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Rubber Soul

Record Sleeve
1965 (first issued), 1988 (made)
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.

Object details

Categories
Labels & Packaging
Music
Object type
Record Sleeve
TitleRubber 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 createdFebruary 23, 2009
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O190749/rubber-soul-record-sleeve-freeman-robert/
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