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Songs of the Humpback Whale album art

Contributed by Love Lagerkvist on Jun 21st, 2017. Artwork published in .
Cover of the Capitol Records re-release
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Cover of the Capitol Records re-release

The 1970 record Songs Of The Humpback Whale is one of the most widely distributed field recordings. Since its inception, it has had at least 26 different reissues, including “translations” into German and French. The songs of the humpback are known to have soothing, almost sublime qualities. The same could probably be said for Trooper Roman, used here with the alternate two-storey ‘g’.

Cover of the original release with CRM Records ‎
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Cover of the original release with CRM Records ‎

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1 Comment on “Songs of the Humpback Whale album art”

  1. The two-storey “g” is a rarity for this typeface, much to its detriment.

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