Frank Sinatra – Songs for Swingin’ Lovers! album art

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Songs for Swingin’ Lovers is an album from American vocalist Frank Sinatra, released in 1956 on Capitol Records.

Both artist name and title are set in Caslon 471/540 on the front cover, with the title broken up and set at varying angles. For the back cover, a mix of Futura and Textype Italic are used.

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The back cover

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Some pressings feature the same basic design, but with a different portrait in the background, with Sinatra looking at the swingin’ lovers. The added track names are in News Gothic, the lines at the top in Microgramma.

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