A selection of typographic Folkways Records covers from the great collection the Smithsonian has put together. These are all from the 60s and 70s.



FW09735



FW03348



FW02314



FW33436



FW09751



FW09759



FW09712



FW08772



FW05301



FWRBF19



114


126


32


122


113


A few selections from a collection of Bulgarian socialist-era album covers at ISO50, via Natasha Foote’s Pinterest.


1962. Shot by Shawn in store.

1970.

1965. Image from Cover Jazz.

1986. Shot by Shawn in store.


c 1981. K-tel. Dang, that F is really pushing it. (Original image via Flickr.)

1976.

1980. It’s like an airbrushed golden ashtray. It was hard not to buy this just for the cover. (But I have to stop doing that…)

 


Really strange cover! Type just slammed on there over Nat’s face. Found this at Shuga Records, which says it’s from 1985. Looks older.