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RICHARD BRAUTIGAN Listening To Richard Brautigan (A unique 1969 UK original hand assembled piece of proof artwork commissioned by Zapple Records & featuring what was to become the rear sleeve for the aborted album. This unique piece of artwork measures approximately 13" x 13", laid on a 15" x 20" stiff card backing & was designed by John Kosh. It features three pages including tracing paper overlays. It comes with excellent provenance in that it was obtained from an ex-employee of Apple when the offices closed in the mid Seventies)
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Richard Brautigan Listening To Richard Brautigan artwork UK R0LARLI337412
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Richard Brautigan Listening To Richard Brautigan UK artwork
Tracklisting / Additional Info: This unique piece of artwork was designed by the famous Apple designer John Kosh who was
responsible for many Beatles/Solo album sleeves such as Let It Be and The Wedding Album box
as well as other famous album sleeves by such artists as The Rolling Stones, The Eagles and
The Who.



THE DESIGN

The overall dimensions of the piece are 15" x 20" with the design itself being approximately
13" square.

The top/cover page is plain black paper with similar texture to the familiar black Apple
album inner sleeves.

The second page is plain tracing paper with annotations 'yellow' & 'black' referring to the
text & background colour of the top of the sleeve design.

The third page is like thick tracing paper with 'ZAP01' & 'LISTENING TO RICHARD BRAUTIGAN'
labels mounted for positional effect. This dates this design to a very early period as the
ZAP01 number was never actually used & this album was finally scheduled for release as
'ZAPPLE03' in late 1969.

The bottom is a thick white card, upon which is mounted the format for the sleeve design
with 'LISTENING TO RICHARD BRAUTIGAN' header text followed by brief sleeve notes. Under this
are two 6½" x 8" black & white photographs depicting Richard & his then girlfriend Valerie
Estes. Across the two photographs is hand written 'Position Only' in red chinagraph pencil.

Sadly for all of us, only two test acetates were ever made of the final album before Allen
Klein closed Zapple down, although it was finally issued on EMI Harvest in the US in 1970 -
Interestingly, using EXACTLY the same sleeve design as this, so they must have liked it!


This is a superb piece of Apple history - a one of a kind - for a project that was
eventually scrapped!
Condition : This item is in Excellent condition or better (unless it says otherwise in the above description). We buy items as close to Mint condition as possible and many will be unplayed and as close to new as you could hope to find. Irrespective of the source, all of our collectables meet our strict grading and are 100% guaranteed. Click here for more info.
Availability: Sold Out - 'Request Next' to get an email if it comes back into stock.
Year of Release: 1969 - 56 years old
Artist: Richard Brautigan (click here for complete listing)
Title: Listening To Richard Brautigan (click here for more of the same title)
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Format: artwork
Record Label: Apple
Catalogue No: ARTWORK
Country of Origin: UK  
Language: Regardless of country of origin all tracks are sung in English, unless otherwise stated in our description.
Additional info: Deleted
EIL.COM Ref No R0LARLI337412 (quote this reference in any e-mails, letters, faxes or phone calls to help identify this item)
Genres: 00s Artists, Apple label, Film & TV, Male Solo, Poetry, Writer / Novelist
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