Move Away

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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'.

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Categories	Labels & Packaging Gender and Sexuality Music
Object type	Booklet
Title	Move 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 created	November 24, 2008
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O174851/move-away-booklet-culture-club/

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