The Checkmates Ltd. – Live! At Caesar’s Palace album art

Photo(s) by Bart Solenthaler on Flickr.


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Live! At Caesar’s Palace is the debut album by the Checkmates Ltd. It was released on Capitol Records in 1967. The cover shows the band name in purple Smoke, featuring a custom drawn castellated T that alludes to a rook piece.

Wikipedia has the following information about the band:

The Checkmates, Ltd. were an American R&B group from Fort Wayne, Indiana. The group, discovered by Nancy Wilson, was named such because the group included both black and white members, and their various skin tones evoked a chessboard; their one major hit was 1969’s “Black Pearl”, produced by Phil Spector.

The album title is in pink and red caps from Helvetica Black.

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