Record sleeve
BBC Enterprises Ltd
Category
Musical instruments, devices and recordings
Date
1969
Materials
Cardboard
Measurements
315 x 315 mm
Place of origin
England
Collection
Sudbury Hall Museum of Childhood, Derbyshire
NT 672558.2
Summary
A cardboard record sleeve for the vinyl record ‘Listen With Mother No. 3’ issued by BBC Enterprises in 1969. The front of the sleeve is white and has a colour drawing of a carousel in the centre. There is a green BBC logo in the top left corner with ‘No. 3’ printed underneath it. In the top right corner ‘ROUNDABOUT SERIES’ is printed in grey and blue lettering with ‘Listen With Mother’ printed below in black on a green background. The rear of the sleeve is yellow and contains printed information about the Listen With Mother programme and the songs and stories on the record. There is a black silhouette of a mother and children in the top right corner with ‘BBC ROUNABOUT 3’ printed in white immediately above. ‘Listen with Mother’ is printed in white letters to the left of the silhouette. In the bottom right corner on the rear there is a white label advertising Listen With Mother story books.
Provenance
Cardboard sleeve for a vinyl record, Listen With Mother No. 3, released by BBC Enterprises in 1969. Purchased by the National Trust Museum of Childhood as part of the Collecting Cultures 'Exploring Childhoods' project.
Makers and roles
BBC Enterprises Ltd, manufacturer