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Reasons to be Cheerful: The Life and Work of Barney Bubbles (Hardcover)

by Paul Gorman (Author)

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Hardcover: 224 pages
Publisher: Adelita Ltd (4 Dec 2008)
Language English
ISBN-10: 095520173X
ISBN-13: 978-0955201738
Product Dimensions: 28.2 x 23 x 2.4 cm

Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)

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''A glorious tribute'' --The Word, November 2008

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A stylish collection of Barney Bubbles' sleeve art is top of your coffee-table's Christmas list.

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5.0 out of 5 stars A real tribute to a artistic genius, 8 Dec 2008

By	J. John Foyle "john_foyle" (Dublin, Ireland) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I've been leafing through a copy of this for the last few days . It's a sumptuous affair , beautifully printed , a real tribute to a artistic genius. Words really cannot do it justice - just get it and wallow in it.

A minor quibble would be that the text isn't concurrent with images. We get all the background story to the Armed Forces sleeve on P.137 but the illustrations don't appear until Pp. 148 -153. Once , however, you get used to that it's alright. That's six pages of slightly larger than A4 pages of reproductions for just one album - the book really is that detailed.

Besides the many specifically Costello related features(I'm a big E.C. fan)I was particularly taken by the bio. detail that Barney - born Colin Fulcher - grew up in Whitton, Middlesex. Since Elvis live there in 1970's I daresay that may have been another bond they had.

New - to me- details about the Armed Forces sleeve is that the main cover image, the elephants etc, are painted by Tom Pogson. Other images in the package are by the 'French design collective Bazooka' , ' led by artists Christain Chapiron and Jean-Louis Dupre ( who worked under the pseudonyms Loulou and Kiki Picasso'. Additionally ' one of the animal prints derives from a pair of Bubbles' assistant Diana Fawcett's knickers'.

And so on. Definitely a book worth getting - short of the original sleeves it's the only way to see these images properly .

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4.0 out of 5 stars excellent book, 26 Jun 2009

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This is an excellent book, full of record covers pictures (but also other stuff) and interesting texts on barney bubbles, i guess you won't be disappointed.

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