Better Must Come
Record Sleeve
1986 (manufactured)
1986 (manufactured)
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Record sleeve for a 12-inch 45 rpm single record of 'Better Must Come' by Junior C Reaction. The artist’s name and the single title are lettered in bright colours and visually project away from the grey background image of housing blocks.
Object details
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| Title | Better Must Come |
| Materials and techniques | Colour offset lithography |
| Brief description | Record sleeve for a 12-inch 45 rpm single record of 'Better Must Come' by Junior C Reaction. Colour offset lithograph print. Design by Stephen Horse. Published by Chrysalis Records Ltd./Cool Tempo. Great Britain. 1986. |
| Physical description | Record sleeve for a 12-inch 45 rpm single record of 'Better Must Come' by Junior C Reaction. The artist’s name and the single title are lettered in bright colours and visually project away from the grey background image of housing blocks. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | Lettered with titles, credits and 'Design by Stephen Horse'. |
| Historical context | In spite of claims in the 1970s that there were supply problems with paper and vinyl, the 12-inch single format was introduced to give songs a higher marketing profile. Songs were extended and re-mixed to create a 'new' product that 'improved' overall sales figures. An additional benefit of the format was that the widely-spaced microgrooves on a large vinyl platter offered finer sound reproduction. |
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| Associated object | E.1198-1988 (Part) |
| Bibliographic reference | Edge, Kevin. The Art of Selling Songs : Graphics for the Music Business, 1690-1990. London : Futures Publications, 1991. |
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| Accession number | E.1199-1988 |
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| Record created | November 24, 2008 |
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