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Releases
Classic album covers to appear on stamps
By CMU Editorial | Published on Monday 19 October 2009
Okay, this isn’t really release news, but we don’t have a stamps news section and I’m not sure there would be much call for it if we were to set one up. But, yes, the Royal Mail are going to put some album covers on stamps in January in a series that they’ve cunningly called ‘The Classic Album Covers Series’, celebrating the artwork by making it really small.
Say the post folks: “This band of designers and photographers have not only reflected the visual styles of many musical cultures, but have also defined and created them, too. The stamp issue explores some of the most potent graphic images of modern times, many of which have provided a visual soundtrack to people’s lives”.
The albums chosen for the series are these:
Pink Floyd – The Division Bell
Coldplay – A Rush of Blood To The Head
Blur – Parklife
New Order – Power, Corruption And Lies
Henri Fantin-Latour – A Basket Of Roses
The Rolling Stones – Let It Bleed
The Clash – London Calling
Mike Oldfield – Tubular Bells
Led Zeppelin – Led Zeppelin IV
Primal Scream – Screamadelica
David Bowie – The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders From Mars
They’ll be available from 7 Jan. Hopefully by then it will be possible for people to send things to each other via the Royal Mail again.
