jean-luc-ponty

1976.

jean-luc-ponty_detail

uptown-lowdown-jazz-band-2

c. 1970s?

earth-wind-fire-gratitude-cover

1975.


earth-wind-fire-gratitude-detail

return-to-forever-back

Sort of cheating here. Above is the back cover of the group’s 1976 album. Amazing lettering by Gerard Huerta. And a further cheat, here’s the inner sleeve, ripe for an adult coloring book.


return-to-forever-inner

1973. Shot by Shawn in store.

golden-earring-mad-love-detail

1977. Chances are, anyone with a logo like this plays a clear lucite guitar…


golden-earring-mad-love

silver-album-cover

1976. This logo is great, and guess who get’s the art direction credit? Design: Philip Hartmann—as in Phil Hartmann!


silver-detail

A couple very different bits of type for this singer. From 1979:


evie-never-the-same


evie-never-the-same-detail


and 1977:


evie-mirror


evie-mirror-detail


She had others, like this one from 1972

kayak-phantom-of-the-night

1978. What really caught my eye on this one is the logo:


kayak-phantom-of-the-night_logo
They seem to have used this logo pretty consistently in various forms throughout their career. But the neon treatment on this one is what makes it.


And they had at least one other cool typographic moment:


kayak-merlin
That one’s from 1981.

bliss

1969. Shot by Shawn in store.