Tommy Brown – “Rock ’n Roll Man” single cover Contributed by Florian Hardwig on Sep 14th, 2025. Artwork published in 1975. Source: www.ebay.com Mobyblack Records. License: All Rights Reserved. This purely typographic sleeve features letterforms drawn by four masters of 1970s display type: “Tommy Brown” is Design Sparkly, a thick-thin-thin multline variant of Churchward Design by Joseph Churchward. The song title is set in all-lowercase Motter Ombra by Othmar Motter. Last but not least, the sans in the middle is ITC Avant Garde Gothic by Herb Lubalin and Tom Carnase. [More info on Discogs] Typefaces More about Motter OmbraMore about Churchward Design Sparkly & ModernMore about ITC Avant Garde GothicGet ITC Avant Garde Gothic Formats Album Art (4141) Topics Music (6223) Designers/Agencies unknown (4092) Tagged withTommy Brown (1)EMI Records (67)Pathé Marconi Records (13)single records (941)vinyl records (3274)1970s (1539)rock music (184)funk (176)type on an angle (1307)only type (1255)two-color (991)orange and red (27)reversed type (3309) Artwork location France (2779) In SetsFonts I Love (Reybach C) (333)cover inspo (D Jones) (11)Old Skool is Kool (Juan Ortega) (64) Post a comment Name Email – will not be published Website Your response Submit Comment More Motter Ombra in use Joe Moks – Boys and Girls album art1979Biodun Odunsi EshilokunContributed by Nick Sherman Moden, Bad BergzabernunknownContributed by Stephen Coles Foday Musa Suso – Kora Music from the Gambia album art1978Ronald ClyneContributed by Florian Hardwig Staff Pick Sponsor More in Music Istanbul Downtown Festival: Berlin2014Beglu KarahanContributed by Daniel McQueen (TDF) Bison Bisouc. 2014Sébastien LordezContributed by Florian Hardwig Staff Pick Gary Burton & Keith Jarrett – Gary Burton & Keith Jarrett album art1971Haig AdishianContributed by Florian Hardwig Gary Graffman – Bartók’s Suite, Op. 14 et al. album art1978Paula ScherContributed by Bryson Stohr Staff Pick More in Album Art Hologramme – SOLEDAD opus 32 no.1 album art and campaign2023Baillat StudioContributed by 205TF Bogger – Per Haps album art2013Mehmet YamanContributed by Mehmet Yaman RED – Taylor Swift2012ST8MNT BRAND AGENCYContributed by Aaron Rayburn Bob Marley and the Wailers – Bob Marley and the Wailers 1978Rick LeppingChic-Art StudioContributed by Matthijs Sluiter More Fonts In Use Bill Evans Trio – Live in Buenos Aires 1979 album art (West Wind / ITM Records)1990Peter KrüllContributed by Stephen Coles Staff Pick Superbooth 172017Verena GerlachContributed by verena gerlach Staff Pick Riders magazine (2012 redesign)2012Cristiano BottinoMatteo GualandrisStudio FM MilanoContributed by Stephen Coles Staff Pick PAC Padiglione d’Arte Contemporanea2018ÒbeloAlice GuarnieriContributed by Swiss Typefaces Staff Pick