The Serpent (In Quicksilver)

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Artist/Maker	Opal - Land Records (publisher) Bethsebe, Paula (designer) Budd, Harold (designer) Cann, Kevin (designer) Budd, Harold (musician)
Place of origin	Great Britain (issued)

12" 45 rpm long-playing record 'The Serpent (In Quicksilver)', recorded by Harold Budd for Land Records.

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Categories	Labels & Packaging Music
Object type	Record
Title	The Serpent (In Quicksilver)
Materials and techniques	Vinyl record with offset lithograph print paper labels Paper Offset Lithography
Brief description	12" long-playing record 'The Serpent (In Quicksilver)', recorded by Harold Budd. Label design and concept by Harold Budd/Kaven Cann (Cipher). Issued by Land Records, Great Britain, 1987.
Physical description	12" 45 rpm long-playing record 'The Serpent (In Quicksilver)', recorded by Harold Budd for Land Records.
Dimensions	Approx diameter: 12in
Marks and inscriptions	Centre labels lettered with titles, credits etc.
Credit line	Given by Lin Barkass, Opal Ltd.
Historical context	'LAND Records forms part of the Opal Group of Companies. Founded in 1984, Opal now represents Brian Eno, Daniel Lanois, John Paul Jones, Jon Hassell, Harold Budd, Roger Eno, Michael Brook, Laraaji, and visual artists Russell Mills and Andrew Logan . Opal not only encompasses many aspects of the music business such as music publishing, artist management, record production and its own label, Land Records, but is also involved worldwide in video and art installations, concert promotion and book publishing, as well as producing USSR/UK satellite links between Western and Soviet artists and musicians.' Copy taken from a Land Records record sleeve, E.1566-1990.
Associated objects	E.1578-1990 (Set) E.1579-1990 (Set) E.1581-1990 (Set) E.1582-1990 (Set) E.1521-1990
Collection	Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number	E.1580-1990

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Record created	February 23, 2009
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O190530/the-serpent-in-quicksilver-record-bethsebe-paula/

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