The Offs – First Record - Basquiat - Vinyl/LP - CD Presents, 1984
$
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Description
Rare, vintage record album by The Offs with album cover art designed by Jean-Michel Basquiat.
This is THE original 1984 work with LP - NOT to be confused with one of the later or commemorative reprints, such as a 2019 edition of 500 for example.
The label on the present LP inside is copyrighted 1984 as is the outside album jacket.
This is the original first edition. The jacket shows very little wear considering it’s black and more than 40 years old.
ALSO INCLUDES THE INSERT with crisp corners and no damage.
Vinyl record is Near Mint.
Basquiat created this original art work for the punk rock group "The Offs" in 1984. The cover shown comes with the original vinyl record - whereas many that have sold have the record remove and just sell the cover.
In 1983, Jean-Michel Basquiat became friendly with the punk rock group "The Offs". He wanted to play in the band, but was not good enough. Instead he did a drawing for The Off's first record album cover and was paid $500 for his effort. Andy Warhol, who was friendly with the group's producer, arranged for Interview Magazine music critic Glenn O'Brien to write up a review of The Offs. O'Brien's review credits Basquiat with creating the album cover. Another impression of this now historic print was exhibited in New Museum show of album covers. This cover artwork was also part of the exhibitions "Vinyl - Records and Covers by Artists" in 2005 in Bremen - Germany - Neues Museum Weserburg Bremen, in 2006 in Barcelona - Spain, and 2007 in Porto - Portugal. NY Arts Magazine [March/April 2008] article about the importance of this work by Basquiat and its history.
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