damie Michelle. Ima ax for dat on my birfday.

Wasn't it always great flipping through LPs (and later CDs) in a record store -and spotting that typical v23 cover art? I remember buying the first Throwing Muses and This Mortal Coil LPs the same day. Not knowing anything about either...not being disappointed at all.

yeah, I have that LP. It's a nice cover.

Re: TWP, Birdwood Cage... I always thought the photo was kind of a tribute to Andy Warhol - an antique toilet in grass. When I saw them live on the Queer tour, I took Birdwood Cage backstage & got them all to sign the toilet.

Speaking of toilets and TWP... on that very tour, I was supposed to do a radio interview w/ the band, but since they got to the club late, we did the interview by phone instead of bringing them to the station. Because the opening band were sound-checking while Mick Allen was on the phone, he took the phone into the club bathroom (and we all know the grossness factor of club bathrooms!) and did the interview from there. What a mensch.

to Razerbern:
FYI

Dead Can Dance actually chose not to hire Vaughan for their covers,
all the design was done by Brendan Perry (including "Spleen and Ideal"),
untill later, they hired CHris bigg of v23 for "Into the Labyrinth, Towards the Within, and Spiritchaser."

Throwing muses also frequently used Chris Bigg instead of Vaughan, including some of the SHinro Ohtake pieces I mentioned below.

ALso, the Cocteau Twins stopped using Vaughan's design after Victorialand.

(which incidentally, was when 23 envelope disbanded and became v23).