Vinyl Audio Recordings, 1984 - 1991
Scope and Contents
Albums and singles on 7-inch and 12-inch vinyl records, accompanied by their original card sleeves, which feature music produced for the Spitting Image television series.
The following items are present, and their accompanying number corresponds to their file or item reference number in this sub-sub-series:
1. A 7-inch single featuring Da Do Run Ron on the a-side and Just a Prince Who Can't Say No on the b-side (SI/495). 1984.
2. A 7-inch single record for The Chicken Song. This version has the song, (I've Never Met) A Nice South African, on the b-side. 1986.
3. A 12-inch single record for The Chicken Song. This version has two extra songs to that of the 7-inch on the b-side, Hello, You Must Be Going and We're Scared of Bob. There is also a proof for the sleeve cover of the 12-inch version (SI/494); 2 folders. 1986
4. A 12-inch vinyl record for the album, Spitting Image: Spit In Your Ear, which features songs from the first three series of the programme. Accompanying this record is a poster, which has the same image as the front cover of the album sleeve. 1986.
5. A 12-inch single containing Santa is on the Dole on the a-side and 1st Atheist Tabernacle Choir on the b-side (SI/461). 1986.
6. A 12-inch vinyl record for the album, 20 Spitting Image Great Golden Gobs (SI/500). 1990.
7. A 7-inch single containing Cry, Gazza, Cry on the a-side and Cry, Gazza, Cry (The Video Version) on the b-side (SI/491). 1991.
Most of the photographic images on the covers of these records were taken by John Lawrence Jones.
Dates
- Creation: 1984 - 1991
Creator
- Completely Different Records (Record Label) (fl 1980s-1990s) (United Kingdom) (Organization)
- Elektra Records (Record Label) (1950-) (United States of America) (Organization)
- EMI Group Limited (Record Label) (1931-2012) (United Kingdom) (Organization)
- Jones, John Lawrence, b 1951 (Photographer) (Person)
- Spitting Image Productions Limited (TV/Film Production Company) (1981-) (United Kingdom) (Organization)
- Virgin Records (Record Label) (1972-) (United Kingdom) (Organization)
Conditions Governing Use
Copyright - held by various parties.
Extent
8 file(s) (Two-seamed envelopes, non-gusseted folders, and folded pieces of large conservation-grade paper as folders.) : Paper; polyvinyl chloride
Language of Materials
English
Arrangement
These records were originally held in a number of boxes, and have subsequently been merged and listed together in this sub-sub-series.
Separated Materials
There are related items in the Photographic Material series.
Subject
- Branson, Richard Charles Nicholas, Sir, b 1950 (Businessman) (Person)
- Charles, III, b 1948 (King of Great Britain and Northern Ireland) (Person)
- Elizabeth, II, 1926-2022 (Queen of Great Britain and Northern Ireland) (Person)
- Gascoigne, Paul John, b 1967 (Footballer) (Person)
- Philip, 1921-2021 (Duke of Edinburgh, consort of Queen Elizabeth II) (Person)
- Spencer, Diana Frances, 1961 - 1997 (Princess of Wales, 1st wife of Charles, Prince of Wales) (Person)
- Reagan, Nancy, 1921-2016 (Wife of Ronald Reagan, 40th President of the United States of America) (Person)
- Reagan, Ronald Wilson, 1911-2004 (President of the United States of America) (Person)
- Thatcher, Margaret Hilda, 1925-2013 (née Roberts, Baroness Thatcher of Kesteven, Prime Minister) (Person)
- William, Arthur Philip Louis, b 1982 (Prince of Wales) (Person)
Repository Details
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