Bananarama I Heard a Rumour

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Artist/Maker	London Records (issuer)
Place of origin	Great Britain (made)

Offset lithograph poster advertising the release of The Brand New Single, in two 45 rpm single formats, by the female pop group Bananarama. The design features a photograph of all three memeber sof the group overlaid with the text Bananarama I Heard A Rumour Bananarama.

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Categories	Advertising Entertainment & Leisure Posters
Object type	Poster
Title	Bananarama I Heard a Rumour
Materials and techniques	Offset lithography Offset Lithography
Brief description	Offset lithograph poster advertising the release of the single 'I Heard a Rumour' by the female pop group Bananarama. Issued by London Records. Great Britain. 1987.
Physical description	Offset lithograph poster advertising the release of The Brand New Single, in two 45 rpm single formats, by the female pop group Bananarama. The design features a photograph of all three memeber sof the group overlaid with the text Bananarama I Heard A Rumour Bananarama.
Dimensions	Height: 154cm Width: 103.6cm Dimensions taken from: Edge, Kevin. The Art of Selling Songs : Graphics for the Music Business, 1690-1990. London : Futures Publications, 1991.
Marks and inscriptions	BANANARAMA / I HEARD A RUMOUR / BANANARAMA / THE BRAND NEW SINGLE / OUT NOW ON 7" & 12" HOROSCOPE MIX (Part of design.)
Object history	This poster would have probably occupied one of the thousands of illegal inner-city sites across the United Kingdom. The sensuous nature of this highly successful all-woman vocal group is here tempered by the dominant typographical message.
Subjects depicted	Singers Bananarama
Bibliographic reference	Edge, Kevin. The Art of Selling Songs : Graphics for the Music Business, 1690-1990. London : Futures Publications, 1991.
Collection	Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number	E.469-1988

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Record created	November 24, 2008
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O173878/bananarama-i-heard-a-rumour-poster-london-records/

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