Ramblin’ Jack Elliott – Young Brigham album art
Contributed by Rob Stenson on Apr 20th, 2025. Artwork published in
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Young Brigham is a 1968 studio album by Ramblin’ Jack Elliott, a native New Yorker turned cowboy troubadour. The “Young Brigham” of the title was the name of Elliott’s horse (pictured on the album cover).
As Elliott put it: Young Brigham “was a Mormon horse cause he didn’t like hippies, very opinionated, I tried to teach him to smoke marijuana, but I don’t think he liked it very much.”
The album’s liner notes were written by Elliott’s friend Johnny Cash.
Art direction for the album is credited to Ed Thrasher, and the photograph of Elliott and Young Brigham was taken by Henry Diltz.
Detail of the cover typography featuring Madison with some of its alternates
The back cover typography additionally features Venus, News Gothic, and Helvetica.
