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Mettle

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

Cardboard cover sleeve for the 12" long-playing record 'Mettle' recorded by Hugo Largo for Land Records. The design features a photograph of a whale underwater.

Object details

Categories
Labels & Packaging
Music
Object type
Record Sleeve
TitleMettle
Materials and techniques
Colour offset lithograph on cardboard
Cardboard
Colour Offset Lithography
Brief description
Cardboard cover sleeve for the 12" long-playing record 'Mettle' recorded by Hugo Largo. Cover design by Russell Mills and Dave Coppenhall. Published by Land Records, Great Britain, 1989.
Physical description
Cardboard cover sleeve for the 12" long-playing record 'Mettle' recorded by Hugo Largo for Land Records. The design features a photograph of a whale underwater.
Dimensions
  • Height: 31.5cm
  • Width: 31.5cm
Measured by DH 08/02/2011
Marks and inscriptions
Lettered with title, credits and 'Front Cover photographs / by Adam Peacock / Band photograph by / Phil Nicholls. / Art & Design by Russell / Mills and Dave Coppenhall.'
Credit line
Given by Lin Barkass, Opal Ltd.
Historical context
Land Records formed part of the Opal Group of Companies. Founded in 1984, Opal represented 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 encompassed many aspects of the music business such as music publishing, artist management, record production and its own label, Land Records, but was also involved worldwide in video and art installations, concert promotion and book publishing. Since 1991 Opal concentrated solely on music publishing and Brian Eno's own work.
Subject depicted
Whale
Associated objects
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.1592-1990

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Record createdFebruary 23, 2009
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O190542/mettle-record-sleeve-mills-russell/
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