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This is the Day ... This is the Hour ... This is This!

Record Sleeve
1989 (made)
Artist/Maker
BMG Records (record label)
Pop Will Eat Itself (band (ensemble))
Designers Republic (designer)
Place of origin
England (designed)
Great Britain (issued)

Paper inner-sleeve for a 12" vinyl recording of 'This is the Day ... This is the Hour ... This is This!', an album by the group Pop Will Eat Itself. Both sides feature tracklistings in white on a black ground: one side with a large 'PWEI Product' logo; the other with a motif of a man encircled with the text 'POP WILL EAT ITSELF / UNSPOILT BY PROGRESS'.

Object details

Categories
Labels & Packaging
Music
Object type
Record Sleeve
TitleThis is the Day ... This is the Hour ... This is This! (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Print on paper
Paper
Printing
Brief description
Paper inner-sleeve for a 12" vinyl recording of 'This is the Day ... This is the Hour ... This is This!', an album by the group Pop Will Eat Itself. Designed by the Designers Republic. Issued by BMG Records/RCA Records, Great Britain, 1989.
Physical description
Paper inner-sleeve for a 12" vinyl recording of 'This is the Day ... This is the Hour ... This is This!', an album by the group Pop Will Eat Itself. Both sides feature tracklistings in white on a black ground: one side with a large 'PWEI Product' logo; the other with a motif of a man encircled with the text 'POP WILL EAT ITSELF / UNSPOILT BY PROGRESS'.
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'POP WILL EAT ITSELF / UNSPOILT BY PROGRESS' (Lettered as part of design.)
  • Lettered with tracklisting.
Credit line
Given by The Designers Republic
Associated objects
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.781-1990

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Record createdFebruary 18, 2009
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O189216/this-is-the-day--record-sleeve-pop-will-eat/
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