Wise Up! Sucker

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Artist/Maker	BMG Records (issuer) RCA Records (issuer) Designers Republic (designers) Pop Will Eat Itself (band)
Place of origin	Great Britain (made)

12" 45rpm vinyl record single of 'Wise Up! Sucker' recorded by the group Pop Will Eat Itself. The centre label features the band name (shortened to PWEI), tracklisting, record label etc. lettered in white against a pink ground with a large red star.

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Categories	Labels & Packaging Music
Object type	Vinyl Record
Title	Wise Up! Sucker (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques	polyvinyl chloride with colour offset lithograph print paper labels Polyvinyl Chloride Paper Colour Offset Lithography
Brief description	12" vinyl record single of 'Wise Up! Sucker' recorded by the group Pop Will Eat Itself. Labels designed by the Designers Republic. Issued by BMG Records (UK) Ltd./RCA Records, Great Britain, 1989.
Physical description	12" 45rpm vinyl record single of 'Wise Up! Sucker' recorded by the group Pop Will Eat Itself. The centre label features the band name (shortened to PWEI), tracklisting, record label etc. lettered in white against a pink ground with a large red star.
Dimensions	Approx diameter: 12in
Production type	Mass produced
Credit line	Given by The Designers Republic
Subject depicted	Star
Associated objects	E.794-1990 (Set) E.778-1990 E.779-1990 E.780-1990 (Version) E.800-1990 (Version) E.823-1990 (Version) E.799-1990 E.822-1990
Collection	Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number	E.795-1990

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Record created	February 18, 2009
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O189230/wise-up-sucker-vinyl-record-designers-republic/

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