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I Will Not Be Sad In This World

Record Sleeve
1989 (issued)
Artist/Maker
Opal - Land Records (publisher)
Mills, Russell (designer)
Place of origin
Great Britain (issued)

Cardboard cover sleeve for the 12" record 'I Will Not Be Sad In This World Duduk Music From Armenia' recorded by Djivan Gasparyan for Land Records. The design features maps of Armenia and photographs of Armenian women.

Object details

Categories
Labels & Packaging
Music
Object type
Record Sleeve
TitleI Will Not Be Sad In This World
Materials and techniques
Colour offset lithograph on cardboard
Cardboard
Colour Offset Lithography
Brief description
Cardboard cover sleeve for the 12" record 'I Will Not Be Sad In This World : Duduk Music From Armenia' recorded by Djivan Gasparyan. Cover design by Russell Mills. Issued by Land Records, Great Britain, 1989.
Physical description
Cardboard cover sleeve for the 12" record 'I Will Not Be Sad In This World Duduk Music From Armenia' recorded by Djivan Gasparyan for Land Records. The design features maps of Armenia and photographs of Armenian women.
Dimensions
  • Approx height: 12in
  • Approx width: 12in
Marks and inscriptions
Lettered with title, tracklisting, 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.
Subjects depicted
Women
Maps
Place depicted
Armenia
Associated objects
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.1583-1990

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Record createdFebruary 23, 2009
Record URL
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