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<p>[QUOTE="all_fakes, post: 228307, member: 55"]OK, got it.</p><p>This is the cover art, or a portion of it, from an LP record from 1974. In the UK.</p><p>Record: "Cameo Roles"</p><p>Band: "Rinky Dink and the Crystal Set."</p><p><br /></p><p>See <a href="https://www.discogs.com/Rinky-Dink-The-Crystal-Set-Cameo-Roles/master/587206" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.discogs.com/Rinky-Dink-The-Crystal-Set-Cameo-Roles/master/587206" rel="nofollow">https://www.discogs.com/Rinky-Dink-The-Crystal-Set-Cameo-Roles/master/587206</a></p><p>Includes a photo of the back of the record jacket, with art credits; but hard to make out the artist's name. Suspect it is Tony Wright, who was known for his album-cover art. If so, your piece might be worth something; his cover for Traffic's "Low Spark of High-Heeled Boys" is in the Museum of Modern Art. It also might be that the cameo-face itself is by a different artist, used by Wright as part of the cover design.</p><p>Wright's website: <a href="http://www.tonywright-art.com/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.tonywright-art.com/" rel="nofollow">http://www.tonywright-art.com/</a> includes a contact email, so it would be possible to ask him if this is his, or who did the cameo-face that he used in it.</p><p><br /></p><p>I'll try to find a better image. Possibly your item is the original for the cover art; would be interesting to see if the LP cover includes the extra paper bit you noticed; I believe it does.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="all_fakes, post: 228307, member: 55"]OK, got it. This is the cover art, or a portion of it, from an LP record from 1974. In the UK. Record: "Cameo Roles" Band: "Rinky Dink and the Crystal Set." See [URL]https://www.discogs.com/Rinky-Dink-The-Crystal-Set-Cameo-Roles/master/587206[/URL] Includes a photo of the back of the record jacket, with art credits; but hard to make out the artist's name. Suspect it is Tony Wright, who was known for his album-cover art. If so, your piece might be worth something; his cover for Traffic's "Low Spark of High-Heeled Boys" is in the Museum of Modern Art. It also might be that the cameo-face itself is by a different artist, used by Wright as part of the cover design. Wright's website: [URL]http://www.tonywright-art.com/[/URL] includes a contact email, so it would be possible to ask him if this is his, or who did the cameo-face that he used in it. I'll try to find a better image. Possibly your item is the original for the cover art; would be interesting to see if the LP cover includes the extra paper bit you noticed; I believe it does.[/QUOTE]
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