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Hits '68

Record Sleeve
1968 (published)
Artist/Maker
EMI Records (publisher)
Music for Pleasure Ltd. (publisher)
Garrod and Lofthouse Ltd. (printer)
Thomas, Jenny (designer)
Hamlyn, Paul (publisher)
Place of origin
Great Britain (published)

Cardboard cover sleeve for 'Hits '68', a 12-inch long-playing record featuring 12 cover versions recorded by various sessions musicians. Lettered with titles, credits, sleeve notes by Blase Machin and 'Sleeve Back Design : Jenny Thomas'.

Object details

Categories
Labels & Packaging
Music
Object type
Record Sleeve
TitleHits '68
Materials and techniques
Colour offset lithograph print on cardboard
Cardboard
Printing Ink
Colour Offset Lithography
Brief description
Cover sleeve for 'Hits '68', a 12-inch long-playing record featuring 12 cover versions recorded by various sessions musicians. Colour offset lithograph print on cardboard. Printed by Garrod and Lofthouse Ltd.. Published by Music For Pleasure Records (set up by Paul Hamlyn as a joint venture with EMI). Great Britain. 1968.
Physical description
Cardboard cover sleeve for 'Hits '68', a 12-inch long-playing record featuring 12 cover versions recorded by various sessions musicians. Lettered with titles, credits, sleeve notes by Blase Machin and 'Sleeve Back Design : Jenny Thomas'.
Marks and inscriptions
Lettered with titles, credits, sleeve notes by Blase Machin and 'Sleeve Back Design : Jenny Thomas'.
Historical context
Paul Hamlyn set up Music for Pleasure Records as a joint venture with EMI in 1965.
Production
Paul Hamlyn set up Music for Pleasure Records as a joint venture with EMI in 1965.
Associated objects
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.1183-1988

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Record createdNovember 24, 2008
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O174805/hits-68-record-sleeve-thomas-jenny/
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