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Junk Culture

Record Sleeve
1984 (manufactured)
Artist/Maker
Peter Saville Associates (design agency)
Virgin Records Ltd (record label)
Haughton, Richard (photographer)
Place of origin
Great Britain (manufactured)

Card cover sleeve for the 12-inch long-playing record 'Junk Culture' by Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark. The design is of brightly-coloured flowers against a black ground on recto and verso. The front is lettered with the title and band name in white text. The back provides the track listing and record label information in white text.

Object details

Categories
Labels & Packaging
Music
Object type
Record Sleeve
TitleJunk Culture
Materials and techniques
Colour offset lithograph on card
Card
Colour Offset Lithography
Brief description
Card cover sleeve for the 12-inch long-playing record 'Junk Culture' by Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark. Cover design of brightly-coloured flowers against a black ground. Designed by PSA (Peter Saville Associates), with photography by Richard Haughton. Published by Virgin Records Ltd., Great Britain, 1984.
Physical description
Card cover sleeve for the 12-inch long-playing record 'Junk Culture' by Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark. The design is of brightly-coloured flowers against a black ground on recto and verso. The front is lettered with the title and band name in white text. The back provides the track listing and record label information in white text.
Dimensions
  • Height: 31.5cm
  • Width: 31.5cm
Measured by DH 27/07/2010
Marks and inscriptions
  • The front is lettered with the title and band name in white text.
  • The back provides the track listing, record label information and Virgin Records catalogue number 'V 2310' in white text.
Credit line
Given by Brett Wickens (Peter Saville Associates)
Production
The inner-sleeve and vinyl record are E.2272 and 2273-1990 respectively.
Subject depicted
Flowers
Association
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark
Associated objects
Bibliographic reference
Edge, Kevin. The Art of Selling Songs : Graphics for the Music Business, 1690-1990. London : Futures Publications, 1991.
Other number
V 2310 - Record label's number
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.2271-1990

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Record createdFebruary 23, 2009
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O191215/junk-culture-record-sleeve-haughton-richard/
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