Unknown Pleasures

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Artist/Maker	Joy Division (designer) Factory Records (publisher) Garrod and Lofthouse Ltd. (printer) Peter Saville (designer)
Place of origin	Great Britain (published) Great Britain (made)

Card cover sleeve for the 12" long-playing record 'Unknown Pleasures' recorded by the group Joy Division for Factory Records. The cover is all black, with a white linear design in the centre of the cover.

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Category	Labels & Packaging
Object type	Record Sleeve
Title	Unknown Pleasures
Materials and techniques	Offset lithograph on card Card Offset Lithography
Brief description	Cover sleeve for the 12" long-playing record 'Unknown Pleasures' recorded by the group Joy Division. Cover design by Peter Saville and Joy Division. Published by Factory Records, Great Britain, 1979.
Physical description	Card cover sleeve for the 12" long-playing record 'Unknown Pleasures' recorded by the group Joy Division for Factory Records. The cover is all black, with a white linear design in the centre of the cover.
Dimensions	Height: 31.3cm Width: 31.5cm 31.3 x 31.5 cm
Marks and inscriptions	'Printed and made in Great Britain by Garrod & Lofthouse Ltd.' (Lettered in white in the bottom-right corner of the back of the sleeve.) 'JOY DIVISION UNKNOWN PLEASURES / FACT 10 A Factory Records Product' (Lettered in white in the centre of the back of the sleeve.)
Credit line	Given by Brett Wickens (Peter Saville Associates)
Associated objects	E.2275-1990 (Set) E.2276-1990 (Set)
Other number	Fact 10 - Record label's number
Collection	Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number	E.2274-1990

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Record created	February 23, 2009
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O191218/unknown-pleasures-record-sleeve-peter-saville/

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