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hypnotised

Vinyl Record
1989 (made)
Artist/Maker
EMI Records (publisher)
Parlophone (publisher)
The Designers Republic (design agency)
Place of origin
England (designed)
Great Britain (made)

'Hypnotised' by Cabaret Voltaire; 12" vinyl record single, featuring four remixes of the track; 45rpm; Centre label design featuring; tracklisting, band name, title, record labels etc. lettered in silver against a black ground.

Object details

Categories
Labels & Packaging
Music
Object type
Vinyl Record
Titlehypnotised (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Colour offset lithograph
Polyvinyl Chloride
Paper
Colour Offset Lithography
Brief description
'Hypnotised' by Cabaret Voltaire; 12" vinyl record single, featuring four remixes of the track; 45rpm; Centre label design featuring; tracklisting, band name etc. lettered in silver against a black ground; Designers Republic; Parlophone; EMI Records; Britain; 1981.
Physical description
'Hypnotised' by Cabaret Voltaire; 12" vinyl record single, featuring four remixes of the track; 45rpm; Centre label design featuring; tracklisting, band name, title, record labels etc. lettered in silver against a black ground.
Production typeMass produced
Credit line
Given by The Designers Republic
Object history
The designers have used a stylised 'staring eye' motif printed in silver to evoke the state of a hypnotised individual. It appears in various sizes and numbers on all formats of packaging relating to the recording 'Hypnotised'.
Associated objects
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.777-1990

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Record createdFebruary 18, 2009
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O189212/hypnotised-vinyl-record-emi-records/
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