The Jefferson Airplane and the San Francisco Sound by Ralph J. Gleason

Contributed by Martyn Wilson


Photo: Martyn Wilson. License: All Rights Reserved.

Montgomery Pousse Cafe in early use, featuring its “C” style with the middle part colored in yellow, for Ralph J. Gleason’s contemporary look on the San Francisco music scene in 1969. From the back cover:

The story of the Jefferson Airplane, the Grateful Dead, Big Brother and the Holding Company [ft. Janis Joplin], the Quicksilver Messenger Service, the Fillmore Auditorium, Bill Graham, the Family Dog and the coming of age of rock ’n’ roll in San Francisco

The remainder of the title is set in Britannia, Photo-Lettering’s “graphic handlettered interpretation” of Britannic. No cover designer is credited. The art is by Scottish illustrator Wilson McLean.

Photo: Martyn Wilson. License: All Rights Reserved.

Synopsis and blurb on the back cover are set in Helvetica Bold.

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