Brain Salad Surgery

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Artist/Maker

Giger, H. R. (Designer)

Vinyl album, 'Brain Salad Surgery' by Emerson Lake and Palmer. 1973. (see also E.725-1992)

Object details

Category	Music
Object type	Record Sleeve
Parts	This object consists of 3 parts. Record Cover Record Cover Phonograph Record
Title	Brain Salad Surgery (published title)
Brief description	Vinyl album, 'Brain Salad Surgery' by Emerson Lake and Palmer. 1973. (see also E.725-1992)
Dimensions	Height: 31.25cm Width: 47cm (Note: Record cover displayed with left-hand side flap open.)
Production type	Mass produced
Gallery label	(2019) LPs could also be playful. Complex record sleeve designs allowed people to customise the cover image, like 'Some Girls' and Led Zeppelin III albums. The paper sleeve inside Sgt.. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band was printed with a moustache and military epaulettes, designed to be cut out and worn. The design treatment echoes the way the album itself was an uninterrupted, complete work of art.
Subjects depicted	Skull (Skeleton Component) <Skeleton Components>
Collection	Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number	E.582-1985

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Record created	June 30, 2009
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1009530/brain-salad-surgery-record-sleeve-giger-h-r/

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