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| Classic covers made into stamps | Classic covers made into stamps |
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| A series of classic album covers including Mike Oldfield's Tubular Bells and Parklife by Blur has been issued as a set of stamps by the Royal Mail. | |
| Other well-known record sleeves to have been made into first-class stamps include Pink Floyd's Division Bell. | |
| The design on each of the 10 stamps shows a vinyl record coming out of its recognisable album cover. | The design on each of the 10 stamps shows a vinyl record coming out of its recognisable album cover. |
| The Post Office said the issues had transformed each record sleeve into "miniature works of art". | The Post Office said the issues had transformed each record sleeve into "miniature works of art". |
| Julietta Edgar, Royal Mail's head of special stamps, said: "This issue celebrates this unique art form and some of its greatest examples." | Julietta Edgar, Royal Mail's head of special stamps, said: "This issue celebrates this unique art form and some of its greatest examples." |
| Jimmy Page with Led Zeppelin's enigmatic cover for IV | Jimmy Page with Led Zeppelin's enigmatic cover for IV |
| Thousands of album covers from the past four decades were scrutinised before the final 10 were chosen. | Thousands of album covers from the past four decades were scrutinised before the final 10 were chosen. |
| The artwork, and not necessarily the music on the album, was at the forefront of the selectors' minds. | |
| Led Zeppelin guitarist Jimmy Page, who helped design the cover for the band's album IV - now transformed into a postage stamp - helped launch the new issues in London. | Led Zeppelin guitarist Jimmy Page, who helped design the cover for the band's album IV - now transformed into a postage stamp - helped launch the new issues in London. |
| Page spoke about IV's cover, which features an old man weighed down by a bundle of sticks. | Page spoke about IV's cover, which features an old man weighed down by a bundle of sticks. |
| "Almost 40 years after the album came out, nobody knows the old man who featured on the cover, nor the artist who painted him. | "Almost 40 years after the album came out, nobody knows the old man who featured on the cover, nor the artist who painted him. |
| "That sort of sums up what we wanted to achieve with the album cover, which has remained both anonymous and enigmatic at the same time," he said. | "That sort of sums up what we wanted to achieve with the album cover, which has remained both anonymous and enigmatic at the same time," he said. |
| The album did not mention the band's name on the cover. | The album did not mention the band's name on the cover. |
| The Rolling Stones' 1969 album Let It Bleed, meanwhile, features a cake on the cover which was baked by a then unknown Delia Smith. | The Rolling Stones' 1969 album Let It Bleed, meanwhile, features a cake on the cover which was baked by a then unknown Delia Smith. |