Howard Jones – “Like To Get To Know You Well” single cover
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“Like to Get to Know You Well” is a 1984 single by English singer Howard Jones. From Wikipedia:
The sleeve carried the motto “Dedicated to the original spirit of the Olympic Games” as the single was released at the start of the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles. The extended version, subtitled “international remix”, features Jones singing in English, German and French.
This international aspect carried over to the single’s sleeve design, where the uncredited designer depicts the title in a variety of (badly translated) languages and fonts. The artist name as well as English and French titles use Berling Bold. The Dutch title uses News Gothic Extra Condensed and the Spanish one Americana Extra Bold. The German is in Beton Bold Condensed, while the Japanese is in Gothic MB101. Italian is Futura Demibold. The Greek is in Eurostile Extended Black, with alterations made to create some faux-Greek glyphs. Finally, the Swedish uses Plantin.
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“Bounce Right Back” on the back cover uses Berling as well.
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A later release of the single replaced the badly translated Japanese with a slightly less bad translation, and replaced the Swedish at the bottom with “12″ International Remix” in Helvetica Bold.
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