Dick Gregory’s Frankenstein album art
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Front cover. Baby Teeth’s staircase E is echoed in the brown door.
1970 double album by American comedian and activist Dick Gregory (1932–2017). Words from Dusty Groove:
Dick Gregory at his most righteous – recorded live at the Bronx Community College, and speaking on topics that include The Black Panthers, the Chicago 7, Black Power, Money, Patriots, Riots, and “Checking Out Whites”. Less funky than political – which actually makes it a lot more compelling than Gregory’s early work.
For the album art, Milton Glaser used the Opaque style (without counters) of his own Baby Teeth. The front cover shows the face of Frankenstein’s monster in a small window. On the gatefold, the creature is shown in full, dressed in stars and stripes, and now leaving his prison cell through the opened door. This picture was reproduced as a large foldout poster (34.2″×22.4″) that was included with the album.
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Gatefold
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Back cover with track list and credits in reversed Futura
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Poster
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Cover with a sticker advertising “Milton Glaser’s giant Frankenstein poster”
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