Scratch My Back Inner Sleeve

Scratch My Back Inner SleeveThis proof print from Peter Gabriel's long time designer, Marc Bessant, is something very special indeed. The image graced the LP slip cover that came in the Collector's Edition release. Just like the album cover it is a micrograph by Steve Gschmeissner, this time of a scratch through the grooves of a record. Never published, the prints available here are the three remaining of five proof copies never realised as an edition. They are signed by Marc

in that the smaller print is a silkscreen print with spot glazing

He had been promoted to advertising manager in 1945

transforming the look of album art forever and winning five Grammy nominations for package design

From that you can assume David didn't have any real input into the art direction at this stage of the cover

Their boundary-breaking conceptual approach earned them five Grammy nominations for package design

No interest

Peter felt that Julian Grater's drawing resonated in a powerful way with the rich

This Godley and Creme album cover design is one of a collection of archival inkjet prints that we released in 2014

replicating the style

Peter Freeth RA

Houses Of The Holy was also one of the most difficult to assemble

The photograph was originally taken for the album cover of Pink Floyd's A Momentary Lapse of Reason