Blur’s Think Tank record was also available as a promo CD featuring a hand stamped version of Banksy’s Petrolhead image. There was great individuality to the placement and orientation of these stampings, as can be seen below.
As well as a very rare alternative stamp, that I have never personally seen:
Blur is an English rock band that achieved great success in the 1990s. Think Tank, released on the Parlophone label in 2oo3, reached number 1 on the UK charts, and was the band’s highest ranking album in the United States, reaching number 56. This record was re-released in 2012. The easiest way to tell the difference between the original and the reissue is the numbers listed on the blur sticker and the bar code on the back. Here are the images from the original:
And the reissue:
Blak Twang – Kik Off is a double LP from 2002. It was released on the Wall of Sound label’s Bad Magic imprint. This record also spawned three 12″ singles and an EP, which will be illustrated in the following posts.
I know this is not the best photo (and I wish I had photographed my Mint copy), but you can see the photo credit for Steve Lazarides, and the explicit art direction credit for Banksy. From Steve Lazarides’ own website Lazinc.com,
“Lazarides founder Steve Lazarides worked with Banksy whilst he was employed as the picture director of the magazine Sleaze Nation. Steve exhibited the street artist’s work for a number of years and generated an unprecedented interest in Banksy and ‘street art’ that others have since capitalized on, thus giving birth to the current movement. Steve became Banksy’s de facto agent, a working relationship that ended in early 2009. ”
On Banksy’s own website, he disavows Lazarides, stating, “Banksy is NOT on Facebook, Twitter or represented by Steve Lazarides or any other commercial gallery.”
This is the only single to appear from the Ultimate Dilemma label’s Badmeaningood series. it is a one sided single with a cover version of the Beatles classic song from Volume 2 – Badmeaningood Roots Manuva, released in 2001.
The Badmeaningood series of Double LPs and one 12″ single was released from 2002 to 2003 from the Ultimate Dilemma label. The image appears to have been done specifically for the record. The tracklist from Volume 1, introduced by Skitz (the title artist had an introductory track, but did not necessarily appear later), is as follows:
–Skitz |
Intro |
1:07 |
–The Blackbyrds |
Wilford’s Gone |
2:14 |
–Donovan |
Get Thy Bearings |
2:33 |
–Anthony Red Rose and King Kong |
Tow Big Bull Inna One Pen |
3:24 |
–Afu-Ra |
D&D Soundclash |
4:02 |
–Roots Manuva |
Witness (1 Hope) |
4:11 |
–Fu-Schnickens |
Ring The Alarm (Steely & Cleevie Extended Mix) |
3:35 |
–Slick Rick |
Mona Lisa |
3:28 |
–Wu-Tang Clan |
Method Man (Crazy C’s Suthun Fried Radio Mix) |
2:42 |
–King Just |
Warrior’s Drum |
4:02 |
–Talib Kweli & Hi-Tek |
Africa Dream |
3:20 |
–A Tribe Called Quest |
Check The Rhime |
3:35 |
–Black Sheep |
Butt… In The Meantime (The Nostrand Ave Rastafarian Mix) |
3:52 |
–Goodie Mob |
Cell Therapy |
4:07 |
–Masta Ace Incorporated |
Born To Roll |
4:07 |
–Nitty Gritty |
Hog In A Minty |
3:37 |
–Kool & The Gang |
Summer Madness |
4:18 |
This One Cut 12″ EP also from 2000 on the Hombré label, featured different material from the Grand Theft Audio LP from the same year. The imagery contains similar themes (megaphone tank and shark fins), but modified.
This 12″ vinyl EP of tracks from the 2000 release of Hombré records’ Grand Theft Audio from One Cut, features images previously used on the LP, although the boombox terrorist image is cropped.
Banksy Covers 