Lennon / Plastic Ono Band – Shaved Fish album art
Contributed by Florian Hardwig
on Oct 9th, 2020. Artwork published in
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Happy 80th birthday, John Lennon!
Shaved Fish is a compilation album by Lennon and the Plastic Ono Band, issued in October 1975 on Apple Records. The front cover is divided into twelve fields, one for the album title – in Bruce Mikita (Bruce, 1867), originally known as Rustic Ornamented Shaded and later as Ornamented No. 1048 – and one for each of the eleven songs. The titles are all shown in different letter styles, some featuring calligraphy/lettering and typewritten text, others using a range of display typefaces. Art direction and design by Roy Kohara, with illustration by Michael Bryan.
5 Comments on “Lennon / Plastic Ono Band – Shaved Fish album art”
Cold Turkey appears to be Marble Heart:
http://e-daylight.jp/fonts/type/m/marbleheart.html
https://forums.typeheritage.com/topic/marble-heart/
Yes! Good find, Jay, thanks. I’ve added an entry for Marble Heart.
This (Marble Heart) appeared on the Regan Publications Book of Alphabets as No. 24.
Mike Bryan, the artist, was a friend of mine & I’m trying to track him down. Knew him 1973–1976. I saw him working on this album cover, & many more. Thank you for helping me get in contact with him.
Hi Laurel, thanks for your message. We don’t have any contact info for Mike. But have you tried via António Adrião? Since around 2016, he’s representing Mike Bryan.