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		<title>Hats off to Dublog&#8217;s alternative record sleeve stamps</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hats off to Dublog for coming up with alternatives to the Royal Mail&#8217;s largely lazy collection of rock record sleeve stamps.
Dublog&#8217;s remix is groovier, with Barney Bubbles included with the most widely-circulated of his 28 Do It Yourself Crown wallpaper covers.
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hats off to <a href="http://dubdog.blogspot.com/2010/01/sleeves.html" target="_blank">Dublog</a> for coming up with alternatives to the Royal Mail&#8217;s largely lazy collection of <a href="http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/royal-mail-unveil-classic-album-cover-stamps-1860738.html" target="_blank">rock record sleeve stamps</a>.</p>
<div class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 410px"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4027/4269411754_c362fe982a_o.jpg" alt="Dublogs selection." width="400" height="383" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Dublog&#39;s selection.</p></div>
<p>Dublog&#8217;s remix is groovier, with Barney Bubbles included with the most widely-circulated of his 28 <a href="http://www.barneybubbles.com/blog/archives/1226" target="_blank">Do It Yourself </a>Crown wallpaper covers.</p>
<div class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 410px"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2778/4269636060_977183bc26_o.jpg" alt="" width="400" height="406" /><p class="wp-caption-text">12in laminated card. Front cover, Do It Yourself, Ian Dury &amp; The Blockhead, Stiff Records, 1979. One of 10 UK issue.</p></div>
<p>One of the 10 alternatives printed in the UK, it was the first one I bought (in the week of issue in May 1979).</p>
<div class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 410px"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4071/4269625352_7624cfee46_o.jpg" alt="" width="400" height="95" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Crown provided the cover samples on the proviso that each album carried a catalogue number so that impressed purchasers could order designs direct.</p></div>
<p><a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Reasons-Cheerful-Life-Barney-Bubbles/dp/095520173X/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&amp;s=books&amp;qid=1263317368&amp;sr=8-3" target="_blank">Reasons To Be Cheerful</a> contributor Malcolm Garrett is represented by Magazine&#8217;s 1980 album <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B001IM8MPY/sr=8-1/qid=1263317404/ref=sr_digr_1?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1263317404&amp;sr=8-1" target="_blank">The Correct Use Of Soap</a> as is Peter Saville, since the original sandpaper sleeve for <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Return-Durutti-Column/dp/B000006YDO/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;s=music&amp;qid=1263317451&amp;sr=8-1-catcorr" target="_blank">The Return Of The Durutti Column</a> was produced on his watch at Factory Records in 1980, though there is <a href="http://sleevage.com/the-durutti-column-the-return-of-the-durutti-column/" target="_blank">dispute </a>as to whether Peter was involved in its creation.</p>
<p>The other designs are, from top left:  <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/God-Save-Queen-Sex-Pistols/dp/B000066EXG/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;s=music&amp;qid=1263317087&amp;sr=8-1" target="_blank">God Save The Queen</a>, Sex Pistols (Jamie Reid 1977); <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Doolittle/dp/B001MTRQUU/ref=sr_shvl_album_1?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1263317122&amp;sr=301-1" target="_blank">Doolittle</a>, Pixies (Simon Larbalestier/Vaughn Oliver 1989); <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Songs-About-Fucking-Big-Black/dp/B0000019GE/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;s=music&amp;qid=1263317160&amp;sr=8-1-catcorr" target="_blank">Songs About Fucking</a>, Big Black (1987); <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B001GK9FTU/sr=1-1/qid=1263317211/ref=sr_digr_1?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1263317211&amp;sr=1-1" target="_blank">Best Dressed Chicken in Town</a>, Dr Alimantado (D.K. James/David Hendley 1978); <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Ladies-Gentlemen-Floating-Space-Deluxe/dp/B002WA7CO8/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&amp;s=dmusic&amp;qid=1263317255&amp;sr=8-3" target="_blank">Ladies and Gentlemen We Are Floating in Space</a>, Spiritualized (Jason Pierce/Mark Farrow 1997); and <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Go-2/dp/B001JA21SE/ref=sr_shvl_album_1?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1263317290&amp;sr=301-1" target="_blank">Go 2 </a>, XTC (Hipgnosis 1978).</p>
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