[Blue_Jon]

Curious art experts pored over the geometric patterns on the record cover, and eventually discovered the design features secret messages in the Baudot Code - an international telegraphic alphabet developed by Emile Baudot in 1874.

The code was originally used worldwide for earthbound and undersea telegraph links before being replaced by Morse Code in the mid 20th century.

The centre pages of the record's sleeve notes displays the full coded alphabet, and the cover shows a configuration of blocks spelling X+y, with the words Make Trade Fair on the back.

[Lorraine]

Blue_Jon, on Jun 14 2005, 11:33 AM, said:

Curious art experts pored over the geometric patterns on the record cover, and eventually discovered the design features secret messages in the Baudot Code - an international telegraphic alphabet developed by Emile Baudot in 1874.

The code was originally used worldwide for earthbound and undersea telegraph links before being replaced by Morse Code in the mid 20th century.

The centre pages of the record's sleeve notes displays the full coded alphabet, and the cover shows a configuration of blocks spelling X+y, with the words Make Trade Fair on the back.
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Well that's very interesting and intriguing. Thank you very much! looking a little more closely now I can see the alphabet and numbers 1-10 across the top in tiny letters above each pattern. My eyesight's failing me - it's called old age.