{"id":171,"date":"2023-07-21T16:37:21","date_gmt":"2023-07-21T16:37:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wasistdas.co.uk\/Ballads\/?p=171"},"modified":"2024-08-07T19:47:35","modified_gmt":"2024-08-07T19:47:35","slug":"but-its-not-just-top-musicians","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wasistdas.co.uk\/Ballads\/2023\/07\/21\/but-its-not-just-top-musicians\/","title":{"rendered":"But it’s not just top musicians…"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

..though obviously it’s important that we got a great line-up who could do the line-up justice. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, as any true lover of physical media knows, having great cover art is important and for this mission I had only one person in mind. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I have the poster for this excellent documentary on my bedroom wall, in a recycled wood frame. It’s the first thing I see many mornings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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He’s also done artwork for the mighty Green Lung
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And this Wicker Man blu-ray box set from Imprint FIlms<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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So, of course I asked him if he’d do our cover art. He’s a busy guy, check out his website and you’ll see he also does a lot of film and TV work https:\/\/www.richardwellsgraphics.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

He did a few mock-ups and they were all so good, I had no idea which one I wanted for the cover. He also said that when the line-up was finalized, if he had the time, he’d do the whole design.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Well, fast forward 18 months later and I message him to say I finally have a line-up, does he have the time and by a weird coincidence (if such things exist!) it turned out not only did he have a little time but he’d just come back from a holiday visiting and photographing the filming locations so not only could he do the whole design, he had the materials to take his mock-ups to the next level.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He asked me if I wanted a gatefold design for the vinyl. Gatefold costs more. I’m from Yorkshire, we don’t like extra costs but the idea was too powerful to resist.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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So there’s the ruined church from the film as it looks in June 2023<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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RIchard also has a Big Cartel page where you can buy prints of his stuff https:\/\/slipperyjack.bigcartel.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

You should also follow his Instagra<\/a>m.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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