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B.B. King – Live At The Regal album art

Contributed by Florian Hardwig on Sep 7th, 2020. Artwork published in .
B.B. King – Live At The Regal album art 1
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Rudolf Koch’s Neuland, with alternating glyph colors on a bouncing baseline, for the cover of B.B. King’s album Live at The Regal.

Recorded on November 21, 1964, at the Regal Theater in Chicago and released in 1965 by ABC-Paramount Records, “the album is widely heralded as one of the greatest blues albums ever recorded and is #141 on Rolling Stone Magazine’s 500 Greatest Albums of All Time.” The cover was designed by Lee-Myles Associates, Inc., with a photo by Don Bronstein. Liner design by Joe Lebow.

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The title on the back cover is presented in all-caps . The liner notes by Rick Ward are set in Linotype , while the track list appears to use several styles from the  family.
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The title on the back cover is presented in all-caps Franklin Gothic. The liner notes by Rick Ward are set in Linotype Baskerville, while the track list appears to use several styles from the News Gothic family.

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