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Wise Up! Sucker

Vinyl Record
1989 (made)
Artist/Maker
BMG Records (issuer)
RCA Records (issuer)
Designers Republic (designers)
Pop Will Eat Itself (band)
Place of origin
Great Britain (made)

Limited edition 7" vinyl record picture disc single of 'Wise Up! Sucker' recorded by the group Pop Will Eat Itself. Side A features the band name and logo (a large robot-like head) in white, on a red-orange ground. Side B features the tracklisting in a variety of fonts, with the dates and venues of a tour of England circling the outer edge.

Object details

Categories
Labels & Packaging
Music
Object type
Vinyl Record
TitleWise Up! Sucker (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
polyvinyl chloride with colour offset lithograph paper labels
Polyvinyl Chloride
Paper
Colour Offset Lithography
Brief description
Limited edition 7" vinyl record picture disc single of '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
Limited edition 7" vinyl record picture disc single of 'Wise Up! Sucker' recorded by the group Pop Will Eat Itself. Side A features the band name and logo (a large robot-like head) in white, on a red-orange ground. Side B features the tracklisting in a variety of fonts, with the dates and venues of a tour of England circling the outer edge.
Dimensions
  • Approx diameter: 7in
Marks and inscriptions
  • Tracklisting, band name, logo, credits etc., and the dates and venues of a tour of England, are included as part of the design on Side B.
  • The B-Side of this picture disc has PWEI concert tour dates lettered around the perimeter.
Credit line
Given by The Designers Republic
Subject depicted
Robot
Associated objects
Other number
002764 - Limited Edition Number
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.800-1990

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Record createdFebruary 18, 2009
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O189235/wise-up-sucker-vinyl-record-designers-republic/
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