Sly and the Family Stone – Life album art and magazine ad
Contributed by Ian Fine-Free
on Jun 14th, 2025. Artwork published in
July 1968
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Sandwiched between (and some would say overshadowed by) Dance to the Music and Stand!, Sly and the Family Stone’s Life continued the group’s brand of psychedelic-tinged funk-rock-soul. For the US market, the album produced only one single – the title track “Life” backed with “M’Lady” – which had little impact on the charts.
Above a photomontage of the band as a theater full of people, the uncredited designer chose to juxtapose the filigreed 19th-century Ornamented No. 1539 with the sleeker, more modern Palisade Graphic. For the bichromatic setting of the former, the specific font in use probably is the phototype adaptation made by Headliners in 1964 as part of their Morgan Press Collection.
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2 Comments on “Sly and the Family Stone – Life album art and magazine ad”
Thanks Ian, I didn’t know what typeface “Life” was in, but now that’s changed!
I’m happy to have helped :)