Frankie Goes To Hollywood ‘Welcome To The Pleasuredome’ LP picture disc
artist: Frankie Goes To Hollywood title: Welcome To The Pleasuredome format: 2xLP picture disc design: XLZTT illustration: Lo Cole photography: Anton Corbijn / Peter Ashworth
artist: Frankie Goes To Hollywood title: Welcome To The Pleasuredome format: 2xLP picture disc design: XLZTT illustration: Lo Cole photography: Anton Corbijn / Peter Ashworth
artist: Frankie Goes To Hollywood title: Welcome To The Pleasuredome format: A3 promo poster design: XLZTT illustration: Lo Cole photography: Anton Corbijn / Peter Ashworth
artist: Frankie Goes To Hollywood title: Welcome To The Pleasuredome format: 1 pg The Beat advert design: XLZTT Illustration: Lo Cole cat. no: ZTT IQ
artist: Frankie Goes To Hollywood title: And Suddenly There Came A Bang! format: 1 pg Zig Zag advert design: XLZTT Illustration: Lo Cole cat. no: Zanglette
artist: Frankie Goes To Hollywood title: Welcome To The Pleasuredome format: 1 pg The Face advert design: XLZTT Illustration: Lo Cole cat. no: ZTT IQ
artist: Frankie Goes To Hollywood title: Welcome To The Pleasuredome format: 1 pg i-D advert design: XLZTT Illustration: Lo Cole cat. no: ZTT IQ 1
artist: Frankie Goes To Hollywood title: Welcome To The Pleasuredome format: Promo flyposter design: XLZTT illustration: Lo Cole cat. no: ZTT IQ 1 date: 11.84
artist: Frankie Goes To Hollywood title: Welcome To The Pleasuredome format: 1 pg Sounds advert design: XLZTT Photography: Anton Corbijn cat. no: ZTT IQ 1
I’ve only ever seen close up sitting and longer shots with the band standing as on the No.1 cover – did you do any more
artist: Frankie Goes To Hollywood title: Welcome To The Pleasuredome format: 1 pg Zig Zag advert design: XLZTT Illustration: Lo Cole cat. no: ZTT IQ
There are lots of props, masks, horns, animals, even a small child, was this all your idea or the brief? Peter Ashworth: “Paul wanted lots
Paul Morley: “I was always very keen on doing an ad that suited the publication, which people thought was mental but, if it was NME
artist: Frankie Goes To Hollywood title: Welcome To The Pleasuredome format: Promo flyposter design: XLZTT illustration: Lo Cole cat. no: ZTT IQ 1 date: 11.84
Was this shoot specifically for the album or actually for a magazine and then used on the LP? Peter Ashworth: “I shot them 2 or
artist: Frankie Goes To Hollywood title: Welcome To The Pleasuredome format: 1 pg Jamming advert design: XLZTT illustration: Lo Cole cat. no: ZTT IQ 1
At some point in 2004 I joined a ZTT fan forum – the Alternate ZTT Board – and one of the first posts I saw
With the printing plant refusing to print the sleeve because of the back cover animal orgy you had to cover the offending article with fig
Paul Morley: “It was bad enough trying to get away with four sides and the other thing that I wanted to do was the original
artist: Frankie Goes To Hollywood title: Welcome To The Pleasuredome format: 1 pg Melody Maker advert design: XLZTT Photography: Anton Corbijn cat. no: ZTT IQ
artist: Frankie Goes To Hollywood title: Welcome To The Pleasuredome format: 1 pg No.1 advert design: XLZTT illustration: Lo Cole cat. no: ZTT IQ 1
Peter Ashworth: “Paul Morley wanted a jungle that had all sorts of references hidden within it, inferences to money, power, sex …. but not in
artist: Frankie Goes To Hollywood title: Welcome To The Pleasuredome format: 1 pg Time Out advert design: XLZTT illustration: Lo Cole cat. no: ZTT IQ
artist: Frankie Goes To Hollywood title: Welcome To The Pleasuredome format: 1/8 pg NME advert design: XLZTT illustration: Lo Cole cat. no: ZTT IQ 1
artist: Frankie Goes To Hollywood title: Welcome To The Pleasuredome format: 1/8 pg Record Mirror advert design: XLZTT illustration: Lo Cole cat. no: ZTT IQ
artist: Frankie Goes To Hollywood title: Welcome To The Pleasuredome format: 1/8 pg No.1 advert design: XLZTT illustration: Lo Cole cat. no: ZTT IQ 1
artist: Frankie Goes To Hollywood title: Welcome To The Pleasuredome format: 1/8 pg NME advert design: XLZTT illustration: Lo Cole cat. no: ZTT IQ 1
artist: Frankie Goes To Hollywood title: Welcome To The Pleasuredome format: 1/8 pg Record Mirror advert design: XLZTT illustration: Lo Cole cat. no: ZTT IQ
Lo Cole: “…the advertising was everywhere. The campaign was brilliantly orchestrated and bit by bit my artwork started to appear in press-ads in national newspapers
So, the Frankie campaign: the sperm + the bomb + the heart … I mean, you can’t have had that from the off? Paul Morley:
artist: Frankie Goes To Hollywood title: Welcome To The Pleasuredome format: 1 pg Blitz advert design: XLZTT illustration: Lo Cole cat. no: ZTT IQ 1
artist: Frankie Goes To Hollywood title: Two Tribes format: 1/2 pg Zig Zag advert design: XLZTT photography: Anton Corbijn cat. no: ZTAS 3 date: 04/84
artist: Frankie Goes To Hollywood title: Two Tribes format: 1 pg Record Mirror advert design: XLZTT photography: Eric Watson cat. no: ZTAS 3 date: 09/06/84
Another look behind the scenes at some work I’ve been doing on the Frankie Goes To Hollywood box set for the 30th anniversary edition of
artist: Frankie Goes To Hollywood title: Two Tribes (Carnage) format: US 12″ single design: XLZTT photography: AJ Barratt / Eric Watson illustration: n/a cat. no:
artist: Frankie Goes To Hollywood title: Two Tribes format: US 7″ single design: XLZTT photography: AJ Barratt / Eric Watson illustration: n/a cat. no: 7-99695
The ‘Inside The Pleasuredome’ deluxe box set is currently 103% funded after just 6 weeks. Here is an updated spread of the contents although some
artist: Frankie Goes To Hollywood title: Relax format: sheet music design: XLZTT photography: Steve Rumney illustration: n/a cat. no: n/a date: ?/?/84 art of notes:
artist: Frankie Goes To Hollywood title: Two Tribes (Hibakusha) format: 12″ single design: XLZTT photography: n/a illustration: n/a cat. no: XZIP 1 date: 06/08/84 art
artist: Frankie Goes To Hollywood title: Two Tribes format: 1/2 pg advert for ? design: XLZTT photography: Eric Watson cat. no: ZTAS 3 date: ?/0?/84
artist: Frankie Goes To Hollywood title: Two Tribes (Keep The Peace) format: cassette ‘singlette’ design: XLZTT photography: Anton Corbijn illustration: n/a cat. no: CTIS 103
artist: Frankie Goes To Hollywood title: Relax (From Soft To Hard, From Dry To Moist) format: cassette ‘singlette’ design: XLZTT photography: Steve Rumney illustration: n/a
AJ Barratt: (talking about the shot of Frankie at the Camden Palace) “The record label started and there were all (these) very exciting PAs at
Paul Morley: “…that was the whole idea of the “Frankie Say’ T-shirt, I was just very bored with T-shirts at that point just being a
artist: Frankie Goes To Hollywood title: Two Tribes format: 1 pg Smash Hits advert design: XLZTT photography: n/a cat. no: ZTAS 3 date: 07-20/06/84 art
John Stoddart: “But then I did the shoot in the T-shirts and everything, that definitely came through from ZTT, it had nothing to do with
Trevor Horn: “I’m very impressed with the product Union Square Music has come up with to celebrate the album’s anniversary. It has every element and
Paul Morley: “Anton Corbijn, I built up an early relationship with him, (from the NME days) we were colleagues and we worked together. At the
artist: Frankie Goes To Hollywood title: Two Tribes format: 1 pg No.1 advert design: XLZTT photography: Eric Watson cat. no: ZTAS 3 date: 16/06/84 art
AJ Barratt: “I think there was a sense of that video being something that would really turn heads worldwide. And it did. I don’t know
Neil Tennant: “Eric had just shot the campaign for Frankie Goes to Hollywood’s “Two Tribes” and Paul Morley had brought him out of his shell.
artist: Frankie Goes To Hollywood title: Two Tribes format: Promo fly poster design: XLZTT photography: Eric Watson cat. no: ZTAS 3 date: 06/84 art of
Paul Morley: “I think I was using the sleeve notes in a way to talk to Trevor, often that would happen. In all the Frankie
artist: Frankie Goes To Hollywood title: Two Tribes format: 1/2 pg Blitz advert design: XLZTT photography: Anton Corbijn cat. no: ZTAS 3 date: 05/84
artist: Frankie Goes To Hollywood title: Two Tribes format: 43cm x 43cm promo poster design: XLZTT photography: Eric Watson cat. no: 12ZTAS 3 date: 04/06/84
Paul Morley: “I was always very keen on doing an ad that suited the publication, which people thought was mental but, if it was NME
artist: Frankie Goes To Hollywood title: Two Tribes format: 43cm x 43cm promo poster design: XLZTT photography: Eric Watson cat. no: 12ZTAS 3 date: 04/06/84
Was a new remix an excuse to write a new set of sleevenotes, a new chapter to the ZTT story? Paul Morley: “Well, it was
Did you do the Frankie logo as well? David Smart: “Yes” What was the thinking behind that? “Well he used to change too (the logo,
artist: Frankie Goes To Hollywood title: Two Tribes format: 51cm x 34cm promo poster design: XLZTT photography: AJ Barratt cat. no: ZTAS 3 date: 06/84
This is what the ‘Think Inside The Box’ post was about, a project I’ve been working on for the last few months but feels like
artist: Frankie Goes To Hollywood title: Two Tribes format: 7″ single picture disc design: XLZTT photography: Eric Watson cat. no: PZTAS 3 date: 18/06/84 art
artist: Frankie Goes To Hollywood title: Two Tribes format: A3 promo poster design: XLZTT photography: Eric Watson cat. no: ZTAS 3 date: 06/84 art of
David Smart: “All these, every ad we did was a completely different artwork and I think that’s what’s quite extraordinary because now I just don’t
Paul Morley: “‘Relax’ had been number one so it was quite late in the day. So I started putting together the promotional material if you
artist: Frankie Goes To Hollywood title: Inside The Pleasuredome format: web advert design: Openmind after XLZTT illustration: Lo Cole cat. no: ZTIS 314 date: 21/05/2014
Paul Morley: “Because of Trevor’s inability to complete records on time it meant we were often advertising records that didn’t exist. ‘Two Tribes’ we advertised
artist: Art Of Noise title: Close (To The Edit) format: 7″ single design: XLZTT photography: n/a cat. no: 7-9974 date: 05/84 art of notes: This
artist: Art Of Noise title: Beatbox (diversions one and two) format: 12″ single design: XLZTT photography: n/a cat. no: ZTIS 108 date: 26/03/84 art of
artist: Art Of Noise title: Beatbox format: The Face 1/2 pg advert design: XLZTT photography: n/a cat. no: ZTIS 108 date: 04/84 art of notes:
artist: Art Of Noise title: Beatbox format: Record Mirror 1/4 pg advert design: XLZTT photography: n/a cat. no: ZTIS 108 date: 31/03/84 art of notes:
artist: Various title: It’s Getting Clearer format: Blitz 1pg advert design: XLZTT illustration: Anton Corbijn / Anne Yvonne Gilbert cat. no: n/a date: 03/84 art
artist: Various title: Part 2: Action (Incidentally) format: Zig Zag 1/3 pg advert / Blitz 1/2 pg advert design: XLZTT photography: n/a cat. no: n/a date:
artist: Propaganda title: Dr Mabuse format: Zig Zag 1pg advert design: XLZTT illustration: Anton Corbijn cat. no: ZTAS2 date: 03/84 art of notes: a second,
Paul Morley: “I didn’t want them to be called… ‘cassingles’, because they were obviously ‘singlettes’. How had we ended up with ‘cassingles’? It’s such an
artist: Propaganda title: Dr Mabuse format: A3 poster design: XLZTT photography: Anton Corbijn illustration: n/a cat. no: 12ZTAS 2 date: 27/02/84 art of notes: Some
artist: Propaganda title: Dr Mabuse format: 12″ single design: XLZTT photography: n/a illustration: Anton Corbijn cat. no: 12ZTAS 2 date: ?/03/84 art of notes: On
David Smart: “Apart from that red there these are the colours of Refreshers”. artist: Propaganda title: Dr Mabuse format: 7″ / 12″ single design: XLZTT
Paul Morley: “What an advert – beautiful madness, who on earth let me get away with it ! … those were if not the days
artist: Propaganda title: Dr Mabuse format: 1 pg Record Mirror / No.1 advert design: XLZTT photography: Anton Corbijn cat. no: ZTAS2 date: 10/03/84 art of
artist: Propaganda title: Dr Mabuse format: 12″ single design: XLZTT photography: Anton Corbijn illustration: Anton Corbijn cat. no: 12ZTAS 2 date: 27/02/84 art of notes:
David Smart: “I always loved this one with the Anton Corbijn paintings and that logo with the sword. His photos were a gift really because,
David Smart: “I’ve kept that one because I had great fun doing that. Apart from that red there these are the colours of Refreshers. And
artist: Propaganda title: Dr Mabuse format: Blitz 1pg advert design: XLZTT photography: AJ Barratt cat. no: ZTAS2 date: 02/84 art of notes: possibly the only
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
Stephen Rumney: “I used to take photos at the Camden Palace in the mid 80s and I was there the night that Frankie did their
artist: Frankie Goes To Hollywood title: Relax format: Record Mirror magazine 1/2 pg advert design: XLZTT photography: n/a cat. no: ZTAS1 date: 14/01/84 art of
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
artist: Various title: A Radiant Obstacle In The Path Of The Obvious format: Blitz 1pg advert design: XLZTT photography: n/a cat. no: n/a date: 12/83 art
AJ Barratt: “So, I would just go out on a Saturday afternoon, go down to parts of London that I didn’t know and I’d just
artist: Frankie Goes To Hollywood title: Relax format: Sounds 1/2 pg advert design: XLZTT photography: Anton Corbijn cat. no: ZTAS1 date: 19/11/83 art of notes:
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
artist: Frankie Goes To Hollywood title: Relax format: No.1 magazine 1/2 pg advert design: XLZTT photography: John Stoddart cat. no: ZTAS1 date: 29/10/83 art of
David Smart: “See, I was trying to be all tasteful there.” Was this before you got the Anne Yvonne Gilbert illustration? David Smart: “No, I
artist: Frankie Goes To Hollywood title: Relax format: NME full pg advert design: XLZTT photography: John Stoddart cat. no: ZTAS1 date: 29/10/83 art of notes:
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
artist: Frankie Goes To Hollywood title: Relax format: A2 promotional poster design: XLZTT photography: John Stoddart cat. no: ZTAS1 date: 10/83 art of notes: The
artist: Frankie Goes To Hollywood title: Relax format: NME 1/4 pg advert design: XLZTT photography: John Stoddart cat. no: ZTAS1 date: 22/10/83 art of notes:
