The Soulful Strings album art (1967–1969)
![Groovin’ with the Soulful Strings, Cadet LPS-796, 1967. Photography by Don S. Bronstein. [More info on Discogs]](https://fiu-original.b-cdn.net/fontsinuse.com/use-images/125/125524/125524.jpeg)
Groovin’ with the Soulful Strings, Cadet LPS-796, 1967. Photography by Don S. Bronstein. [More info on Discogs]
From Wikipedia:
The Soulful Strings were an American soul-jazz instrumental group formed in Chicago in 1966. Predominantly a studio band, the project was created and led by Richard Evans, a staff producer and musical arranger with the Chess Records subsidiary Cadet Records. […] Between 1966 and 1971, the Soulful Strings released six studio albums, all recorded at Chess’s Ter Mar Studios, and one live album.
With the excption of the 1966 debut, Paint It Black, and the last album from 1970, The Soulful Strings Play Gamble-Huff, all albums feature Bulletin Script Two for the cover typography in one form or another. The left-leaning, bottom-heavy script is used in all caps, with various amounts of stretching. In most cases, the secondary typeface is News Gothic (see the captions for exceptions). Jerry Griffith is credited with the design of all shown covers.
![Another Exposure, Cadet LPS-805, 1968. Photography by Ruyell Ho. [More info on Discogs]](https://fiu-original.b-cdn.net/fontsinuse.com/use-images/163/163102/163102.jpeg)
Another Exposure, Cadet LPS-805, 1968. Photography by Ruyell Ho. [More info on Discogs]
![The Magic of Christmas, Cadet LPS-814, 1968. Photography by Ray Klein. [More info on Discogs] The song names are set in Extended.](https://fiu-original.b-cdn.net/fontsinuse.com/use-images/163/163104/163104.jpeg)
The Magic of Christmas, Cadet LPS-814, 1968. Photography by Ray Klein. [More info on Discogs] The song names are set in News Gothic Extended.
![The Soulful Strings in Concert, Cadet LPS-820, 1969. Photography by Jerry Griffith. [More info on Discogs] The small type again uses Extended.](https://fiu-original.b-cdn.net/fontsinuse.com/use-images/163/163113/163113.jpeg)
The Soulful Strings in Concert, Cadet LPS-820, 1969. Photography by Jerry Griffith. [More info on Discogs] The small type again uses News Gothic Extended.
![String Fever, Cadet LPS-834, 1969. Photography by Jerry Griffith. [More info on Discogs] The second line (in purple) is in Mercator Cursief, the italic style of . Amsterdam Continental integrated this typeface into the Standard series – the export name of – and sold it in the US as Standard Italic. See this post on FontID.co for more information.](https://fiu-original.b-cdn.net/fontsinuse.com/use-images/N243/243125/243125.jpeg)
String Fever, Cadet LPS-834, 1969. Photography by Jerry Griffith. [More info on Discogs] The second line (in purple) is in Mercator Cursief, the italic style of Mercator. Amsterdam Continental integrated this typeface into the Standard series – the export name of Akzidenz-Grotesk – and sold it in the US as Standard Italic. See this post on FontID.co for more information.
5 Comments on “The Soulful Strings album art (1967–1969)”
I was thinking of doing them separately?
Why should they be separate? These albums are all by the same band and were released in quick succession. The covers are all by the same designer and use the same main typeface. It’s a series.
For others who wonder why Javi is asking:
I had an unpublished draft about these five album covers. Javi – who couldn’t know this – submitted a post about one of them (the second one, Another Exposure). Out a courtesy, I assigned my post to his account.
Javi, let me know if you rather prefer to have the post moved back to my account.
No don
Despite the Bulletin Script 2 being similar to the 1st Bulletin Script, Backhand Xenotype is also similar to the 1st Bulletin Script
Yes. In fact, we consider it to be a version/alias of Bulletin Script, not a design that warrants a separate page. Backhand Xenotype is included in Bulletin Script, and mentioned in the bio.