One Thousand Years of Trouble
Record Sleeve
1987 (made)
1987 (made)
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Cardboard inner-sleeve for a 12" long-playing record of 'One Thousand Years of Trouble', recorded by the group Age of Chance for Virgin Records Ltd..
The design features a number of mass-media related images and a manipulated image of the Bayeux Tapestry and the text Listen / Crush / The Mighty Roar of Consumption, Construction & Corruption / This is the Sound. The design on the reverse features three stars and two columns of aerial bombs, in red on a blue ground, and excerpts of text in orange.
The design features a number of mass-media related images and a manipulated image of the Bayeux Tapestry and the text Listen / Crush / The Mighty Roar of Consumption, Construction & Corruption / This is the Sound. The design on the reverse features three stars and two columns of aerial bombs, in red on a blue ground, and excerpts of text in orange.
Object details
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| Title | One Thousand Years of Trouble (assigned by artist) |
| Materials and techniques | colour offset lithograph on cardboard |
| Brief description | Cardboard inner-sleeve for a 12" long-playing record of 'One Thousand Years of Trouble', recorded by the group Age of Chance. Design by Ian Anderson and Nick Phillips (of The Designers Republic). Issued by Virgin Records Ltd., England, 1987. |
| Physical description | Cardboard inner-sleeve for a 12" long-playing record of 'One Thousand Years of Trouble', recorded by the group Age of Chance for Virgin Records Ltd.. The design features a number of mass-media related images and a manipulated image of the Bayeux Tapestry and the text Listen / Crush / The Mighty Roar of Consumption, Construction & Corruption / This is the Sound. The design on the reverse features three stars and two columns of aerial bombs, in red on a blue ground, and excerpts of text in orange. |
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| Production type | Mass produced |
| Marks and inscriptions | Includes the text 'Listen / Crush / The Mighty Roar of Consumption, Construction & Corruption / This is the Sound'. |
| Credit line | Given by The Designers Republic |
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| Accession number | E.790-1990 |
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| Record created | February 18, 2009 |
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