NME's special edition on JD/NO sourced artwork from Recycle

My husband picked up a copy of this NME special today, and it includes the original reviews for each single. The artwork sourced for at least two of them - Temptation and Blue Monday - are the ones myself and Bruce did, respectively.

I laid them out side by side to be certain. Bruce completely recreated the Blue Monday sleeve from scratch in Photoshop, and the drop shadows and highlights for the diecut sleeve match up perfectly with the one printed in the magazine.

It was impossible for me to properly capture the embossed title on the Temptation 7", so I faked it in Photoshop. Sure enough, the highlights and shadows of the embossing match up perfectly with the magazine, with some of the light paint splatter dots aligning exactly in key points.

We did make 300 dpi versions available in the download bundles, so they had high-res versions available for use.

Photo credits Peter Saville.

Looking further I see Procession and Everything's Gone Green are also our versions. Procession was printed on unbleached paper, and the one in the magazine has two dark splotches that align exactly with Bruce's scan (no two versions of this would ever be identical).

Several others look like they could be ours, but the colors are a bit off. Of course, that could just be down to the magazine's print process.

This is amazing news. I'm going to drive my car around and beep my horn like an Italian all day on the strength of this.

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typical.

later -1

I saw this for sale in town today, a bit saucy at 9 euros considering I could buy Closer and UP on cd in the HMV on the same street for 4€ each, anyway..

I may buy it next time I am in town but really couldn't be bothered carrying it around in the rain today...

So you're concerned that NME's use of your unofficial reproduction of Saville's art is credited to Saville, and not you?

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Dennis Remmer wrote: So you're concerned that NME's use of your unofficial reproduction of Saville's art is credited to Saville, and not you?

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No, it doesn't bother me at all - I find it amusing. I'm not complaining about it, I'm patting myself on the back for doing such a good job that ours becomes the go-to imagery.

50 Pound Note wrote: My husband picked up a copy of this NME special today.

I hope by "picked up" you mean he stole it because if not give him a ding round the ear for spending money on that shadow-of-its-former-self piece of crap.