Lesley Gore – I’ll Cry If I Want To album art
Contributed by Javi Gonzalez on Jun 30th, 2024. Artwork published in
June 1963
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From Wikipedia:
I’ll Cry If I Want To is the debut album of Lesley Gore. The album included her hit singles “It’s My Party” and its follow-up, “Judy’s Turn to Cry”. The album was rushed out after “It’s My Party” became a big hit, and the songs are mostly about crying, linking to the hit single’s first line “It’s my party and I’ll cry if I want to”, incorporating songs with titles such as “Cry”, “Just Let Me Cry” and “Cry and You Cry Alone”.
5 Comments on “Lesley Gore – I’ll Cry If I Want To album art”
Hi Javi,
I didn’t find a match for the bold italic face used for the title. It’s similar to the italics of Modern No. 20 (or De Vinne). The face in question is bolder, though, and crucially has no middle serif on W. I suspect it’s a phototypeface.
I looked through a couple of phototype catalogs and didn’t find a match. So did Stephen, who writes:
I’ve removed the “unidentified type” label and added the “lettering” tag.
What if you add a new label called “custom typeface”
We do have a tag for custom typefaces. This is for uses that feature typefaces that were originally designed for a specific purpose, and typically are exclusive to the client, at least initially. This doesn’t apply here.
We do have the “unidentified typeface” tag for uses of typefaces that haven’t been identified yet. I see that you re-added it here – fine. I don’t know whether it’s lettering or an obscure typeface. It can very well be the latter; it’s just that I can’t identify it. Please let us know once you found out the name of the typeface.
Javi tracked it down: it looks like it’s Regency as shown by the Headliners in a 1962 specimen. Added!