David Band’s collaged sleeve for Spandau Ballet’s single Gold
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❚ ENJOY THIS SENSATIONAL ARTWORK! I’ve never before seen this sleeve design for Spandau Ballet’s single GOLD launched today 40 years ago and it shows artist David Band at his best! This image was revealed today by Andrew Dineley of The Cloth, a cool studio of fashionista artists during the mid-Eighties within which Band was a leading light and a regular designer of Spandau artwork who thus helped rebrand the group’s image in the post-Blitz era.
It was revealed today on the anniversary of the single’s release in a post at Facebook where Dineley says: “Band created a collage using paper, pencils, pastels and paint. The artwork was conceived to be folded three times to reveal just 1/6 of the piece on the front-side of the sleeve. The complete collage was shown in full on the back of the standard single cover and in full on the limited edition poster bag.”
So not a lot of people will have known that! Or have ever seen this superb creation before.
➢ Gold sleeve artwork by David Band, as posted today at Facebook by Andrew Dineley
David Band with his artwork for Spandau in May 1984. (Photo © Shapersofthe80s)
David Band with his artwork in 1985. (Photo © Shapersofthe80s)
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