Art on your sleeve

In this episode, I speak with Rob O'Connor whose design work will be familiar to fans of Blur, Siouxsie and the Banshees, Howard Jones, Prefab Sprout, Squeeze, Voice of the Beehive and hundreds more pop bands stretching back to the late 1970s. I spent an afternoon with Rob at Stylorouge looking back over his career and getting the stories behind many iconic records sleeves. The interview coincides with the POP ART feature in Classic Pop magazine - Issue 32.

In this episode, I speak with Huw Feather whose design work will be familiar to fans of Soft Cell and Marc Almond. I spent a couple hours chatting with Huw, face-to-face at a slightly noisy cocktail bar in his hometown of Southport. The interview coincides with the POP ART feature in Classic Pop magazine - Issue 17.

In this episode, I speak with Laurence Stevens whose design work will be familiar to fans of Eurythmics and Annie Lennox, as well as many other pop acts. I spent a few hours chatting with Laurence, face-to-face at his studio and via FaceTime and the interview coincides with the POP ART feature in Classic Pop magazine - Issue 26.

Art on your sleeve - Episode 1 - Introduction by Andrew Dineley

This episode is an audio supplement to a six-page Pop Art feature I wrote for Classic Pop magazine, issue 13, published October/November 2014. In the podcast I interview artist and designer, Bob Linney about his record sleeve artwork for The Beloved and play track excerpts along the way. We also touch on other sleeves that he has worked on and discover how he ended up forging a long time creative relationship with Jon Marsh and The Beloved. The interview was recorded over Zoom during the COVID-19 lockdown period with Bob and I in our respective studios in East Anglia and Liverpool. Apologies for the variable recording quality. The podcast also coincides with the re-release of Happiness, an album by The Beloved, and the release of a limited edition range of screen prints that Bob made available in June 2020. The prints are available to order directly from Bob Linney’s online store at: www.boblinneyposters.com/beloved-artwork Full show notes and archive at: https://softoctopus.co.uk/podcast/