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A New David Shrigley Cover and Some Thoughts About Collecting Record Cover Art.

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I’m in a contemplative mood. I collect, I make lists, and recently people have been asking for copies. I try to help and get compliments. How unusual. I’m not really used to those.

DB wants a list of Cindy Sherman and David Shrigley covers, Felix wants a list of Damien Hirst covers and I send them with explanations. A friend casually asks “how many Banksy covers are there?” And I answer “Well, I have about two hundred.” I check my curent list, that doesn’t have them all.

DB gets back to me and wonders if I’ve missed one Shrigley cover and sends me a picture of the Velvet Undergrund & Nico album released by Castle Face Records with its Shrigley rendition of Warhol’s Banana on the cover and his portrait of Andy on the rear. I check my list and note number 37–listed as a Various Artists compilation. It’s the Castle Face album. I remember that I asked David Shrigley to sign it when he visited Spritmuseum in Stockholm a few years ago.

Then, in late November 2024, Paul emails that there is a new record being released with a cover designed by David Shrigley. Another to
a. add to my collection, and
b. add to my Shrigley list.
Paul says it’s a limited edition and I better hurry. By the time I get his mail I’ve already ordered it. Then the following week he emails me again about what I assume is the same release, only it isn’t. It’s a second version of the record, this time pressed on red vinyl. The first version came on yellow vinyl. I rush to order a copy but find it has already sold out. Ouch! I check Ebay. There’s a copy for sale there and I manage to grab it.

So now my Shrigley list has sixty-six titles, although that includes a few doubles.

And, another little compliment–Spritmuseum, in Stockholm, where their current exhibition Money on the Wall: Andy Warhol is a critically lauded success has eighteen of my Andy Warhol designed record sleeves on display, want me to give a talk about record cover art at the end of January 2025.

I’ve called it Record Cover Art from Warhol to Banksy. Now all I need to do is put it all together. I’m making a new list of important covers.

6 thoughts on “A New David Shrigley Cover and Some Thoughts About Collecting Record Cover Art.”

  2. I’d like a list, too. 🙂 You seem to have good taste in music (and sleeve art). Can you send me a list of your top 10 favorite ROCK albums (ranked)? I’m doing a poll on my blog (which you may have seen). Annotations on the LPs are welcomed but not required. Just send to pkurtz58@gmail.com, or leave it in comment form on an old post. Hope to see you, thanks!

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    1. Hi

      Reading your posts about other collectors’ lists has made me wonder what ten albums I would choose. Of course I would have to make two lists—viz. the albums I listen to and the albums whose covers I like best…. Perhaps there might be a little overlap.

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      1. Yes, narrowing to a top 10 might be easier if one considers both music AND cover art. Just find the overlap. I love the Stones’ Beggars Banquet, but would have to exclude it if cover art was a consideration. Anyway…if you can arrive at something, thanks in advance!

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