Bear – Greetings, Children of Paradise album art
Contributed by Fonts In Use Staff on Mar 1st, 2026. Artwork published in
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From Richard Flynn:
If ever an album cover said 1968 release, this is definitely one of them!
The band consisted of Steve Soles, Eric Kaz & Artie Traum. The album is primarily psych pop rock, but very good tunes, and some great musicianship.
The typeface chosen for the cover typography is West Italiano, which was released by Photo-Lettering by 1967. Photography by Joel Brodsky who’s best known for his portraits of Jim Morrison.
Bear was a psych rock band from Boston, originally called Children of Paradise. They recorded the theme music for Greetings, an early Brian De Palma film about young men avoiding the Vietnam War draft, starring Robert De Niro in his first role.
The art on the back cover is by Michael Soles.
