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Move Away

Booklet
1986 (produced)
Artist/Maker
Assorted Images (designer)
Virgin Records Ltd (publisher)
Culture Club (musicians)
Morgan, Jamie (photographer)
Place of origin
Great Britain (published)

'Move Away' by Culture Club. Limited edition gatefold 'mini' picture disc sleeve and booklet combination, for vinyl record (E.1230-1988). Lettered with title, credits and 'SLEEVE : ASSORTED iMaGes / PHOTOGRAPHY : JAMIE MORGAN'.

Object details

Categories
Labels & Packaging
Gender and Sexuality
Music
Object type
Booklet
TitleMove Away (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Colour offset lithograph printing
Colour Offset Lithography
Brief description
'Move Away' by Culture Club. Limited edition gatefold 'mini' picture disc sleeve and booklet combination, for vinyl record (E.1230-1988). Colour offset lithograph print. Designed by Assorted Images (photographer: Jamie Morgan). Published by Virgin Records Ltd. 1986.
Physical description
'Move Away' by Culture Club. Limited edition gatefold 'mini' picture disc sleeve and booklet combination, for vinyl record (E.1230-1988). Lettered with title, credits and 'SLEEVE : ASSORTED iMaGes / PHOTOGRAPHY : JAMIE MORGAN'.
Dimensions
  • Opens to height: 12.3cm
  • Opens to width: 25.2cm
Measurements taken from Registry File.
Marks and inscriptions
Lettered with title, credits and 'SLEEVE : ASSORTED iMaGes / PHOTOGRAPHY : JAMIE MORGAN'.
Object history
This unusual vinyl record format is presumably in imitation of the compact disc. It is primarily a gimmick promoting the album From Luxury to Heartache. This is borne out by a removable sticker which reads: ‘optimum sound quality not guaranteed’.
Subjects depicted
Portrait
Boy George
Culture Club
Associated object
E.1230-1988 (Set)
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.1229-1988

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Record createdNovember 24, 2008
Record URL
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