The Rubettes – “Sugar Baby Love” single cover
Contributed by Fonts In Use Staff on Jul 24th, 2012. Artwork published in
circa 1974
.![West German single by Polydor, with B-side “You Could Have Told Me”, 1974 [Discogs]. Via Buro Destruct’s Fonts from the Flea Market series.](https://fiu-original.b-cdn.net/fontsinuse.com/use-images/58/58946/58946.jpeg?filename=Rubettes.jpg)
West German single by Polydor, with B-side “You Could Have Told Me”, 1974 [Discogs]. Via Buro Destruct’s Fonts from the Flea Market series.
![East German single by Amiga, with B-side “Tonight”, 1975 [Discogs]. Design by Gerd Semder.](https://fiu-original.b-cdn.net/fontsinuse.com/use-images/58/58947/58947.jpeg?filename=Rubettes-Amiga.jpg)
East German single by Amiga, with B-side “Tonight”, 1975 [Discogs]. Design by Gerd Semder.
4 Comments on “The Rubettes – “Sugar Baby Love” single cover”
There is also Letraset Stack in use on it!
Henning! Nice to see you here.
Of course, that’s Stack. Added, thanks!
For good measure, I have expanded the post with an image of the East German version, designed by Gerd Semder and printed by VEB Gotha-Druck (“Verpackung nach TGL 10609”). I’m pretty sure the two-colored geometric letterforms are derived from a typeface, too, but I can’t put my finger on it right now. They also appear on the LP cover. Something between Optex, Dubbeldik and Joc Line …
You Could Have Told Me looks like Helvetica Black, I suggest.
Agreed, thanks. The remaining unidentified typeface is the bi-line face for “The Rubettes” in the second image. It can always be custom drawn, of course.