Esther Phillips – Burnin’ (Live at Freddie Jett’s Pied Piper, L.A.) album art

Contributed by Florian Hardwig


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Allen Stingray was added to Photo-Lettering’s catalog sometime after their Alphabet Thesaurus, Vol. 2 came out in 1965. Here it can be seen in early use on an album by R&B singer Esther Philips (1935–1984) from 1970, recorded live at Freddie Jett’s Pied Piper Club, Los Angeles.

Stingray is a face that needs to be used in big sizes. In Loring Eutemey’s cover design, the typography isn’t exactly tiny. Still, it’s already too small and too much for John S. Allen’s banger to really shine. Photography by Emerson-Loew.

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The back cover pairs Helvetica and Century Expanded for liner notes (by Carmen McRae), track list, and credits. The reprinted newspaper clippings feature a number of additional typefaces including Spartan and Bodoni.

This post was originally published at Fonts In Use

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