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Out of the Trees

Record Sleeve
1986 (published)
Artist/Maker
Beggars Group, Beggars Banquet Records (4AD) (record label)
23 Envelope (design agency)
Grierson, Nigel (photographer)
Place of origin
Great Britain (published)

'Out of the Trees', a long-playing recording comprising of two 12" EP records, recorded by the group Dif Juz. The front of the sleeve features a colour photographic image of a long-billed bird, repeated twice and is lettered with band name, album title, tracklisting and a paragraph describing what the set comprises of. The back of the sleeve features a colour photographic image of what appears to be a piece of orange plastic next to some rocks and is lettered with the band name, credits, tracklisting, ‘thanks’, 4AD logo and catalogue number ‘MAD 612’.

Object details

Categories
Labels & Packaging
Music
Object type
Record Sleeve
TitleOut of the Trees
Materials and techniques
Colour print (probably offset lithograph) on card
Card
Colour Printing
Brief description
Cover sleeve for the two 12" EP records that comprise 'Out of the Trees', a long-playing recording by the group Dif Juz. Cover design by 23 Envelope, with photography by Nigel Grierson of 23 Envelope. Published by 4AD, Great Britain, 1986.
Physical description
'Out of the Trees', a long-playing recording comprising of two 12" EP records, recorded by the group Dif Juz. The front of the sleeve features a colour photographic image of a long-billed bird, repeated twice and is lettered with band name, album title, tracklisting and a paragraph describing what the set comprises of. The back of the sleeve features a colour photographic image of what appears to be a piece of orange plastic next to some rocks and is lettered with the band name, credits, tracklisting, ‘thanks’, 4AD logo and catalogue number ‘MAD 612’.
Dimensions
  • Height: 31.5cm
  • Width: 31.5cm
Measured by DH 28/02/2011
Marks and inscriptions
  • The front of the sleeve is lettered with band name, album title, tracklisting and a paragraph describing what the set comprises of.
  • The back of the sleeve is lettered with the band name, credits, tracklisting, ‘thanks’, 4AD logo and catalogue number ‘MAD 612’.
  • 'A long-player comprising two 12-inch E.P.'s / originally released in 1981. One side, "Huremics", / appears here in its original form. The other side, / "Vibrating Air", was partly re-recorded and entirely / re-mixed in the summer of 1986.' (Paragraph lettered on the front of the sleeve.)
Subjects depicted
Bird
Photograph
Associated objects
Other number
MAD 612 - Record label's number
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.307-1989

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Record createdDecember 9, 2008
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O177392/out-of-the-trees-record-sleeve-grierson-nigel/
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