1960. Image via London Jazz Collector.

A couple 45 sleeves from Ron Kane’s collection on Flickr.

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Who Are You, Polydor UK, 1978


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Pull Up To The Bumper, Island UK, 1981


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M, Danube, Stiff UK colored vinyl

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




1962.


Designed by S. Neil Fujita. Found via New Documents at Fab.


1967. I keep trying to read the colorful splashy bit in the middle, but I don’t think it’s a word. Image from Shuga Records.