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Artist/Maker	Opal - Land Records (publisher) Mills, Russell (designer) Coppenhall, Dave (designer) Peacock, Adam (photographer)
Place of origin	Great Britain (issued)

Poster advertising the long-playing record, compact disc and cassette of 'Mettle' recorded by Hugo Largo for Land Records.

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Categories	Printed Pages & Sheets Advertising Posters
Object type	Poster
Title	Mettle
Materials and techniques	Colour offset lithograph Colour Offset Lithography
Brief description	'Mettle', poster advertising the long-playing record, compact disc and cassette recorded by Hugo Largo. Designed by Russell Mills and Dave Coppenhall. Issued by Land Records, Great Britain, 1989.
Physical description	Poster advertising the long-playing record, compact disc and cassette of 'Mettle' recorded by Hugo Largo for Land Records.
Dimensions	Height: 76.3cm Width: 51cm Measurements taken from Registry File.
Marks and inscriptions	Lettered with title, credits and 'DESIGN : RUSSELL MILLS AND DAVE COPPENHALL PHOTOGRAPHY : ADAM PEACOCK'.
Credit line	Given by Lin Barkass, Opal Ltd.
Historical context	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.
Subject depicted	Whales
Associated objects	E.1519-1990 E.1592-1990 E.1613-1990 E.1621-1990
Collection	Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number	E.1627-1990

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Record created	February 23, 2009
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O190577/mettle-poster-mills-russell/

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