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Aikea-Guinea

Record Sleeve
1985 (published)
Artist/Maker
Beggars Group, Beggars Banquet Records (4AD) (record label)
23 Envelope (design agency)
Place of origin
Great Britain (published)

Card cover sleeve for the 12" EP 'Aikea-Guinea' recorded by the group the Cocteau Twins. The cover has an abstract design in black and grey that resembles silhouetted strands of grass. In the centre of the back is an image that is suggestive of an ammonite fossil.

Object details

Categories
Labels & Packaging
Music
Object type
Record Sleeve
TitleAikea-Guinea
Materials and techniques
Colour print (probably offset lithograph) on card
Card
Colour Printing
Brief description
Cover sleeve for the 12" EP 'Aikea-Guinea' recorded by the group the Cocteau Twins. Cover design by 23 Envelope. Published by 4AD, Great Britain, 1985.
Physical description
Card cover sleeve for the 12" EP 'Aikea-Guinea' recorded by the group the Cocteau Twins. The cover has an abstract design in black and grey that resembles silhouetted strands of grass. In the centre of the back is an image that is suggestive of an ammonite fossil.
Dimensions
  • Height: 31.5cm
  • Width: 31.6cm
Measured by DH 23/02/2011
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'AIKEA-GUINEA / KOOKABURRA / QUISQUOSE / ROCOCO' (The four song titles of the EP are lettered in gold on the cover, in a black box framed with a line of gold.)
  • 'Cocteau / Twins / BAD 501 / SLEEVE BY 23 ENVELOPE' (Lettered in gold on the back of the sleeve, along with the 4AD logo.)
Associated objects
Other number
BAD 501 - Record label's number
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.287-1989

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Record createdDecember 9, 2008
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O177372/aikea-guinea-record-sleeve-beggars-group-beggars/
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