Really interesting article about the photography and art of Ian Clarke and how it was used on record sleeves for Kent Records!

https://www.6tsrhythmsoul.com/post/the-art-of-ian-clarke

As a teenager when the Kent albums were coming out, I was buying them all. Ian's artwork was an intrinsic part of the enjoyment. It added so much intrigue, context and atmosphere when I didn't know the artists and pre-internet there wasn't anywhere to go find out. It's hard to convey how important they were to me then.

I'd adore a book of the artwork which I've said here many times. Those covers front and back are imprinted on me, I read and scoured them so many times.

Eventually when I met my know wife in '87, I loaned the whole set and many more compilations to a friend. When I surfaced and wanted them back, he said they were all damaged, gone, taken at parties. I was gutted, I still am.

Then very soon after the CDs started being produced and I've had all of those. But as enjoyable as that is, it wasn't the same as those original Kent LP covers.

A very talented and really lovely guy!🫡👍

I used to have a full Kent LP collection, but I’ve thinned it down over the years and just kept my absolute favourites.

Some of those I sold off were bought by Ian’s brother.