{"product_id":"london-calling-in-store-promotional-poster","title":"'London Calling' In-Store Poster","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe main design element taken from the record sleeve designed by Ray Lowry for the December 1979 release of \u003ci\u003eLondon Calling\u003c\/i\u003e on Epic \/ CBS Records, this in-store promotional poster serializes Pennie Smith's photograph of Paul Simonon smashing his bass at New York's Palladium across the sheet in a strikingly Pop style — a deliberate compositional reference to Elvis Presley's 1956 debut LP and Andy Warhol's 1960s Triple Elvis and Electric Chair. The pink-and-green Cooper Black wordmark in turn appropriates the typography of Presley's LP, framing the album as a generational handover of rock-and-roll iconography. \u003ci\u003eLondon Calling\u003c\/i\u003e remains the Clash's most commercially and critically successful release, and Lowry's design — produced contemporaneously with the band's 16 Tons Tour of the UK — is among the most recognizable graphic statements of the post-1979 punk era.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eElvis was a continually referenced figure in the punk movement, known as \"the original rebel,\" see also lot 34.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLITERATURE:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKrivine, Andrew. \u003ci\u003eToo Fast To Live, Too Young To Die: Punk and Post-Punk Graphics\u003c\/i\u003e. London: Pavilion Books, 2020, p. 110\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePROVENANCE:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eToo Fast To Live\u003c\/i\u003e Collection\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Joopiter","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48502071984377,"sku":"JP0426042","price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0613\/2783\/5385\/files\/JP0426042_1.jpg?v=1784038867","url":"https:\/\/shop.joopiter.com\/products\/london-calling-in-store-promotional-poster","provider":"Joopiter","version":"1.0","type":"link"}