Was the "Flower Trower" on Junichi Masuda's "Pokemon Soundtrack" (MOONSHAKE Records) stencilled by Banksy himself?
This is a question I was asked more than one time and even famous Banksy collectors and gallery owners suggest that it might be an original Banksy made Artwork. Well, the answer to this question is quite simple: No, it's definitely not handmade by Banksy himself!!! And it's not even necessary to philosophize that maybe the stencil's quality is not good enough to be Banksy's work or other considerations. The riddle's solution is, that the real creator of this Artwork is a well known person. It's Sean Patrick Daigle the founder of Moonshake records, who designed all Moonshake record covers himself. And it's at least easy to confirm, that he was the real artist who made this cover. Just visit his Instgram profile (@unfortunateface), scroll the feed down to the 25th of August 2015 and you'll get your answer! By the way, the official release of this record was December 2015!! Another fact about this cover is, that Mr. Daigle even created a "better quality" version of the same cover in 2018. As he didn't had any records of the "Pokemon Soundtrack" left, he just released it (Insta-feed: 3rd of September 2018) without records in a limited edition of 150 (the initial Testpress was limited to 100 with 70 "Rage the Flower Thrower" covers). For the non believers or people without Instagram-Account I have posted some Instagram-screenshots below.
NOTICE!! There are only the two editions I mentioned above. And the second Edition WITHOUT Record was limited to 150. If someone offers you a "third" Edition WITH Record, limited to 150, he wants to cheat you. Some offer this Cover with a usual white Label or with a legit Testpress without it's original Cover (wich was maybe lost or damaged...) or even with one of the coloured Versions from the regular release (with Sgt. Pepper Cover). All these "couples" are at least only a try to increase the Price, as the Price is obviously higher with a record included.
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