Jimmy Cliff – “Goodbye Yesterday” / “Breakdown” Belgian single cover
Goodbye, Jimmy Cliff.
The Jamaican musician who helped popularize reggae music internationally died on November 24, 2025, at the age of 81. In 1971, when “Goodbye Yesterday” came out, Cliff already had a couple of hits under his belt, including “Wonderful World, Beautiful People” (1969) and “You Can Get It If You Really Want” (1970). It was still before his rise to global stardom: a year later, he would play the lead role in The Harder They Come, the film that “brought reggae to the world”, and contribute four songs to its iconic soundtrack, including the title track.
The sleeve for the Belgian release features Magnetic. Mecanorma’s contribution to the MICR genre is a dry transfer adaptation of Photo-Lettering’s Magnetic Ink, which in turn is based on James H. Moore’s Moore Computer. Magnetic/Magnetic Ink is distinguished by an unmodulated O and an I with thickened top and bottom, among other details.
