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URL:https://www.artinliverpool.com/events/williamson-art-gallery-museum-wo
 rst-record-covers/
SUMMARY:Williamson Art Gallery & Museum: Williamson Art Gallery & Museum: W
 orst Record Covers
DESCRIPTION:From the unintentionally funny to the completely bizarre\, Stev
 e Goldman’s collection of more than 500 record covers are something to b
 ehold. Collected over a seven-year period from charity shops and online ma
 rketplaces\, Goldman’s selection criteria is stringent: Is this one of t
 he worst record covers in the world? The exhibition of this collection\, W
 orst Record Covers is a unique celebration of some of the most questionabl
 e design choice in music history.\n\nGoldman explains that to get into his
  collection\, a cover “has to make me laugh! There are plenty of covers 
 which are bad for the wrong reasons – sexist\, homophobic\, racist\, gor
 y etc – you won’t find any of these. I want records where the designer
 s have tried to do something that’s gone horribly wrong”.\nVisitors wi
 ll have the opportunity to have their say on which is the best – or wors
 t – via a public vote to select a favourite. This is an exhibition which
  can be enjoyed by the whole family\, and younger visitors can enjoy games
  and activities\, including designing their own worst record covers.\n\nTh
 e exhibition will run 15th November 2023 – 27th January 2024. Free entry
  – but Goldman is a stroke survivor and is staging the exhibition in aid
  of Different Strokes\, a charity helping younger stroke survivors.\nEVENT
 S: Friday 15th December – The Worst Christmas Party! Free\, book on Tick
 ets Wirral\n\nJoin us for the Worst Christmas Party! The team from Birkenh
 ead’s own Skeleton Records will be playing some of the best tunes from t
 he 500+ records in the exhibition\, plus a few of the best\, worst and mos
 t unexpected Christmas records. Homebrew Bottle Shop will be providing the
  bar\, while Skeleton Records will be bringing a pop-up vinyl shop so you 
 can pick up some last-minute Christmas gifts.\n\nThe exhibition’s openin
 g will also mark the publication of Goldman’s book “The Art Of The Biz
 arre Vinyl Sleeve”\, published by Easy On The Eye Books. The text is wri
 tten by Simon Robinson at Easy On The Eye\, who has produced many sleeve d
 esigns himself (happily none of which feature in Steve’s collection!) wi
 th a foreword written by comedian Stewart Lee.
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CATEGORIES:Exhibitions
LOCATION:Williamson Art Gallery & Museum\, Slatey Road\, Birkenhead\, Wirra
 l\, CH43 4UE\, Wirral\, United Kingdom
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