MOJO COLLECTIONS

Cassette Tape Mis-Shapes

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The rarest vinyl and objects from the globe’s finest collections: this month, loopy sleeve art remixes, signed Neil Young swag and original embroidered Elton John cover artwork.

Loopy loops: 747’s alternative album cassette sleeves for (from left) The Clash, Genesis, King Crimson and The Smiths; (right, above) Pillow talk: a Madman Across The Water embroidered cushion and (below, from left) Peter Blake, reader Bruce Marsh and Richard Hamilton discuss their Beatles memorabilia.

The 747 cassette label of Saudi Arabia

Value: TBC

The 747 imprint of Jeddah is shrouded in mystery, but their habit of rejigging tracklists and boldly redesigning cover art has earned them a certain cachet among collectors. While the curious nature of its releases mean they’re blocked from sale on discogs.com, the site does host images for the intrigued. For a flavour, see how The Smiths’ first album has a shirt collar and pockets stuck over Joe Dallesandro’s bare torso, The Clash’s Black Market Clash gets a giant fish eating cover star Don Letts, and, our favourite, how King Crimson’s In The Court Of The Crimson King’s screaming face is re-rendered with crossed eyes, yellow gas emerging from its nostrils and the reaching hand from the gatefold emerging from its throat. For more barmy visual re-imaginings of Led Zep, Genesis and others, see discogs.com.