Objects include limited editions of album packaging along with collectable items. Only some of the most amusing listed.
1982 Blubberknife c90 in a cassette box, spray painted silver, filled with loose cassette tape, with parts of televisions adhered to the case. The whole then shrink wrapped and stuck to a A4 backing in a plastic sleeve. Around 200 hundred made by Garry Bradbury and Meredith Adams.
1983 Blubberknife c90 inside a working calculator. A small number made by Tom Ellard as a follow up. There is no known photograph of this item and none exist.
1983 Since The Accident c60 cassette inside a black clipboard with folding plastic cover, with cuts made to the face of the cover and an A4 sheet inserted. Inside the clipboard a collection of printed A4 pages titled STA Technical Manual 1983. About 200 made by Tom Ellard. We have the Technical Manual. One track on this did not appear on the LP.
2006 Under Gail Succubus 2CDs in a metal DVD case, about 200 made. Unfortunately many were damaged when posted so about 50 replacements were sent out.
2006 Under Gail Succubus 2CDs in a clear plastic DVD case with images printed on transparent film. Another 200 sent out.
2008 10542304 An Album of Albums. Includes Eight Track Cart, LP, CD, DVD, Sheet Music, Digital Pianola Roll, Thumb drive.
A thesis project to demonstrate the influence of the music container on composition. Three copies.
2012 Showbag Blu-Ray disc in an antistatic plastic case (designed for microchips) including a playing card from a pack embossed THOMAS ELLARD, metallic confetti, balloons and a printed folded card. A second batch did not include the card. About 80 copies limited by the supply of second hand cases.
2015 Rhine USB Stick in a small plastic sleeve with a printed booklet inside. The booklet unfolded into a map, which in combination with directions given in the song lyrics and 5 videos provided clues for a treasure hunt. The hunt has not been completed.
2016 Smooth Arabic Surface was a 10 inch acetate record hand cut by Bughlt Records. This mono format was used by early radio stations and the recording was of a live to air on Sydney radio performed with acetate recordings.
2017 Donut CD, embossed with grooves such that it can also be played by a stylus on a standard turntable. 400 copies. Made by Bughlt Records.
2018 Aversion 2 is a USB credit card in a small hard plastic box, along with the small figure of a test lab rat folded out of wire, and a set of cards that can be assembled to make the image of a more complex wire rat plus a lyric sheet with a ‘wire mother’ from Harry Harlow’s experiments on monkeys. 250 copies made by Tara and Tom Ellard.
