Win! New Order signed vinyl, Screamadelica CD and some swish stamps
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Remember those nice stamps which were put into circulation t'other week? The ones of classic album covers, which included Pink Floyd, Primal Scream, Blur, The Clash, New Order and a few others. Yeah, those ones. Ol' Jimmy P from Led Zep is up ^there^ posing with 'em.
To celebrate this wonderful development, we're giving away a whole HANDFUL (and then some) of great prizes, including the following:
- First and foremost, we have a signed copy of New Order's 1983 album, Power, Corruption & Lies for one lucky winner
- A signed CD copy of Screamadelica, by Primal Scream, of course
- A collection of all of those album cover stamps
- Double CD remastered edition of the aforementioned Power, Corruption & Lies
- New Order Live in Glasgow DVD
- Primal Scream Riot City Blues Tour DVD
- Framed Screamadelica album art
Which is a pretty exhaustive list. We certainly don't give stuff as wholesome as this away every day. So, you'd wanna win those things, right? Well, all you have to do to be in with a chance of winning is answer the below question in the comments section below. You'll need to be signed-up to the site to do so, though.
Q: The full list of commissioned stamps is below. Which album cover would you release as a stamp and, if you care, whyyyyyyy???
Only the very best/most amusing answers will be considered. So put a bit of effort into it. Unless you suggest something so bad that it's good. Y'know, that sort of thing. Imagination. Creativity. Progress!
Just so you don't duplicate an answer, look down there...
The Division Bell – Pink Floyd
A Rush of Blood to the Head - Coldplay
Parklife – Blur
Power Corruption and Lies – New Order
Let It Bleed – The Rolling Stones
London Calling – The Clash
Tubular Bells – Mike Oldfield
IV – Led Zeppelin
Screamadelica – Primal Scream
The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars – David Bowie
Competition closes on Friday January 29 at 1700. Winners will be notified via PM on this website, so keep your eyes on your inbox around that time.
Those stamps can all be bought here, if you're interested. On. Sale. Now.
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Primal Scream
Sex Pistols - God Save the Queen
Not an album cover I know but looks like a stamp anyhows
Devastatin’ Dave - Zip Zap Rap
Because it would Zip Zap your christmas Wrap...ping paper! : /
Teenage Fanclub - Bandwagonesque
With all the industrial action at Royal Mail, seeing a big moneybag staring back at the postman every time he delivers a letter would be sweet justice for them not delivering my Christmas shopping in time.
Happy Mondays - Pills 'N' Thrills And Bellyaches
Cos my postie's got a kinky afro
Radiohead - Hail to the Thief
There's nothing like being reminded of your barren cultural wasteland and existential angst as you open a claims for you circular.
Lovehunter - Whitenake
Think of the complaints. Outraged in Weymouth! Disgusted in Didsbury!
Public Image Ltd. - Metal Box
Because I've never seen a metal stamp before.
Aphex Twin - Windowlicker
To shock the family when I send their birthday & xmas cards.
The Postal Service - Give Up
what with the recent strikes etc
The Locust - Plauge Soundscapes
Because a nice little realistic view of headless monsters and mutated zombies destroying the city you live in will always go down well
Toploader - Onkas Big Moker
I'd stick it on an envelope, post it to people I didn't like and watch their discomfort as they shit themselves laughing at it.
The White Album
Imagine that. Invisible stamps!
The Stone Roses - The Stone Roses
Not only is John Squire's Pollock inspired artwork awesome... but the album itself is a true modern classic that inspired a generation and a movement.
Issac Hayes - Juicy Fruit (Disco Freak)
This is one of my fave album covers by far.
Roxy Music - Country Life
MEGALOLZ
Fleet Foxes - Fleet Foxes
Nuff said.
The Smiths - What Difference Does It Make
Also not an album but T Stamp on a stamp, who could resist?
Hefner - Breaking God's Heart.
'Cos it contain Hymn for the Postal Service.
'And every night I pray for mail in the morning'
(Plus the smooching girl on the cover looks a bit like a young Queen Elizabeth II. If you squint).
Japandroids - Post Nothing
cause it will only get lost, damaged, stolen
Post
by Bjork. THINK ABOUT IT.
Stereophonics - Word Gets Around
cause it's all like look, this letter is gettnig from like a - b, like it's getting around or soemthing
Mogwai - Rock Action
it's my favourite POST rock album
Television - Marquee Moon
it's my favourite POST punk album, even though it isn't really post punk as it was at the same time as punk, but anyway, POST!
Glassjaw - Worship and Tribute
it's my favourite POST hardcore album cover stamp
Motorhead - Ace of Spades
Because Lemmy is long overdue a knighthood, his dedication to not being part of any system has ironically made him something of a national institution, because that's something we love in this country. Putting Ace of Spades on a stamp would be a deserved recognition of Motorhead's influence and importance in popular music history, but moreover it would be a acknowledgement of a triumph for a rebellious spirit which on the surface a 'moral' society like ours would never accept, but in secret we all wish we had. Of course Lemmy would probably hate it, but that would simply underline how right the decision would be.
A Certain Ratio- Sextext
lush colours
Scorpions - Lovedrive
Can we say more than one? While Juicy Fruit is my favorite out of all album covers ever, I gotta mention this because it's hilarious. and Boobs. on a Stamp. This is a woman talking, BTW.
Depeche Mode - Violator
This cover made by Anton Corbijn (a great photographer and director) between 1989 and 1990 can appear simple but for me is a great piece of art.
The red rose is the symbol of the love and the passion.
And Depeche Mode... they are one of the best Uk band that play since 1980 and knowed all the world like an innovator band,first classify like a synth pop band then dark then rock.
It's so beautiful... you can't not be agree with me :D
Big Dumb Face - Duke Lion Fights The Terror
because it's my Favourite POST Limp Bizkit Album
Whatever Happend to Jugula- Roy Harper and Jimmy Page
It's a packet of Rizlas!!Worth a lick!
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