Rubber Soul

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Artist/Maker	EMI Records (publisher) Parlophone (publisher) Freeman, Robert (designer) Freeman, Robert (photographer) Front, Charles (calligrapher)
Place of origin	Great Britain (published)

Cover sleeve for the long-playing record 'Rubber Soul' recorded by The Beatles for EMI Records, The Gramophone Co. Ltd.. The design features portraits of all the members of The Beatles. Lettered with title and credits.

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Categories	Labels & Packaging Music
Object type	Record Sleeve
Title	Rubber Soul
Materials and techniques	Colour offset lithograph Colour Offset Lithography
Brief description	Cover sleeve for the long-playing record 'Rubber Soul' recorded by The Beatles. Photography and design by Robert Freeman; calligraphy designed and hand-calligraphed by Charles Front. Published by EMI Records, The Gramophone Co. Ltd./Parlophone, Great Britain. 1988 reprint of the original 1965 design.
Physical description	Cover sleeve for the long-playing record 'Rubber Soul' recorded by The Beatles for EMI Records, The Gramophone Co. Ltd.. The design features portraits of all the members of The Beatles. Lettered with title and credits.
Marks and inscriptions	Lettered with title and credits.
Credit line	Given by Kevin Edge
Production	This is a 1988 reprint of the original 1965 cover.
Subjects depicted	Group Portraits The Beatles
Bibliographic reference	Oak, Arlene. Shake it up Baby! Graphics recording change: Beatles album covers 1963-70. RCA/V&A MA thesis, 1992. Appendix I. pp.8-10.
Collection	Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number	E.1800-1990

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Record created	February 23, 2009
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O190749/rubber-soul-record-sleeve-freeman-robert/

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