The Clash, Pink Floyd get British royal stamp of approval
After the darkness of post-protest in December, the British Royal Mail, the new year started right tone with the launch of 10 stamps, the legendary album cover feature.
And who better than Jimmy Page guitar shaman, his official confirmation? The LED zeppelin guitarist has a new series of brand in London, which came on the market Thursday.
The New Year special stamps features classic album covers from the past four decades.
One of the 10 selected album led zeppelin’s 32-million-selling album that helped “IV”, the Page Design. It shows a painting by an unknown man homo hear, was found by Robert Plant waste store in Reading. It is not known to the painter.
Came almost 40 years after the album, not the old man to appear on the front page, or the artist who painted white said: “Listing in a statement issued by Royal Mail.
“It kind of sums that we wanted the album cover to reach the two have remained anonymous and mysterious at the same time,” he added.
Video: iconic album cover postage
It was after extensive research with lists and polls and trawling through thousands of album art to agree the final list of 10, said the Royal Mail.
It added that the main factor in choosing the album cover art and design and not really the music.
“For decades, the album cover is a tent for some of the most creative designers in the world, and this problem is to celebrate the unique art form and some of its main example”, says Juliette Edgar, head of special stamps by Royal Mail the message.
Other selected album cover 1969 album The Rolling stone ‘Let it bleed “, a cake baked on the cover with a then unknown Delia Smith, Pennie Smith Photography for” The clash London Calling “and a bent pipe chrome features Cover of Mike Oldfield’s tubular bells.
