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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)

Standard issue Land Records paper inner-sleeve, used for the 12" record 'I Will Not Be Sad In This World Duduk Music From Armenia' recorded by Djivan Gasparyan for Land Records.

Object details

Categories
Labels & Packaging
Music
Object type
Record Sleeve
TitleI Will Not Be Sad In This World
Materials and techniques
Offset lithograph on paper
Paper
Offset Lithography
Brief description
Standard issue Land Records paper inner-sleeve, used for the 12" record 'I Will Not Be Sad In This World : Duduk Music From Armenia' recorded by Djivan Gasparyan. Issued by Land Records, Great Britain, 1989.
Physical description
Standard issue Land Records paper inner-sleeve, used for the 12" record 'I Will Not Be Sad In This World Duduk Music From Armenia' recorded by Djivan Gasparyan for Land Records.
Dimensions
  • Approx height: 12in
  • Approx width: 12in
Marks and inscriptions
Land Records logo in top-right corner of front.
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
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.1584-1990

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Record createdFebruary 23, 2009
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O190534/i-will-not-be-sad-record-sleeve-mills-russell/
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