75 Years of Atlantic Records in Photos: Aretha Franklin, Otis Redding, CSNY, Coldplay and More

When you think of Atlantic Records, which music icon comes to mind? Aretha Franklin? Cream? Cardi B? Genesis? Aaliyah?  Ray Charles? Led Zeppelin? Bruno Mars? Crosby, Stills & Nash? Any of those names would be right, as a new coffee-table book, 75 Years of Atlantic Records, more than proves. To celebrate the label’s seven-plus decades, Taschen Books and editor Reuel Golden assembled a photo-rich collection of rare and classic images of key Atlantic artists and the execs, like founder Ahmet Ertegun, who brought them on board. Over its 691 pages, we see both Chic and Franklin at work in studios, ABBA romping in an amusement park, John Coltrane contemplating his sax, Jack Harlow signing autographs from inside a limo, and much more. As Chic themselves once sang, “These are the good times.”