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Additional information about this, The Human League vinyl art.
The Human League – The Artist
The Human League are an English synth-pop band formed in Sheffield in 1977. Initially an experimental electronic outfit, the group signed to Virgin Records in 1979 and later attained widespread commercial success with their third album Dare in 1981. The only constant band member since 1977 has been lead singer and songwriter Philip Oakey. Keyboard players Martyn Ware and Ian Craig Marsh both left the band in 1980 to form Heaven 17. Under Oakey’s leadership, The Human League then evolved into a commercially successful New Pop band with a new line-up including female vocalists Joanne Catherall and Susan Ann Sulley. Since the mid-1990s, the band has essentially been a trio of Oakey, Catherall and Sulley with various sidemen.
Love Action (I Believe in Love) – The Song
Love Action (I Believe in Love) isa song by the English synth-pop band the Human League, released as a single in the UK in July 1981. It became the band’s first Top 10 success, peaking at number three in the UK singles chart. The song was written jointly by lead vocalist Philip Oakey and keyboardist Ian Burden. It features lead vocal by Oakey and analogue synthesizers by Jo Callis, Philip Adrian Wright and Ian Burden. Drum machines, sequencing and programming were provided by producer Martin Rushent and his then engineer and programmer David M. Allen. One of the most notable synth sounds on the recording makes use of the pitch-to-voltage converter and envelope shaper on the Roland System 700 modular synth. Jo Callis’ guitar strumming was fed into the synth and used to shape and trigger the sounds, producing an unusual choppy, strumming synth patch. The song is a semi-autobiographical account of Philip Oakey’s relationships.[8] Oakey often refers to himself and at one point uses the lyric “this is Phil talking.” The line was inspired by Iggy Pop’s lyric “Jesus, this is Iggy” from his 1977 song “Turn Blue”. The Human League had previously supported Iggy Pop live. Oakey borrows from another of his influences and the title “Love Action (I Believe in Love)” is named after the Lou Reed song “I Believe in Love” from his album Rock and Roll Heart (1976). The song contains another cryptic reference to Lou Reed in the lyric, “I believe what the old man said”. Oakey, speaking in 1982 said, “no one ever asks me who the old man is… it’s Lou (Reed).
The Clapperboard – The Shape
Modelled into the Clapperboard. A clapperboard, also known as a dumb slate, clapboard, film clapper, film slate, bertolo clapz, movie slate, or production slate, is a device used in filmmaking, television production and video production to assist in synchronising of picture and sound, and to designate and mark the various scenes and takes as they are filmed and audio-recorded. It is operated by the clapper loader. It is said to have been invented by Australian filmmaker F. W. Thring. Due to its ubiquity on film sets, the clapperboard is frequently featured in behind-the-scenes footage and films about filmmaking, and has become an enduring symbol of the film industry as a whole.
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