The Longines Symphonette – Bing Crosby’s Treasury. The Songs I Love album art

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The Longines Symphonette was an orchestra pertaining to the Longines Symphonette Society. This mail-order label was led by Alan Cartoun, son of Longines chairman Fred Cartoun. In 1966, they released a 6-LP box set with no less than 84 songs by Bing Crosby.

George Gross (1909–2003) is credited for the cover illustration. The main typeface is Dave Davison’s Epanoul. The sans with letterforms based on a squircle is combined with Palatino Italic (used with swash caps) and a formal script (for “The”). The text in the bottom left corner of the cover is set in Bernhard Modern.

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