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House Tornado

Record
1988 (published)
Artist/Maker
Beggars Group, Beggars Banquet Records (4AD) (record label)
23 Envelope (design agency)
Oliver, Vaughan (art director)
Ohtake, Shinro (artist)
Throwing Muses (band)
Place of origin
Great Britain (published)

12" long-playing record 'House Tornado' recorded by the group Throwing Muses for 4AD. The centre label of Side A is a colourful design of collage and watercolour imagery. The same image is used for the Side B label as a faded background to the tracklisting and other text.

Object details

Categories
Labels & Packaging
Music
Object type
Record
TitleHouse Tornado
Materials and techniques
Vinyl record with colour print (probably offset lithograph) paper labels
Paper
Colour Printing
Brief description
12" long-playing record 'House Tornado' recorded by the group Throwing Muses. Label design by 23 Envelope, using artwork by Shinro Ohtake. Published by 4AD, Great Britain, 1988.
Physical description
12" long-playing record 'House Tornado' recorded by the group Throwing Muses for 4AD. The centre label of Side A is a colourful design of collage and watercolour imagery. The same image is used for the Side B label as a faded background to the tracklisting and other text.
Dimensions
  • Record diameter: 30.1cm
  • Label diameter: 10cm
Measured by DH 22/02/2011
Marks and inscriptions
The label for Side B is lettered with: the band name; album title tracklisting; 'MADE IN ENGLAND'; '(side two) / 33'; the 4AD logo; production credits; the 4AD catalogue number 'cad 802' and publishing year.
Subject depicted
Collage
Associated objects
Other number
CAD 802 - Record label's number
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.280-1989

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Record createdDecember 9, 2008
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O177365/house-tornado-record-oliver-vaughan/
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