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Gloria Gaynor – Never Can Say Goodbye album art

Photo(s) by Bart Solenthaler. Imported from Flickr on Jan 19, 2025. Artwork published in .
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Gloria Gaynor’s debut album was released by MGM Records in January 1975. With hits like
the titular “Never Can Say Goodbye” – originally by the Jackson Five – and “Reach Out, I’ll Be There”, it was central in popularizing disco music.

The cover design is by David Krieger, with photography by Bernie Block and art direction from Bill Levy.

Gaynor’s name is shown in a three-dimensional treatment based of Riverside Drive. The geometric letterforms conceived by Peter Max are filled with a gradient and sprinkled with stars. Krieger didn’t quite trust the legibility of his typeface choice, and gave the G a less ambiguous form. The A was modified, too, and opened up at the bottom.

“Never Can Say Goodbye” is added in caps from Broadway Graphic Engravers. This variation of Broadway Engraved shown by Photo-Lettering in 1971 is wider and heavier than the 1928 original.

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