Starring Elton Britt and Rosalie Allen album art

Photo(s) by Bart Solenthaler on Flickr.


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Originally released in 1958 with a different cover design, this is the 1966 reissue of an album recorded by country musicians Elton Britt (1912–1972) and Rosalie “Queen of Yodeling” Allen (1924–2003) with “Shorty” Warren (1913–2005) & His Western Rangers.

The typeface specified by art director Charles E. Murphy is Thorowgood Fat Italic. Note the differences between the sizes, in respect of the cupped stems (n r t) and the shape of the i dot.

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