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Some Girls

Record Sleeve
1978 (produced)
Artist/Maker
Garrod and Lofthouse Ltd. (printer)
EMI Records (publisher)
The Rolling Stones (band)
Corriston, Peter (designer)
Place of origin
Great Britain (published)

Cardboard cover sleeve for a 12 inch long-playing record of The Rolling Stones 'Some Girls'. The design incorporates reproductions of pictorial advertisements for American wigs. The faces of those modelling the wigs have been removed by die-cutting, so as to reveal portraits of the band (printed on the inner-sleeve) in a humorous fashion. Lettered with titles and credits.

Object details

Categories
Labels & Packaging
Music
Object type
Record Sleeve
TitleSome Girls (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Colour offset lithograph print on cardboard
Cardboard
Printing Ink
Colour Offset Lithography
Die Cutting
Brief description
Cover sleeve for a 12 inch long-playing record of The Rolling Stones 'Some Girls'. Offset colour lithograph print on cardboard. Design by Peter Corriston. Printed by Garrod and Lofthouse Ltd.. Published by EMI Publishing Ltd. Great Britain. 1978.
Physical description
Cardboard cover sleeve for a 12 inch long-playing record of The Rolling Stones 'Some Girls'. The design incorporates reproductions of pictorial advertisements for American wigs. The faces of those modelling the wigs have been removed by die-cutting, so as to reveal portraits of the band (printed on the inner-sleeve) in a humorous fashion. Lettered with titles and credits.
Dimensions
  • Height: 31.3cm
  • Width: 31.3cm
Production typeMass produced
Marks and inscriptions
Lettered with titles and credits and 'Cover Concept and Design : Peter Corriston'.
Gallery label
(2019)
LPs could also be playful. Complex record sleeve designs allowed people to customise the cover image, like 'Some Girls' and Led Zeppelin III albums. The paper sleeve inside Sgt.. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band was printed with a moustache and military epaulettes, designed to be cut out and worn. The design treatment echoes the way the album itself was an uninterrupted, complete work of art.
Subjects depicted
Advertisements
Wigs
Associated objects
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.1263-1988

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Record createdNovember 24, 2008
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O174885/some-girls-record-sleeve-corriston-peter/
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