This is the Day ... This is the Hour ... This is This!
Record Sleeve
1989 (made)
1989 (made)
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Fold-out cardboard cover sleeve for the 12" vinyl record 'This is the Day ... This is the Hour ... This is This!', an album recorded by the group Pop Will Eat Itself. The cover artwork depicts a circular design, suggestive of robots, a clock and a radiation symbol, overlaid on a map of the world. The reverse gives tracklistings and credits. The fold-out centre features information on the technical creation of the record, a colour photograph of the band on stage and a map of the world in black covered with white stars.
Object details
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| Title | This is the Day ... This is the Hour ... This is This! (assigned by artist) |
| Materials and techniques | Colour offset lithograph print on cardboard |
| Brief description | Fold-out cardboard cover sleeve for the 12" vinyl record 'This is the Day ... This is the Hour ... This is This!', an album recorded by the group Pop Will Eat Itself. Designed by the Designers Republic. Issued by BMG Records/RCA Records, Great Britain, 1989. |
| Physical description | Fold-out cardboard cover sleeve for the 12" vinyl record 'This is the Day ... This is the Hour ... This is This!', an album recorded by the group Pop Will Eat Itself. The cover artwork depicts a circular design, suggestive of robots, a clock and a radiation symbol, overlaid on a map of the world. The reverse gives tracklistings and credits. The fold-out centre features information on the technical creation of the record, a colour photograph of the band on stage and a map of the world in black covered with white stars. |
| Marks and inscriptions | Lettered with title, credits and 'The Sleeve Design & Artwork by This is The Designerstar Republica (0742) 754982 Fax (0742) 759127 computer images by Phil Wolstenholme Live photographe by Kevin Cummins'. |
| Credit line | Given by The Designers Republic |
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| Bibliographic reference | Poyner, Rick and Booth-Cliborn, Edward. Typography Now, The Next Wave. Internos Books, London. 1991. p.174. |
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| Accession number | E.745-1990 |
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| Record created | February 18, 2009 |
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