WHAT: A yellow-orange, red, and black sticker, 2¼ inches in diameter, with text reading “Times Square is music of the streets.”
WHERE: Australia. The tag line on the Australian posters was “Times Square is the music of the streets.” The sticker omits the first “the.” Also, where the phrase is in a graffiti-like style on the poster, the sticker uses the distressed typewriter font on black strips from the soundtrack album. The orange and red background also replicates the design of the album cover. This would appear to be a crossover promotional item linking the soundtrack to the film in Australia.
WHEN: Presumably early 1981.
WHO: If it’s pushing the soundtrack, RSO. The sticker itself doesn’t say.
WHY: God only knows.
Australia : sticker : AAT ID: 300027221 : 2.25 in. diam. : 1981 (work);
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