Game, Set and Match – P.T. and The Plimsolls (1979)

Description

Additional information about this, P.T. and The Plimsolls vinyl art.

P.T. and The Plimsolls – The Artist/s

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Game, Set and Match – The Song

‘Game, Set and Match’ is novelty pop song written by Peter Plant, his friend Malcolm Ironton. P.T. and The Plimsolles consisted of  plant and Ironton and two secretaries, Karen and Tracy, who happened to be passing by the studio. Ironically like the famous American Beach Boys who had never gone surfing, P.T. and the Plimsolls had never played tennis.

The Tennis Ball  – The Shape

This record has been modelled into a tennis ball. A tennis ball is a ball designed for the sport of tennis. Tennis balls are fluorescent yellow in organised competitions, but in recreational play can be virtually any colour. Tennis balls are covered in a fibrous felt which modifies their aerodynamic properties, and each has a white curvilinear oval covering it. Modern tennis balls must conform to certain criteria for size, weight, deformation, and bounce criteria to be approved for regulation play. The International Tennis Federation (ITF) defines the official diameter as 6.54–6.86 cm (2.57–2.70 inches). Balls must have masses in the range 56.0–59.4 g (1.98–2.10 ounces). Yellow and white are the only colours approved by the ITF, and most balls produced are a fluorescent yellow known as “optic yellow”, first introduced in 1972 following research demonstrating they were more visible on television.Tennis balls are filled with air and are surfaced by a uniform felt-covered rubber compound. The felt delays flow separation in the boundary layer which reduces aerodynamic drag and gives the ball better flight properties.

Tennis is a racket sport that can be played individually against a single opponent (singles) or between two teams of two players each (doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket that is strung with cord to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over or around a net and into the opponent’s court. The object of the game is to manoeuvre the ball in such a way that the opponent is not able to play a valid return. The player who is unable to return the ball will not gain a point, while the opposite player will.

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