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Le Mystère Des Voix Bulgares (Volume 2)

Record Sleeve
1988 (published)
Artist/Maker
Beggars Group, Beggars Banquet Records (4AD) (record label)
23 Envelope (design agency)
Oliver, Vaughan (art director)
Oliver, Vaughan (designer)
Oliver, Vaughan (typographer)
Sampson, Gill (illustrator)
Cellier, Catherine (photographer)
Larbalestier, Simon (photographer)
Place of origin
Great Britain (published)
England (made)

Card cover sleeve for the 12" long-playing record 'Le Mystère Des Voix Bulgares (Volume 2)'. The lower-half of both sides of the sleeve feature a dark photograph of twigs and leaves. The front also has a colour photographic image of a Bulgarian child shepherdess and the back an illustration of the head and shoulders of a figure wearing a 'traditional hat/headscarf'.

Object details

Categories
Labels & Packaging
Music
Object type
Record Sleeve
TitleLe Mystère Des Voix Bulgares (Volume 2)
Materials and techniques
Colour print (probably offset lithograph) on card
Card
Colour Printing
Brief description
Cover sleeve for the 12" long-playing record of Bulgarian music 'Le Mystère Des Voix Bulgares (Volume 2)'. Art direction and design by Vaughan Oliver of 23 Envelope, featuring photography by Catherine Cellier and Simon Larbalestieran and an illustration by Gill Sampson. Published by 4AD, Great Britain, 1988.
Physical description
Card cover sleeve for the 12" long-playing record 'Le Mystère Des Voix Bulgares (Volume 2)'. The lower-half of both sides of the sleeve feature a dark photograph of twigs and leaves. The front also has a colour photographic image of a Bulgarian child shepherdess and the back an illustration of the head and shoulders of a figure wearing a 'traditional hat/headscarf'.
Dimensions
  • Height: 31.5cm
  • Width: 31.7cm
Measured by DH 28/02/2011
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'Volume 2 / LE MYSTERE DES VOIX BULGARES' (Lettered across the front of the cover.)
  • The back of the cover is lettered with the album title, tracklisting and music credits, barcode, 4AD logo and catalogue number 'CAD 801'.
  • 'CAD 801 LE MYSTERE DES VOIX BULGARES Volume 2 Made in England' (Lettered along the spine.)
Subjects depicted
Leaves
Twigs
Shepherdess
Sheep
Bird
Figures (Representations)
Associated objects
Other number
CAD 801 - Record label's number
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.301-1989

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Record createdDecember 9, 2008
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O177386/le-mystère-des-voix-bulgares-record-sleeve-oliver-vaughan/
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