Sony Tape Rock ‘N’ Pop Playing Cards
Deck featuring “18 Rock ‘n’ Pop” Superstars portrayed on the court cards and jokers by eight of Britain’s leading illustrators.
Commissioned by Sony Tape and produced by Carta Mundi, this colourful deck features “18 Rock ‘n’ Pop” Superstars portrayed on the court cards and jokers by eight of Britain’s leading illustrators. Each ace, court card, and joker features a different character. The pips are plain.
Above: Sony Tape Rock ‘N’ Pop Playing Cards, manufactured by Carta Mundi, 1980s.
The deck also includes an information card (extra joker) detailing the portraits, and a leaflet with biographical information on each artist on one side, and the rules of several popular card games on the other side.
By Matt Probert
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I have adored playing cards since before I was seven years old, and was brought up on packs of Waddington's No 1. As a child I was fascinated by the pictures of the court cards.
Over the next fifty years I was seduced by the artwork in Piatnik's packs and became a collector of playing cards.
Seeking more information about various unidentified packs I discovered the World of Playing Cards website and became an enthusiastic contributor researching and documenting different packs of cards.
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