Wise Up! Sucker
Record Sleeve
1989 (made)
1989 (made)
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Cardboard cover sleeve for the 12" vinyl record single 'Wise Up! Sucker' recorded by the group Pop Will Eat Itself. Cover design brightly coloured, featuring images of planets (Earth and the Sun?), in the centre, a 'robot rocket' created from the letters PWEI; The reverse is a design of vertical stripes, with tracklisting, credits etc.
Object details
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| Title | Wise Up! Sucker (assigned by artist) |
| Materials and techniques | Colour offset lithograph print on cardboard |
| Brief description | Cardboard cover sleeve for the 12" vinyl record single 'Wise Up! Sucker' recorded by the group Pop Will Eat Itself. Designed by the Designers Republic. Issued by BMG Records (UK) Ltd./RCA Records, Great Britain, 1989. |
| Physical description | Cardboard cover sleeve for the 12" vinyl record single 'Wise Up! Sucker' recorded by the group Pop Will Eat Itself. Cover design brightly coloured, featuring images of planets (Earth and the Sun?), in the centre, a 'robot rocket' created from the letters PWEI; The reverse is a design of vertical stripes, with tracklisting, credits etc. |
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| Production type | Mass produced |
| Marks and inscriptions | Lettered with titles, credits and 'Brilliant Sleeve Design & Artwork Made In The Designers Republic (A Telescope on Life) Computer Sun by Phil Wolstenholme/DR'. |
| Credit line | Given by The Designers Republic |
| Production | Lettered on reverse of sleeve: Brilliant Sleeve Design & Artwork / Made in The Designers Republic / (A Telescope on Life) / Computer Sun / Phil Wolstenholme/DR. |
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| Bibliographic reference | Poyner, R. and Booth-Cliborn, Edward. Typography Now The Next Wave. Internos Books. London. 1991. p.175 |
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| Accession number | E.778-1990 |
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| Record created | February 18, 2009 |
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