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One Thousand Years of Trouble

Record Sleeve
1987 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Cardboard inner-sleeve for a 12" long-playing record of 'One Thousand Years of Trouble', recorded by the group Age of Chance for Virgin Records Ltd..
The design features a number of mass-media related images and a manipulated image of the Bayeux Tapestry and the text Listen / Crush / The Mighty Roar of Consumption, Construction & Corruption / This is the Sound. The design on the reverse features three stars and two columns of aerial bombs, in red on a blue ground, and excerpts of text in orange.

Object details

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Object type
TitleOne Thousand Years of Trouble (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
colour offset lithograph on cardboard
Brief description
Cardboard inner-sleeve for a 12" long-playing record of 'One Thousand Years of Trouble', recorded by the group Age of Chance. Design by Ian Anderson and Nick Phillips (of The Designers Republic). Issued by Virgin Records Ltd., England, 1987.
Physical description
Cardboard inner-sleeve for a 12" long-playing record of 'One Thousand Years of Trouble', recorded by the group Age of Chance for Virgin Records Ltd..
The design features a number of mass-media related images and a manipulated image of the Bayeux Tapestry and the text Listen / Crush / The Mighty Roar of Consumption, Construction & Corruption / This is the Sound. The design on the reverse features three stars and two columns of aerial bombs, in red on a blue ground, and excerpts of text in orange.
Dimensions
  • Approx height: 12in
  • Approx width: 12in
Production typeMass produced
Marks and inscriptions
Includes the text 'Listen / Crush / The Mighty Roar of Consumption, Construction & Corruption / This is the Sound'.
Credit line
Given by The Designers Republic
Subjects depicted
Associated objects
Collection
Accession number
E.790-1990

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Record createdFebruary 18, 2009
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