Original Goodies is a doo wop compilation put together by Diane Dadaian and Harry Ringler for Time Records and released as TIME 52082 in 1963.

The purely typographic cover was designed by Murray Stein and typeset at The Composing Room, Inc., making the most of Filmotype’s library. In addition to nine originals by the phototype pioneers from Illinois, including Quick for the title and Falcon for the artist names, there are three foundry typefaces which were adapted to Filmotype’s two-inch film strip format: Latin Wide, Cooper Black, and Microgramma Bold Extended. These are listed in Filmotype’s catalog as LW, COP6, and MM56. Wand is the only typeface to appear twice in the song names, for “Sherry” and “Lullaby”.

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Text on the back cover is set in Alternate Gothic and News Gothic.

Diplomat Records, X 1011 (date unknown). The same cover was used for SX 1011 (Stereo, date unknown).

This Christmas LP had a few different covers over the years. “The Caroleers” was a generic name used for one or more groups released by Synthetic Plastics Company-owned novelty or budget labels like Diplomat Records.

The interlocking letters used for the title on (S)X 1011 and NXS 1011 are hand-lettered, and don’t use a typeface – note that none of the repeating letters is identical. In both versions, Filmotype Falcon is used for the group’s name. The Diplomat logo uses Filmotype Zephyr. The song titles are set in all caps from what appears to be News Gothic (white on red) and Futura Condensed (green on white).

In 1971, Diplomat released a different album under the same title (SX 1708), with a similar lettering style for the title. This time, the letters are not custom drawn, but come from a typeface: It’s Filmotype Newton, see the end of this post.

Diplomat Records, NXS 1011 (Stereo, 1959)

Detail with the band name in all-caps Filmotype Falcon

Detail with the Diplomat logo in Filmotype Zephyr

Back cover NXS 1011 (1959). The same design was used for SX 1011 (Stereo, date unknown).

Diplomat Records, SX 1708 (1971). Illustration by George Peed. The band is here listed as “The Caroleer Singers and Orchestra”. The red and yellow letters are from Filmotype Newton, see the specimen below. This film typeface came with a number of alternates that could be inserted manually. On the record cover, the repeating letters are all identical. None of the interlocking alternates were used. The track list appears to be set in caps from Akzidenz-Grotesk.

Detail from an undated Filmomaster specimen (c. 1974), showing Filmotype’s range of interlocking styles. To date, Filmotype Maxwell is the only one to be available in digital form.