Record sleeve
Ronald Clyne (1925 - 2006)
Category
Musical instruments, devices and recordings
Date
1956
Materials
Cardboard record sleeve
Measurements
267 x 263 mm
Collection
Sudbury Hall Museum of Childhood, Derbyshire
NT 672647.2
Summary
A cardboard sleeve for a vinyl record, the album ‘Songs To Grow On For Mother and Child’ by Woody Guthrie. The front of the sleeve features a large blue tinted image of a woman holding a child with the records title and the artists name printed above in blue lettering on a pink background. The catalogue number of the record, FC 7015, is printed in the top left front corner. On the rear of the sleeve a list of song titles on each side of the record is printed down the right hand side. The records title and its catalogue number are both printed on the spine of the sleeve. The image on the front cover of the sleeve was taken by David Gahr and the sleeve was designed by Ronald Clyne.
Provenance
Cardboard sleeve for the vinyl record Songs To Grow On For Mother and Child by Woody Guthrie. Designed by Ronald Clyne with photograph by David Gahr. Released by Folkways Records in 1956. Purchased by the National Trust Museum of Childhood via Discogs on 11th September 2020 as part of the Collecting Cultures Exploring Childhoods project.
Makers and roles
Ronald Clyne (1925 - 2006), designer David Gahr (1922 - 2008), photographer Folkways Records, record label