The Seekers – “Kumbaya” / “This Train” German single cover

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German sleeve for a single by Australian group the Seekers, with two songs from their 1963 debut album Introducing the Seekers, “Kumbaya” and “This Train”.

The band name is shown in caps from Ludlow Black, a follower of Cooper Black. The song names appear to be in the breit fett (bold extended) style of Akzidenz-Grotesk, with its alternate a. The wide r doesn’t match the glyph in Berthold’s foundry version – it might be custom made by trimming an n.

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