A Souvenir To Accompany ‘Welcome To The Pleasuredome’ – a No.1 advertorial
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
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: “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: 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
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
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
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
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: 51cm x 34cm promo poster design: XLZTT photography: AJ Barratt cat. no: ZTAS 3 date: 06/84
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
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
You did the Two Tribes video, which then ended up being on some of the sleeves (‘Two Tribes (Carnage)’ / ‘War (Hidden)’). I took
AJ Barratt: “As a matter of history they’re my arms on the spanner shot – I used a shutter release at my feet and guessed the
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
I arrive early, at a pub just outside Hither Green station in deepest South East London, to meet Tony ‘AJ’ Barratt, renown music magazine photographer
What was the idea behind the Art of Noise image? Obviously the theatre with the masks and stuff… David Smart: “To be honest I can’t
artist: Art Of Noise title: Into Battle with… format: Melody Maker 1/2 pg advert design: XLZTT photography: AJ Barratt cat. no: ZTIS100 date: 08/10/83 art
artist: Art Of Noise title: Into Battle with… format: Sounds 1/2 pg advert design: XLZTT photography: AJ Barratt cat. no: ZTIS100 date: 08/10/83 art of
AJ Barratt: “I remember going into the NME offices one day and I saw this poster on their wall, and someone had added a third
On the artwork side of things: you were pretty instrumental on the direction of it. Were you bringing in reams of text to be interpreted
