The Lovely Eggs are a duo from Lancaster, England. Never heard of them? Well, neither had I until a couple of years ago. They are David Blackwell and Holly Ross, now a married couple with irreverent, punkish attitude. They have released eight full length albums since their debut in 2009 and a number of singles, and have a large following of what I can only call “eggheads” (pun intended).

In 2017 they released a limited edition vinyl 7-inch called “I Shouldn’t Have Said That / Melody for Meathead” on their own Egg label. I only stumbled across it when I did a search for record covers by David Shrigley, and this popped up! There are four versions listed on Discogs: three vinyl versions and a promotional CD-r. There is a 5-inch lathe-cut single edition of 100 numbered copies (each copy accompanied by a personalised letter from the band):

There were two 7-inch vinyl singles; a limited edition (unnumbered) on black and white vinyl and a “standard” black vinyl version.

And, as a special bonus, David and Holly included a letter congratulating the buyer on getting hold of this rare single:

As if this wasn’t enough, in 2025, Shrigley produced a poster for the band to “celebrate” their 100th anniversary tour in 2105!

This completes my collection of the works David Shrigley has so far done for the Lovely Eggs. I have yet to find out the collaboration came about. I’m working on that.