Vinyl Audio Recordings, 1984 - 1991
Scope and Contents
A box containing a number of 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 series. The following are present:
1. A 7-inch single containing Da Do Run Ron on the a-side and Just a Prince Who Can't Say No on the b-side (SI/495).
2. Both a 7-inch and a 12-inch single record for The Chicken Song. The 7-inch version has the song, (I've Never Met) A Nice South African, on the b-side. The 12-inch version has two extra songs 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).
3. 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.
4. 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).
5. A 12-inch vinyl record for the album, 20 Spitting Image Great Golden Gobs(SI/500).
6. 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).
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
1 archive box(es) : Paper; polyvinyl chloride
Language of Materials
English
Arrangement
These records were originally held in a number of boxes, and have subsequently been merged together.
Separated Materials
There are related items in the Photographic Material series.
Subject
- Branson, Richard Charles Nicholas, Sir, b 1950 (Businessman) (Person)
- Charles, Philip Arthur George, 1948 (Prince of Wales) (Person)
- Elizabeth, II, 1926-2022 (Queen of Great Britain and Northern Ireland) (Person)
- Gascoigne, Paul John, b 1967 (Footballer) (Person)
- Philip, Prince, 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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