Mettle

Physical description

Cardboard cover sleeve for the 12" long-playing record 'Mettle' recorded by Hugo Largo for Land Records. The design features a photograph of a whale underwater.

Place of Origin

Great Britain, UK (published)

Date

1989 (published)

Artist/maker

Mills, Russell, born 1952 (designer)
Coppenhall, Dave (designer)
Opal, Land Records (publisher)

Materials and Techniques

Colour offset lithograph on cardboard

Marks and inscriptions

Lettered with title, credits and 'Front Cover photographs / by Adam Peacock / Band photograph by / Phil Nicholls. / Art & Design by Russell / Mills and Dave Coppenhall.'

Dimensions

Height: 31.5 cm, Width: 31.5 cm

Historical context note

Land Records formed part of the Opal Group of Companies. Founded in 1984, Opal represented Brian Eno, Daniel Lanois, John Paul Jones, Jon Hassell, Harold Budd, Roger Eno, Michael Brook, Laraaji, and visual artists Russell Mills and Andrew Logan. Opal not only encompassed many aspects of the music business such as music publishing, artist management, record production and its own label, Land Records, but was also involved worldwide in video and art installations, concert promotion and book publishing. Since 1991 Opal concentrated solely on music publishing and Brian Eno's own work.

Descriptive line

Cardboard cover sleeve for the 12" long-playing record 'Mettle' recorded by Hugo Largo. Cover design by Russell Mills and Dave Coppenhall. Published by Land Records, Great Britain, 1989.

Exhibition History

The Art of Selling Songs: Graphics for the Music Business 1690-1990. (Victoria and Albert Museum 20/02/1991-23/06/1991)

Materials

Cardboard

Techniques

Colour offset lithography

Subjects depicted

Whale

Categories

Labels & packaging; Music

Collection code

PDP