Love's Old Sweet Song
Record Sleeve
1927-28 (issued)
1927-28 (issued)
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Record bag for a 12" 78 rpm recording of Essie Ackland singing 'Love's Old Sweet Song'. Half-tone letterpress print design promoting the hardware, featuring a photograph of Essie Ackland, the well-known contralto with her "His Master's Voice" portable model. The reverse of the bag carries photographs of HMV record albums: multi-record sets of lengthy orchestral and operatic works.
Object details
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| Title | Love's Old Sweet Song |
| Materials and techniques | Half-tone letterpress printing |
| Brief description | Record bag for a 12" 78 rpm recording of the contralto Essie Ackland. Half-tone letterpress print design promoting the hardware, featuring a photograph of the singer. Issued by His Master's Voice, Great Britain, 1927-28. |
| Physical description | Record bag for a 12" 78 rpm recording of Essie Ackland singing 'Love's Old Sweet Song'. Half-tone letterpress print design promoting the hardware, featuring a photograph of Essie Ackland, the well-known contralto with her "His Master's Voice" portable model. The reverse of the bag carries photographs of HMV record albums: multi-record sets of lengthy orchestral and operatic works. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | 'Essie Ackland, the well-known contralto with her "His Master's Voice" portable model' (Lettered in capitals.) |
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| Bibliographic reference | Edge, Kevin. The Art of Selling Songs : Graphics for the Music Business, 1690-1990. London : Futures Publications, 1991. |
| Other number | No. C 1410 - Record label's number |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | E.1784-1990 |
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| Record created | February 23, 2009 |
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