Walking on Thin Ice
Vinyl Record
1989 (made)
1989 (made)
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7" single 'Walking on Thin Ice' recorded by We've Got a Fuzzbox and We're Gonna Use It! for WEA Records.
7" vinyl record, white paper inner-sleeve and cardboard cover sleeve (all still sealed in unopened transparent plastic cover) with a 1" pin badge inserted into the cover.
The cardboard cover design features Jo Dunne (from the band) dressed in black, sitting cross-legged, holding a book; and a vertical red band with orange Japanese characters.
The pin badge design is a red circle on a white ground, with the text 'I've got a Fuzzbox & I'm gonna use it!'.
7" vinyl record, white paper inner-sleeve and cardboard cover sleeve (all still sealed in unopened transparent plastic cover) with a 1" pin badge inserted into the cover.
The cardboard cover design features Jo Dunne (from the band) dressed in black, sitting cross-legged, holding a book; and a vertical red band with orange Japanese characters.
The pin badge design is a red circle on a white ground, with the text 'I've got a Fuzzbox & I'm gonna use it!'.
Object details
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| Title | Walking on Thin Ice (assigned by artist) |
| Materials and techniques | polyvinyl chloride, and print on paper and cardboard |
| Brief description | 7" single 'Walking on Thin Ice' recorded by We've Got a Fuzzbox and We're Gonna Use It!. 7" vinyl record, white paper inner-sleeve and cardboard cover sleeve (all sealed in unopened transparent plastic cover) with a 1" pin badge. Designed by the Designers Republic. Issued by WEA Records Ltd., United Kingdom, 1989. |
| Physical description | 7" single 'Walking on Thin Ice' recorded by We've Got a Fuzzbox and We're Gonna Use It! for WEA Records. 7" vinyl record, white paper inner-sleeve and cardboard cover sleeve (all still sealed in unopened transparent plastic cover) with a 1" pin badge inserted into the cover. The cardboard cover design features Jo Dunne (from the band) dressed in black, sitting cross-legged, holding a book; and a vertical red band with orange Japanese characters. The pin badge design is a red circle on a white ground, with the text 'I've got a Fuzzbox & I'm gonna use it!'. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | Cover sleeve lettered with titles, credits and band name in both Japanese and English, and 'Zen and the Art of Sleeve Design in meditation with Steve Rapport (front) & Bob Carlos Clarke the photographers'. |
| Credit line | Given by The Designers Republic |
| Object history | The verso of the sleeve features a silhouette of artist and singer Yoko Ono (b.1933) who is seated cross-legged. She is the composer of 'Walking on This Ice'. This image is imitated on the front with a portrait of Jo Dunne (one of the band members) seated in the same way. She is show reading a copy of Yoko Ono's book Grapefruit. The overall design is a deliberate imitation of a so-called 'Japanese Import' recording packaged in Japan and shipped to the West as a relatively expensive collector's item. |
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| Literary reference | Ono, Yoko. <u>Grapefruit</u>, originally published ca.1964. |
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| Accession number | E.810-1990 |
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| Record created | February 18, 2009 |
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