herbie-mann-discotheque

Another one from Mr. Mann. Same MO (type stuck up in the left corner) but very different style. Typography – Richard Hernandez. 1975.


herbie-mann-discotheque-detail


Shot by Shawn in store.

pop-special

1963. Designed by Dan Pezza.


pop-special-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

gospel-sons-excited

c. 1960s or early 70s.

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.

Ferrante-and-Teicher-Dial-M-for-Music

1974. Artwork by Peter Palombi.


Ferrante-and-Teicher-Dial-M-detail

jerome-kern-1
Ha! “Kern”. On a type blog. Get it? 1946. Designed by Alex Steinweiss.


jerome-kern-2


Shot by Shawn in store.

curved-air-phantasmagoria-front

Classy. 1972.


curved-air-phantasmagoria-back

chrome-on-the-range

1978. Shot by Shawn in store.

1977. Another one from these guys, (back when they were exclamatory!) but very different. Shot by Shawn on his turntable.