《古巴:音乐与变革》是有史以来**本关于古巴唱片封套设计的书，由古巴吉勒•彼得森和斯图亚特•贝克编著。它收录了从1960年代初古巴革命开始到1985年的数百张鲜见的黑胶唱片。1985年，由于苏联解体和俄罗斯撤销对古巴政府的财政支持，古巴进入特殊时期，导致古巴黑胶唱片制造业的衰落。这里的艺术作品既反映了古巴文化和音乐的深度，也反映了革命共产主义的政治影响。

《古巴:音乐与变革》用数百张彩色图片介绍了古巴唱片封面艺术的历史，其中包括许多以前在岛外看不到的代表作品。

The first ever book about Cuban record sleeve design, compiled by Gilles Peterson and Stuart Baker, Cuba: Music and Revolution features hundreds of rarely seen vinyl records from the start of the Cuban Revolution at the beginning of the 1960s up until 1985, when Cuba’s Special Period, brought about by the dissolution of the Soviet Union and the withdrawal of Russia’s financial support for the Cuban government, led to the demise of vinyl-

record manufacturing in Cuba. The artwork here reflects both the cultural and musical depth of Cuba as well as the political influence of revolutionary communism.

Over the past century, Cuban music has produced a seemingly endless variety of styles―rumba, mambo, son, salsa―at a dizzyingly fast rate. Since the 1940s a steady stream of Cuban musicians has also made the migration to the US, sparking changes in North American musical forms: bandleader Machito set New York’s jazz and Latin scene on fire, and master drummer Chano Pozo’s entry into Dizzy Gillespie's group led to the birth of Latin jazz, to name just two.

After the Cuban Revolution in 1959, the new government closed American-owned nightclubs and consolidated the island’s recording industry under a state-run monopoly. Out of this new socialist agenda came new musical styles, including the Nueva Trova movement of left-wing songwriters. The 1980s saw more experimentation in modernist jazz, salsa and Afro-Cuban folkloric music.

Generously illustrated with hundreds of colour images, Cuba: Music and Revolution presents the history of Cuban record cover art, including many examples previously unseen outside the island itself.