. The stacks contain no less than 11 and no more than 34 records each. Musically speaking the records are genre agnostic, and focus on DIY modes of production with respect to the overall packaging design (not just the cover art, but the totality of the packaging). The records selected are a diverse representation of the various aesthetics, approaches, and values of the independent music community over the past 20 years.

A huge THANK YOU to all the people who sent in records, offered suggestions, and supplied contact information.  We simply could not have gotten this far without your help.

Curated by Mike Treff, Brian Roettinger and Diego Hadis, designed by Brian Roettinger, and with essay contributions from Henry Owings, Justin Pearson, Sam McPheeters and more, Touchable Sound will be out in 2010.