Record sleeve
Mercury Records
Category
Musical instruments, devices and recordings
Date
Jul 1956 - Dec 1956
Materials
Paper record sleeve
Measurements
308 x 308 mm
Collection
Sudbury Hall Museum of Childhood, Derbyshire
NT 672663.3
Summary
A paper sleeve for a vinyl record, the album Gospel Train by Sister Rosetta Tharpe. The plain white sleeve has a cellophane lining and on one side there is some printed blue text on the dangers of plastic bags and the British Patent Numbers 800513 and 973939.
Provenance
Paper sleeve for a vinyl record, the album Gospel Train recorded by Sister Rosetta Tharpe and released by Mercury Records in December 1956. Purchased by the National Trust Museum of Childhood via Discogs on 8th September 2020 as part of the Collecting Cultures Exploring Childhoods project.
Makers and roles
Mercury Records, record label