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Edwyn Collins

A hugely impressive list of musicians, artists, actors and authors are set to provide 25 original pieces of artwork for Edwyn Collins’ forthcoming single Home Again.

Taken from his recent album of the same name, which was released in the autumn of last year to widespread critical acclaim, the single will be available on 23rd June 2008. The 7” only single will be lovingly packaged, will have a limited run of xxx copies.

In the spirit of the great Postcard Records sleeves of old and as a nod to the independent aesthetic, attitude and ethos that Edwyn inspired in the first place, each of the artists below have customised a fold-over paper 7” sleeve which features one of Edwyn’s distinctive pencil drawings; Edwyn has amazingly re-learnt how to draw with his left hand as part of his recuperative therapy.

And in the Willy Wonka Golden Ticket tradition, the complete run of 7”s will then be sealed, amongst which will be the 25 specially customised sleeves, and then placed, at random, in a selection of record stores across the UK giving the public a chance to get hold of a highly collectable piece of original artwork for the cost of a 7” record.

And in these digital times Edwyn & Heavenly also fancied bringing a bit of fun and romance back to buying a single. You’ve even got to go into a ‘real’ record shop to buy this!

Copies of the sleeves will all be displayed at an exhibition at The Social in London opening on June 9th. The sleeves will then be on display for 4 weeks. The night will also feature an acoustic performance from Edwyn & Roddy Frame. Jam2day has been instructed to secure sponsorship for this event.

Finally, the profits from this project will be donated to Connect, the aphasia support organization who helped Edwyn during his recuperation following his life-threatening cerebral haemorrhage in February 2005.

The full list of artists involved and providing original artwork is as follows:

John Squire

Irvine Welsh

Jeremy Deller

Norman Blake

Samantha Morton

Paul Cook

Alex Kapranos

Nicky Wire

Roddy Frame

Harry Hill

Pete Fowler

Pamm Hogg

Pete Doherty

Billy Childish

Pete Shelley

Tracey Thorn

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