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Artist/Maker	Peter Saville Associates (design agency) Charisma Records Ltd. (publisher) Wickens, Brett (designer) Key, Trevor (photographer)
Place of origin	Great Britain (manufactured)

Cover sleeve for the 12" long-playing record 'So' recorded by Peter Gabriel for Charisma Records Ltd.. The cover features a black and white Polaroid photo-portrait of Gabriel. The reverse has a white ground with text giving tracklisting and production information etc.

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Categories	Labels & Packaging Portraits Music
Object type	Record Sleeve
Title	So
Materials and techniques	Offset lithograph, black and blue on white, on cardboard Cardboard Offset Lithography
Brief description	Cover sleeve for the 12" long-playing record 'So' recorded by Peter Gabriel. Cover design by Peter Saville Associates and Brett Wickens, featuring a photograph by Trevor Key. Published by Charisma Records Ltd., Great Britain, 1986.
Physical description	Cover sleeve for the 12" long-playing record 'So' recorded by Peter Gabriel for Charisma Records Ltd.. The cover features a black and white Polaroid photo-portrait of Gabriel. The reverse has a white ground with text giving tracklisting and production information etc.
Dimensions	Height: 31.3cm Width: 31.5cm Measured by DH 27/07/2010.
Marks and inscriptions	Lettered on the back with titles, artist's name and copyright information.
Credit line	Given by Brett Wickens (Peter Saville Associates)
Production	The front of the sleeve features Key's Polaroid photo-portrait of Gabriel. The typographical design of the title 'So' is credited to Wickens.
Subjects depicted	Portrait Gabriel, Peter
Bibliographic reference	Edge, Kevin. The Art of Selling Songs : Graphics for the Music Business, 1690-1990. London : Futures Publications, 1991.
Collection	Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number	E.2270-1990

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Record created	February 23, 2009
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O191214/so-record-sleeve-wickens-brett/

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