Besides looking good, coffee table books also say a lot about how you want to be perceived as a person, there’s this big self-confirmation element in it. And since I love funk and want other people to know it and I need that self-affirmation now and again I might just buy this excellent looking book by the always excellent TASCHEN! Funk & Soul Covers portrays over 500 LP cover sleeves from the likes of Don Blackman, Bootsy Collins, Stevie Wonder, James Brown, Brass Construction and The Blackbyrds and features some great interviews with the likes of Larry Mizell and Daptones Gabriel Roth to name just two and also feature artists such as quantic and Andy Smith and even Stonesthrow´s own Egon listing their favorite LP covers! Click on the link to go to The taschen website and leaf through the book.