Record sleeve
Ramey Communications
Category
Musical instruments, devices and recordings
Date
Jul 1978 - 8 Sep 1978
Materials
Cardboard record sleeve
Measurements
315 x 313 mm
Collection
Sudbury Hall Museum of Childhood, Derbyshire
NT 672674.2
Summary
A cardboard sleeve for a vinyl record, the album Parallel Lines by Blondie, designed by Ramey Communications with photography by Edo Bertoglio. The front of the sleeve has the band name and album title printed in the centre at the top above a photograph of the six members of the band who are standing in front of a vertical black and white stripped background (from left to right: Frank Infante, Chris Stein, Jimmy Destri, Deborah Harry, Clem Burke and Nigel Harrison). The five male members of the band are all dressed in black jackets, trousers and tie with white shirts; Harry is wearing a knee length white dress. The rear of the sleeve has another image of the band again in front of a vertical black and white stripped background, with the song titles on each side of the record printed to the left and right of this image. Below this are pictures of the feet and ankles of each band member plus details of the role that they play in the band. The records catalogue number (CDL 1192) is printed in the top right corner on the rear of the sleeve and is also printed on the spine along with the band name and album title.
Provenance
Cardboard sleeve for the vinyl record Parallel Lines recorded by Blondie and released by Chrysalis Records on the 8th September 1978. Designed by Ramey Communications with photography by Edo Bertoglio. 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
Ramey Communications, designer Edo Bertoglio (b.1951), photographer Chrysalis Records, record label