Edwyn Collins reveals unique single artwork

Edwyn Collins announces details of unique artwork for forthcoming single.

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 lovingly packaged 7" only single will have a limited run of 1500 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 at 5.30pm. The sleeves will then be on display for 4 weeks. The night will also feature an acoustic performance from Edwyn and DJ sets from Andrew Weatherall & Pete Fowler.

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.

All sleeves can be viewed and updated information about the release and the list of participating shops can be accessed via Edwyn's website, www.edwyncollins.com

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
Franz Ferdinand (all 4 members)
Nicky Wire
Harry Hill
Pete Fowler
Pam Hogg
Billy Childish
Pete Shelley
Tracey Thorn
Jarvis Cocker
The Cribs
Bob London
Bernard Butler
Sebastian Lewsley
David Shrigley
Graham Coxon
Andrew Weatherall
Tim Burgess
Richard Hawley