‘Ban It, Burn It, Bait It…’ – a ‘Relax’ Record Mirror / NME advert
Paul Morley: “At the time, I was battling with a guy called Dave Robinson who’d come from Stiff Records to run Island Records and I
Paul Morley: “At the time, I was battling with a guy called Dave Robinson who’d come from Stiff Records to run Island Records and I
artist: Frankie Goes To Hollywood title: Relax format: 51cm x 35cm promotional poster design: XLZTT illustration: Anne Yvonne Gilbert cat. no: ZTAS1 date: 01/84 art
What was your thinking behind this composition …? Did they give you free rein to interpret the piece? Anne Yvonne Gilbert: “I had free rein
artist: Frankie Goes To Hollywood title: Relax (30th Anniversary) format: 12″ single design: Philip Marshall after XLZTT photography: John Stoddart and Anne Yvonne Gilbert illustration:
Yvonne Gilbert (she’s since dropped the ‘Anne‘) is not a hard woman to track down. Her website is full of examples of her work, largely
Paul Morley: “…with Frankie, ‘Relax’, Frankie already had that image ‘cos a friend of their had done it (Anne Yvonne Gilbert). I wanted to put
Anne Yvonne Gilbert: “My women are always in charge – I don’t think I’ve ever produced an image where they aren’t. When Holly needed an
