Decca Compact Disc Catalogue Spring 1989

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Artist/Maker	Decca Records (publisher)
Place of origin	Great Britain (issued)

'Decca Compact Disc Catalogue. Spring 1989'. Illustrated 84-page booklet listing Decca's top-price, mid-price and budget-price recordings. Lettered with catalogue descriptions of over 700 titles. The ‘post-modern’ design incorporates a detail from an unidentified a 16-17th century engraving of female musicians.

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Categories	Labels & Packaging Advertising Music
Object type	Printed Booklet
Title	Decca Compact Disc Catalogue Spring 1989
Materials and techniques	Colour offset lithography Colour Offset Lithography
Brief description	'Decca Compact Disc Catalogue Spring 1989'. Illustrated 84-page booklet listing Decca recordings. The design incorporating a detail from an unidentified 16-17th century copper engraving. Colour offset lithography. Published by Decca International, London, 1989.
Physical description	'Decca Compact Disc Catalogue. Spring 1989'. Illustrated 84-page booklet listing Decca's top-price, mid-price and budget-price recordings. Lettered with catalogue descriptions of over 700 titles. The ‘post-modern’ design incorporates a detail from an unidentified a 16-17th century engraving of female musicians.
Dimensions	Height: 29.9cm Width: 21.1cm Measurements taken from Registry File.
Marks and inscriptions	Lettered with catalogue descriptions of over 700 titles.
Credit line	Given by Kevin Edge
Object history	The unidentified engraving used in this design is also used for the cover of Decca's Spring 1989 catalogue (E.1319-1990).
Subjects depicted	Musicians Engraving Musical Instruments Oboe Harp Violin
Associated object	E.1319-1990
Bibliographic reference	Edge, Kevin. The Art of Selling Songs : Graphics for the Music Business, 1690-1990. London : Futures Publications, 1991.
Collection	Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number	E.1320-1990

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Record created	February 18, 2009
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O189752/decca-compact-disc-catalogue-spring-printed-booklet-decca-records/

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