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)

7" vinyl record single 'Wise Up! Sucker' recorded by the group Pop Will Eat Itself. The centre labels feature the band name (shortened to PWEI), tracklisting, record label etc. lettered in silver against a black ground.

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Categories	Labels & Packaging Prints Music
Object type	Vinyl Record
Title	Wise Up! Sucker (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques	polyvinyl chloride with colour offset lithograph paper labels Polyvinyl Chloride Paper Cardboard Colour Offset Lithography
Brief description	7" vinyl record single '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	7" vinyl record single 'Wise Up! Sucker' recorded by the group Pop Will Eat Itself. The centre labels feature the band name (shortened to PWEI), tracklisting, record label etc. lettered in silver against a black ground.
Dimensions	Approx diameter: 7in
Marks and inscriptions	Centre labels feature, band name (shortened to PWEI), tracklisting, record label, credits etc. lettered in silver against a black ground.
Credit line	Given by The Designers Republic
Production	Lettered on reverse of sleeve: Brilliant Sleeve Design & Artwork Made in The Designers Republic (A Telescope on Life) / Computer Sun by Phil Wolstenholme/DR.
Associated objects	E.780-1990 (Version) E.795-1990 (Version) E.800-1990 (Version) E.822-1990 (Set) E.778-1990 E.779-1990 E.794-1990 E.799-1990
Collection	Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number	E.823-1990

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Record created	February 18, 2009
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O189258/wise-up-sucker-vinyl-record-designers-republic/

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