Aikea-Guinea

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Artist/Maker	Beggars Group, Beggars Banquet Records (4AD) (record label) 23 Envelope (design agency)
Place of origin	Great Britain (published)

Card cover sleeve for the 12" EP 'Aikea-Guinea' recorded by the group the Cocteau Twins. The cover has an abstract design in black and grey that resembles silhouetted strands of grass. In the centre of the back is an image that is suggestive of an ammonite fossil.

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Categories	Labels & Packaging Music
Object type	Record Sleeve
Title	Aikea-Guinea
Materials and techniques	Colour print (probably offset lithograph) on card Card Colour Printing
Brief description	Cover sleeve for the 12" EP 'Aikea-Guinea' recorded by the group the Cocteau Twins. Cover design by 23 Envelope. Published by 4AD, Great Britain, 1985.
Physical description	Card cover sleeve for the 12" EP 'Aikea-Guinea' recorded by the group the Cocteau Twins. The cover has an abstract design in black and grey that resembles silhouetted strands of grass. In the centre of the back is an image that is suggestive of an ammonite fossil.
Dimensions	Height: 31.5cm Width: 31.6cm Measured by DH 23/02/2011
Marks and inscriptions	'AIKEA-GUINEA / KOOKABURRA / QUISQUOSE / ROCOCO' (The four song titles of the EP are lettered in gold on the cover, in a black box framed with a line of gold.) 'Cocteau / Twins / BAD 501 / SLEEVE BY 23 ENVELOPE' (Lettered in gold on the back of the sleeve, along with the 4AD logo.)
Associated objects	E.288-1989 (Set) E.289-1989 (Set)
Other number	BAD 501 - Record label's number
Collection	Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number	E.287-1989

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Record created	December 9, 2008
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O177372/aikea-guinea-record-sleeve-beggars-group-beggars/

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