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Grand Redesigns continues

Steve's Grand Redesigns feature continues with special guest Brian Cannon, who designed the covers of the first three Oasis albums and has produced artwork for The Verve.

Steve's Grand Redesigns feature continues with special guest Brian Cannon. He is best known for his Microdot graphic design company through which he created the album artwork for Oasis' debut album, Definitely Maybe, in 1994, Whats The Story Morning Glory and Be Here Now.
He has also produced a number of record sleeves for UK number one albums, including Urban Hymns (The Verve) and 1977 (Ash)
Two of Cannon's record sleeve designs-Definitely Maybe (#14) and "This Is Music" (#79)-featured in Q magazine's "The Hundred Best Record Covers Of All Time" list published in 2001.
He has also designed record sleeves for Ruthless Rap Assassins and Suede and is the former manager of The Beta Band.
He chats with Steve about his career and what designers should look for when thinking about designing album sleeves.

3 hours

Last on

Mon 4 Feb 2013 16:00

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Music Played

  • Blondie

    Hanging On The Telephone

    • Chrysalis.
  • Sweet Baboo

    Let's Go Swimming Wild

    • MOSHI MOSHI RECORDS.
  • Ikara Colt

    Sink Venice

  • Atoms for Peace

    Judge, Jury & Executioner

    • XL Recordings.
  • Sash!

    Encore Un Fois

  • FIDLAR

    Wait For The Man

    • WICHITA RECORDINGS.
  • James

    Sit Down

  • Jane鈥檚 Addiction

    Been Caught Stealing

    • CD SINGLE.
    • Warner Bros.
  • Bat for Lashes

    A Wall

    • Parlophone.
  • Bastille

    Pompeii

  • Lyn Collins

    Think (About It)

    • Polydor.
  • Bob Dylan

    Changing Of The Guards

    • Columbia.
  • The Cure

    High

    • Fiction.
  • The Staves

    Winter Trees

    • ATLANTIC RECORDS.
  • Phoenix

    Too Young

    • SOURCE.
  • Courteeners

    Lose Control

  • Rodney P

    The Nice Up

  • My Bloody Valentine

    In Another Way

  • The Only Ones

    Another Girl, Another Planet

    • Virgin.
  • Oasis

    Morning Glory

    • What's The Story Morning Glory?.
    • Creation.
  • Badly Drawn Boy

    All Possibilities

    • XL.
  • The Bonzo Dog Band

    Jollity Farm

  • Two Door Cinema Club

    Next Year

    • Kitsune.
  • The Chemical Brothers

    Hey Boy Hey Girl

    • Virgin.
  • Potty Mouth

    Damage

  • Julian Cope

    I Come From Another Planet, Baby

  • Chapel Club

    Good Together

    • CD Single.
    • Ignition.
    • 2.
  • Jesca Hoop

    Ode To Banksy

    • The House That Jack Built.
    • Last Laugh Records.
    • 6.
  • Tall Ships

    T=0

  • The Bees

    A Minha Menina

    • We Love You.
  • David Bowie

    Where Are We Now?

  • Killjoys

    Naive

  • The Temptations

    Shakey Ground

    • Tamla Motown.
  • Darwin Deez

    Free (The Editorial Me)

    • Lucky Number.
  • Pulp

    Razzmatazz

    • Intro - The Gift Recordings.
    • Island.
    • 1.
  • Gallops

    Jeff Leopard

    • Blood And Biscuits.

Broadcast

  • Mon 4 Feb 2013 16:00