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Post by negative1 on Dec 7, 2023 17:43:10 GMT -5
i guess i got tired of waiting for one to come out. a nice discography reference, and book with pictures. NOTE : *THIS IS A FAN PROJECT* not for profit. resources : discogs, and wikipedia, and many duran sites (in credits). anyways, i'm making a nice hardcover book, and figured if people were interested at the end, we can do something with it. i am adding my own scans, and don't want it to be too big, maybe 120-150 pages. i have 6 chapters mapped out. --- covers - ------- First album - Arena All singles released, including a few promos, EPS, and foreign singles too, with rarities. I'm using blurb.com to print the book out. should be done next year i hope. i'm trying to get about 80% of the way there by the end of the year. here's a preview of chapter 1: let me know what you think. later | || || | | ne gative 1
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Post by intravenus on Dec 7, 2023 19:14:28 GMT -5
Looks very cool! I'd suggest splitting singles from EPs... Nite Romantics and Carnival probably shouldn't be in the same list as My Own Way and The Wild Boys. You could put the country of origin in brackets for each EP such as Nite Romantics (Japan), though Carnival is a special case with multiple versions for different regions. They recorded three sets of demos with Bob Lamb before Simon joined... 2 with Andy Wickett and 1 with Jeff Thomas.
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Post by Dew on Dec 7, 2023 23:58:44 GMT -5
It's a worthwhile effort. I'd consider spending more time with the design and layout (or asking for help), making it more minimal like a museum catalog. Let the DD artwork be the hero.
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Post by Jott Emm on Dec 8, 2023 3:37:09 GMT -5
I like that, looks like it was made with love.
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Post by redmumba on Dec 8, 2023 7:12:46 GMT -5
Good that you're using blurb.com - that's where I've done all my books. Will be interesting to see the final product.
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Post by james7609 on Dec 9, 2023 7:13:11 GMT -5
i guess i got tired of waiting for one to come out. a nice discography reference, and book with pictures. NOTE : *THIS IS A FAN PROJECT* not for profit. resources : discogs, and wikipedia, and many duran sites (in credits). anyways, i'm making a nice hardcover book, and figured if people were interested at the end, we can do something with it. i am adding my own scans, and don't want it to be too big, maybe 120-150 pages. i have 6 chapters mapped out. --- covers - ------- First album - Arena All singles released, including a few promos, EPS, and foreign singles too, with rarities. I'm using blurb.com to print the book out. should be done next year i hope. i'm trying to get about 80% of the way there by the end of the year. here's a preview of chapter 1: let me know what you think. later | || || | | ne gative 1 This is a great idea. I’ve always wanted something like this from the band. If you ever felt the need, me and my team could happily look at the final art work for you. The only bit I’d tweak would be the typography. Just a personal thing. I’d try and make it consistent throughout and paired back in the size. For me this would allow the wonderful DD artworks to be the heroes of the book.
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Post by negative1 on Jan 9, 2024 8:40:22 GMT -5
i guess i got tired of waiting for one to come out. a nice discography reference, and book with pictures. NOTE : *THIS IS A FAN PROJECT* not for profit. resources : discogs, and wikipedia, and many duran sites (in credits). anyways, i'm making a nice hardcover book, and figured if people were interested at the end, we can do something with it. i am adding my own scans, and don't want it to be too big, maybe 120-150 pages. i have 6 chapters mapped out. --- covers - ------- First album - Arena All singles released, including a few promos, EPS, and foreign singles too, with rarities. I'm using blurb.com to print the book out. should be done next year i hope. i'm trying to get about 80% of the way there by the end of the year. here's a preview of chapter 1: let me know what you think. later | || || | | ne gative 1 This is a great idea. I’ve always wanted something like this from the band. If you ever felt the need, me and my team could happily look at the final art work for you. The only bit I’d tweak would be the typography. Just a personal thing. I’d try and make it consistent throughout and paired back in the size. For me this would allow the wonderful DD artworks to be the heroes of the book. thank you so much for the encouragement. i would love to have some help. i'm still fleshing out the first draft, and would love to collaborate. i'm back working on it. give me a few more months, and we'll see how it goes. later | ||| || | | | | | ne gative 1
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Post by negative1 on Jan 9, 2024 8:42:32 GMT -5
It's a worthwhile effort. I'd consider spending more time with the design and layout (or asking for help), making it more minimal like a museum catalog. Let the DD artwork be the hero. i like the idea of a more visual version. that would make the book much smaller, and less expensive. however, i do like having the technical details and descriptions too. i have a ton of books from factory, peter saville, underworld etc, and they take many different approaches. the problem is, all the information is all over the place. at least here its all in mostly one area. the releases, dates, descriptions, etc. later | | ||| | | | ne gative 1
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Post by negative1 on Jan 17, 2024 20:11:17 GMT -5
reached a milestone. first draft done. 120 pages. will add 5-10 more for the conclusion, thanks, and credits. it should take a couple more months of fine tuning, checking, and editing before its done. later | || | || | | neg ative 1
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Post by redmumba on Jan 18, 2024 6:53:28 GMT -5
reached a milestone. first draft done. 120 pages. will add 5-10 more for the conclusion, thanks, and credits. it should take a couple more months of fine tuning, checking, and editing before its done. later | || | || | | neg ative 1 looks really good so far. For that AVTAK page, I assume there's also going to be a page for the 12" versions.
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