The Beatles – Meet The Beatles album art
Meet the Beatles! is the first U.S. album by The Beatles on Capitol Records, released on January 20, 1964. This album served as the American introduction to the band, featuring hits like “I Want to Hold Your Hand”, “I Saw Her Standing There”, and “All My Loving”. Unlike its UK counterpart, With the Beatles, this release emphasized original compositions by Lennon–McCartney and marks the beginning of Beatlemania in the United States.
The album cover features the now iconic half-lit portrait of the band, photographed by Robert Freeman. The typography prominently uses Venus Extended. The iconic design became one of the most recognizable album covers of the 1960s.
The back cover additionally features various styles from News Gothic and a band description in Century Expanded.
Japanese pressing on Odeon Records
2 Comments on “The Beatles – Meet The Beatles album art”
While Venus Bold Extended was indeed used on this, the main title looks like Annonce/Aurora V.
What makes you say so? One of the few differences between Venus breit fett (Extra Bold Extended) and Annonce / Aurora V is the lower terminal of S: it’s angled in the former – like on the album cover.