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Celtic Surveyor flyer
date : 1991size : 7½” x 5¾”
medium : photocopy.
notes : Flyer version of this Jones design, produced on lilac paper; a copy of this is in the permanent collection of the V & A, London.
comment : “Unrest were added to the bill late on; I remember writing ‘Unrest’ by hand on most flyers, though some had already gone out…”.
Celtic Surveyor flyer
Celtic Surveyor poster
date : 1991size : 16¾” x 11¾”
medium : photocopy.
notes : Poster version of this Jones design, produced on red; a copy of this is in the permanent collection of the V & A, London.
comment : “It was nice to do this for Jamie in my hometown”.
Celtic Surveyor poster
Cyclic Amp poster
date : 1989size : 29¾” x 20”
medium : screenprint.
notes : Promotional concert poster for seminal Liverpool noise gods, Cyclic Amp.
comment : “Great band … they used to have Napalm Death begging them for support slots, and’d get 5 star reviews in Sounds, etc. … One of Liverpool’s best-kept secrets, they split not long after the show. This was one of a series of visuals that I’d been working on for the band, and the only one used; the poster looked great; we had 100 done for the gig; most were fly-postered, so the few survivors are like hen’s teeth!”.
Cyclic Amp poster
Kit (back)
date : 1988size : 12”
medium : lithograph.
notes : Back sleeve painting for Liverpool-based indie popsters, Kit.
comment : “I painted these to size, oil on paper”.
Kit (back)
Kit (front)
date : 1988size : 12”
medium : lithograph.
notes : Front cover painting for Kit’s debut single, ‘My Design’, released in 1988 on Dave Haslam’s Playhard Records. This features a version of Jones’ ‘Portrait of the Artist as a Young Dog’.
comment : “They also used my dog for some long-sleeved t-shirts, which looked good”.
Kit (front)
Rev Rev (back)
date : 1989size : 12”
medium : screenprint.
notes : Back cover of the ‘Revelation Revolution EP’ by the legendary Rev Rev.
comment : “… I got a stack of photocopies and photos, and was asked to to make it interesting in two colours – oh, and “we’ve only got Ł100, can you print us 500 sleeves?”!”
Rev Rev (back)
Rev Rev (front)
date : 1989size : 12”
medium : screenprint.
notes : Front cover of the ‘Revelation Revolution EP’, by the legendary Rev Rev.
comment : “The band had definite ideas, and very little money…”.
Rev Rev (front)
St Andrew's Day Stomp
date : 1991size : 16¾” x 11¾”
medium : photocopy.
notes : Poster for the Anhrefn / Nyah Fearties gig in Caernarfon.
comment : “Of course, Jamie sprung this on me at the last minute, so I had about an hour to do the artwork, and get it posted. Rhys (from Anhrefn) thought it wasn’t coming, so he made a quick poster; we had both used exactly the same image for the posters”.
St Andrew's Day Stomp
No.1 Now!
date : 1986size : 7½” x 5¾”
medium : photocopy and collage.
notes : Cover of the first issue of ‘The Time Is Now!’, published by the Underground Press, Liverpool.
comment : “I wanted something that would mean the mags couldn’t be covered by others in the shops, and came-up with the sandpaper idea. Took ages, but it was worth it”.
No.1 Now!
No.2 Now!
date : 1986size : 7½” x 5¾”
medium : photocopy and collage.
notes : Cover of issue no.2 of Liverpool’s underground magazine.
comment : “This one tied-in with the ‘Burn Your Prayers’ poster – if you don’t like the mag, remove the match, and burn it”.
No.2 Now!
No.3 Now!
date : 1986size : 7½” x 5¾”
medium : photocopy.
notes : Cover of issue no.3 of ‘The Time Is Now!’.
comment : “This magazine started getting more interesting … contributors were to include the unemployed, junkies, Adrian Henri, Jamie Reid, Jon Savage, plus others”.
No.3 Now!
No.4 Now!
date : 1987size : 7½” x 5¾”
medium : photocopy.
notes : Cover of issue no.4 of ‘The Time Is Now’.
comment : “I really enjoyed doing these covers…”.
No.4 Now!
No.5 Now!
date : 1987size : 7½” x 5¾”
medium : photocopy.
notes : Issue no.5 of the cult Liverpool magazine.
comment : “From this issue, the quality of print got more consistent, when they were done at Ai in London”.
No.5 Now!
No.6 Now!
date : 1987size : ¾” x 8¼”
medium : photocopy.
notes : Cover of issue no.6, featuring the famous shot of Harold Lloyd.
comment : “For this issue, it went A4, but back to normal after that; this one had some Jon Savage collages in it”.
No.6 Now!
No.7 Now!
date : 1987size : 7½” x 5¾”
medium : photocopy.
notes : Theda Bara was the featured ‘cover star’ for issue no.7 of ‘The Time Is Now!’.
comment : “I’d hitch to London with the layout in an empty suitacse. I’d go to Assorted Images, where Jamie Reid had a space, copy the mags, put ‘em in the case, and hitch back to Liverpool!”.
No.7 Now!
No.8 Now!
date : 1987size : 7½” x 5¾”
medium : photocopy.
notes : Last issue of the cult magazine.
comment : “8 issues was pretty good for Liverpool”.
No.8 Now!
The Time Is Now!
date : 1987size : 6” x 4”
medium : lino print.
notes : Hand-printed Ltd. Edition lino print postcard.
comment : “I did 100 of these on a kitchen table”.
The Time Is Now!
Cut It Up
date : 1986size : 7½” x 5¾”
medium : collage.
notes : Image produced for ‘The Time Is Now’ magazine.
comment : “William Burroughs reading a book – cut-it-up; met him a couple of times when he was in Liverpool”.
Cut It Up
TV LiEs
date : 1986size : 7½” x 5¾”
medium : collage.
notes : Image produced for ‘The Time Is Now’ magazine.
comment : “William Burroughs reading a book – cut-it-up; met him a couple of times when he was in Liverpool”.
TV LiEs
Time Shard Live
date : 1996size : 4” x 4”
medium : photocopy.
notes : Front cover of a Limited Edition cassette-only live album by seminal cyber-druids, Time Shard. This bands' antics were to include burying a time capsule on the top of Parliament Hill (London) upon signing their deal, to launching their ‘Hunab Ku’ album by boat between the bridges of London on a Full Moon, in defiance of the Criminal Justice Act which outlawed free festivals. Apparently, their manager cursed the then Tory government, and almost 9 months to the day later, Britain elected a Labour government for the first time (shard) in almost 20 years. Spooky eh?.
comment : “Signed to the legendary Planet Dog Records, this band were doing it live before the Orb, label mates Eat Static, Underworld, Prodigy, KLF, or any other techno outfit you can shake a stick at. To quote a band member, they ‘coagulated like scum on a pond’. Throughout the 80's and early 90's, they played at every major free festival in Britain, including the infamous Castlemorton free fezzy (it was all Gobber's fault). In another incarnation, I spent five years travelling all over Europe with this shower. Amongst other things, I also designed the cover and labels for their live album, which I very nearly forgot about. To paraphrase Howard Devoto “they just came from Nowhere, and they're goin' straight back there”!”.