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Sunset Strings album art

Contributed by Javi Gonzalez on Oct 13th, 2024. Artwork published in
circa 1966
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American in Paris, 1966 [More info on Discogs]. The track names are set in oblique caps from  Extra Bold.
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American in Paris, 1966 [More info on Discogs]. The track names are set in oblique caps from Vogue Extra Bold.

According to Wikipedia, “Synthetics Plastics Company or SPC of Newark, New Jersey was a plastics manufacturing company that made various items made of plastic including children’s records and budget music albums.”

Around the mid-1960s, the label released a series of easy listening albums credited to the Sunset Strings, always with a photo of a dreamy young woman on the cover. Each of the titles is set in Photo-Lettering’s Jeremy. It’s always the boldest weight, but sometimes it’s used with condensed and/or slanted letterforms.

The formal script for “Sunset Strings” is either an unidentified typeface or custom lettering.

The Tender Touch [More info on Discogs]
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The Tender Touch [More info on Discogs]

Hello Young Lovers, 1966 [More info on Discogs]. The sans used for the track list is shown too small to be sure, but it could be .
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Hello Young Lovers, 1966 [More info on Discogs]. The sans used for the track list is shown too small to be sure, but it could be Trade Gothic Extended.

An Evening For Romance [More info on Discogs]
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An Evening For Romance [More info on Discogs]

Stardust [More info on Discogs]
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  • Jeremy
  • Vogue
  • Trade Gothic Extended

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4 Comments on “Sunset Strings album art”

  1. I don’t know if there are other albums that used Jeremy?

  2. Found one! This book called The Daughters of Ardmore Hall by Dorothy Eden used Jeremy in all caps

  3. Aberman Concave Gothic (from Photo-Lettering) is similar a bit to Jeremy

  4. Here’s the samples

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