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Music for Pleasure/The Damned

Record Cover
1977 (published)
Artist/Maker
Stiff Records (record label)
Bubbles, Barney (designer)
Place of origin
United Kingdom (published)

Album sleeve, featuring an out of focus, colour photograph of the band The Damned, the five male members are standing against a blue, red and yellow geometric patterned backdrop.

Object details

Category
Music
Object type
record cover
Parts
This object consists of 3 parts.

  • Record Covers
  • Record Covers
  • Record Covers
TitleMusic for Pleasure/The Damned (manufacturer's title)
Materials and techniques
Paper
Offset Lithograph
Brief description
Vinyl record 'Music for Pleasure' by music group The Damned, designed by Barney Bubbles, offset lithograph, 1977

Record Cover (inner sleeve) for the 'Music for Pleasure' LP by music group The Damned, designed by Barney Bubbles, offset lithograph, 1977

Record Cover for the 'Music for Pleasure' LP by music group The Damned, designed by Barney Bubbles, offset lithograph, 1977
Physical description
Album sleeve, featuring an out of focus, colour photograph of the band The Damned, the five male members are standing against a blue, red and yellow geometric patterned backdrop.
Dimensions
  • Height: 31.5cm
  • Width: 31.5cm
31.5 x 31.5 cm
Gallery label
(2019)
The aesthetic of punk pushed graphic design in fresh directions. A new decade saw a flourishing of smart, startling record art which drew from multiple sources simultaneously. Independent record labels in particular created adventurous record sleeves which challenged traditions of marketing. The Squeeze album art is Pop Art at its brightest, while Barney Bubbles designed abstract splashes and shapes that echoed the energy of the museum inside. Confident pop imagery used hooks as memorable as the songs themselves.
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.46-2011

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Record createdFebruary 12, 2011
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1192918/music-for-pleasurethe-damned-record-cover-bubbles-barney/
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