Vienna Tonkünstler Symphony Orchestra – Beethoven Symphony #7 album art
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Beethoven’s Symphony No. 7 as recorded by the Vienna Tonkünstler Symphony Orchestra in Europe, released on Plymouth Records (P 12–6) probably sometime in the early 1950s. [More info on Discogs]
The cover design by Curt John Witt pairs Ultra Bodoni Extra Condensed with a bold weight from Tempo. The former was originally issued by ATF in the early 1930s. Richard Lipton’s FB Bodoni is a revival and expansion. The latter debuted in the 1930s, too, as Ludlow’s response to Futura. There is no proper digitization of Tempo. Ludlow had Bodoni Black including a Condensed which is similar to Ultra Bodoni, but interestingly, the version used here is the ATF version.
