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British Achievement In Chemistry, March 1977

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roblove1 Such a great idea translating stamps into music. Four brilliant tracks hotter than a Bunsen burner flame. I would love to see this issued on vinyl. Favorite track: Repeated Viewing - Steroids Conformational Analysis 1969.
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brunosousa It sounds great, congrats guys, fine music!
Andrew H
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Andrew H All four pieces are superb but Everyday Dust's contribution wins by the thickness of a piece of litmus paper as my favourite track. Favorite track: Everyday Dust - Salt Crystallography 1915.
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Sinister Pete Super stuff. Playful and passionate.
Favorite track: Repeated Viewing - Steroids Conformational Analysis 1969.
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RICHARD WELCH Really enjoyed this! Would sound lovely on vinyl!
Favourite track - Repeated Viewing- Steroids Conformational Analysis 1969
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I contacted Rupert, RJ, Steven and Alan on 10th October 2020, asking them to participate in this project. I allocated each of them the title of one of the stamps and specified that the resulting piece had to be exactly fifteen minutes in length. I also provided a link to an article about the scientific process involved. There were no other rules or information given other than the imposition of the title and track length.

Each artist was free to interpret the construction of the piece however they wanted.

I would like to express my respect and gratitude to the artists for their excellent work. I think it’s fair to adjudge this particular experiment as a resounding success.

The stamps, issued on 2nd March, 1977, were designed by Jerzy Karo and printed in photogravure by Harrison and Sons Limited, at the time, a major worldwide engraver and printer of postage stamps and banknotes.

The Royal Mail presentation pack was issued as pack number 92 and printed in Great Britain by Moore and Mathes (Printers) Limited.

There’s not much information readily available about Jerzy Karo. He wrote at least two books including Graphic Design: Problems, Methods, Solutions which was published in 1975. He also contributed to children’s educational picture books and designed a set of Polish public information posters which are difficult to find, but are worth searching out as they are quite beautiful. The Royal Mail presentation pack from March 1977 has no information about him other than his design credit.

The images in this book are used without permission but with gratitude to Mr Karo and the Royal Mail.

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Colin Morrison, Biggleswade, December 2020

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released December 26, 2020

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