Buddy Rich – Swingin’ New Big Band album art
Contributed by Rob Hudson on Jun 4th, 2023. Artwork published in
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Cover of the original release
Swingin’ New Big Band is a 1966 album from famed drummer Buddy Rich and his big band, recorded live at The Chez in Hollywood, CA.
The artist name and title on the front cover, as well as the track listing on the back cover, are set in Palisade Graphic, with the “Buddy Rich” and track listing text stretched to essentially create an artificial condensed style. The “Recorded ‘Live’ at the Chez” text is set in a thin weight of Eurostile. “Hollywood, California” is added in Univers Condensed.
For the stereo version, the whole design was shifted to the bottom, as it was commonly done.
Back cover
1 Comment on “Buddy Rich – Swingin’ New Big Band album art”
This was the first record album of jazz that I had as a gift from my father and brother when it came out ~ it’s partly also because I saw the Buddy Rich big band in concert at NC State University in Raleigh the previous year (approx) so I started getting interested in drums and have kept that going to date !
Glad to also see it’s on Pacific Jazz record label which I’m really into lately – the 1950s bands & clubs in Los Angeles, etc.