‘A lovely and essential work bursting with delight’

‘There was a fair amount of detective work which went into it, but once you unlocked the door, it seemed that a lot of people were waiting for this; those that either worked with Bubbles or those that appreciated him were waiting for like-minded souls.’

Paul Gorman to Jon Langmead, popmatters.com

The Wild World of Barney Bubbles is hailed as ‘a lovely and essential work bursting with delight’ by pop culture website popmatters.com.

Writer Jon Langmead, who interviews Wild World author Paul Gorman, has skin in the game as the drummer for The Paranoid Style. As regular readers will know, their new album released this week features lead track Barney Bubbles, a tribute to the late designer.

Langmead discusses the genesis and realisation of the song with the song’s writer (and The Paranoid Style’s singer) Elizabeth Nelson, who also talks about her discovery of Bubbles’ work via designs such as the sleeve for Elvis Costello & The Attractions’ 1980 LP Get Happy!!

This affords an opportunity to show the design elements of the UK release of that incredible package.