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Record Sleeve

1950s (manufactured)
Artist/Maker
Columbia Records (issuer)
Place of origin
Great Britain (manufactured)

Columbia Extended Play seven-inch 45 rpm record bag. Line block and letterpress print, lettered with record company's name and address and playing and care instructions. The back of the sleeve details the advantages of 7 inch Extended Play 45 r.p.m. records. Used as a bag for a recording of Verdi's La Forza del Destino - Overture and Nabucco – Overture, recorded by The Philharmonia Orchestra, conducted by Alceo Galliera.

Object details

Categories
Labels & Packaging
Advertising
Music
Object type
Record Sleeve
Materials and techniques
Line block and letterpress printing
Paper
Letterpress Printing
Line Block Printing
Brief description
'Columbia Extended Play' seven-inch 45 rpm record bag. Line block and letterpress print, lettered with record company's name and address and playing and care instructions. Columbia Records. Great Britain. ca.1950.
Physical description
Columbia Extended Play seven-inch 45 rpm record bag. Line block and letterpress print, lettered with record company's name and address and playing and care instructions. The back of the sleeve details the advantages of 7 inch Extended Play 45 r.p.m. records. Used as a bag for a recording of Verdi's La Forza del Destino - Overture and Nabucco – Overture, recorded by The Philharmonia Orchestra, conducted by Alceo Galliera.
Dimensions
  • Approx height: 7in
  • Approx width: 7in
Marks and inscriptions
  • '1' (Numbered in ink four times.)
  • Lettered with record company's name and address and playing and care instructions.
  • The back of the sleeve details the advantages of 7 inch Extended Play 45 r.p.m. records.
Credit line
Given by Ray Smith
Production
E.1300-1990 is the record that was packaged in this sleeve.
Associated object
E.1300-1990 (Set)
Bibliographic reference
Edge, Kevin. The Art of Selling Songs : Graphics for the Music Business, 1690-1990. London : Futures Publications, 1991. p.112 (illus.).
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.1299-1990

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Record createdFebruary 18, 2009
Record URL
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