Front cover, featuring Allegro (import revision; Ludwig & Mayer, 1936) for Berry’s name and the album title. “With” set in News Gothic (regular; ATF, 1908) or a follower. Catalog number (bold) and “Hi—Fidelity¬ (regular) set in Spartan (Linotype) or similar.

Still of Berry with his guitar taken from his performance in the independent film Rock, Rock, Rock! (1956).

After School Session is rockman Chuck Berry’s debut LP on Chess Records, the label’s second after the compilation/soundtrack album for the film Rock, Rock, Rock! (which Berry and two other Chess acts appeared in, resulting in a still from the movie being used on the cover). The album contained three previous hit singles, with “School Days” topping the Billboard R&B Best Sellers chart – after battling Elvis Presley’s “All Shook Up” in the Jockeys and Juke Box charts for three weeks – and reaching #3 on the Hot 100.

Though uncredited, the cover was presumably designed by Don Bronstein, Chess’ in-house art director from around 1955 to his death in 1968.

Back cover featuring artist and album name in Tempo Heavy (Ludlow, 1931). Smaller text including the track listing (bold with writer credits in regular), liner notes (regular), address (bold) and catalog number and “HIGH FIDELITY” (bold) all seem to be set in Spartan, a follower of Futura distinguished by the two-story a.

Reelin’ and Rockin’ is an album by Chuck Berry (1926–2017) with a live recording from the early 1970s (Discogs suggests it’s from a performance at the Toronto Rock and Roll Revival in 1969), released in 1984 on the British budget label Topline Records. It is named after a song originally recorded in 1957 and released as the B-side of “Sweet Little Sixteen”.

Berry’s name is set in VGC’s revival of Octic Extended. The album title is handwritten. For the track list and Gordon Bennett’s liner notes, designer Yeldham Muchmore specified ITC Lubalin Graph.

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US release, 1964

Cover design by Don Bronstein (1926–1968), first staff photographer for Playboy and in-house art director at Chess Records.

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German release (1968)

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