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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)
Place of origin
Great Britain (published)
England (made)

Paper inner-sleeve for the 12" long-playing record 'Le Mystère Des Voix Bulgares (Volume 2)'. The front of the sleeve has a large colour illustration of a traditional dancer surrounded by birds, leaves, flowers and an animal that resembles a fox. The back of the sleeve is lettered with the tracklisting etc. and two columns of text about Bulgarian music by Marcel Cellier.

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 paper
Paper
Colour Printing
Brief description
Inner-sleeve for the 12" long-playing record of Bulgarian music 'Le Mystère Des Voix Bulgares (Volume 2)'. Art direction by Vaughan Oliver of 23 Envelope, with illustrations by Gill Sampson. Published by 4AD, Great Britain, 1988.
Physical description
Paper inner-sleeve for the 12" long-playing record 'Le Mystère Des Voix Bulgares (Volume 2)'. The front of the sleeve has a large colour illustration of a traditional dancer surrounded by birds, leaves, flowers and an animal that resembles a fox. The back of the sleeve is lettered with the tracklisting etc. and two columns of text about Bulgarian music by Marcel Cellier.
Dimensions
  • Height: 30.5cm
  • Width: 31.1cm
Measured by DH 28/02/2011
Marks and inscriptions
The back of the sleeve is lettered with the tracklisiting, credits, 'Made in England', the 4AD catalogue number 'CAD 801' and two columns of text about Bulgarian music byt Marcel Cellier.
Subjects depicted
Birds
Plants
Fox
Dancer
Associated objects
Other number
CAD 801 - Record label's number
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.302-1989

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Record createdDecember 9, 2008
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O177387/le-mystère-des-voix-bulgares-record-sleeve-oliver-vaughan/
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