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Miles Davis – We Want Miles

Contributed by Matthijs Sluiter on Jan 27th, 2018. Artwork published in .
    Miles Davis – We Want Miles 1
    Source: listen.tidal.com License: All Rights Reserved.

    We Want Miles is a double album with recordings from Boston, New York and Tokyo, by jazz trumpeter Miles Davis, released by Columbia Records in 1982. Cover photo: Yoshihisa Yoneda.

    The W/W image rhyme is completed by changing Miles’ M for a flipped W. The cover type was manually slanted (and made more bold?). It is derived from a bold extended style of one of the early-20th century grotesques from Germany, probably Aurora-Grotesk (Annonce) or Venus.

    The red text on the back was set in a yet unidentified geometric sans serif with a straight-legged M.

    Miles Davis – We Want Miles 2
    Source: espdx.com License: All Rights Reserved.
    Miles Davis – We Want Miles 3
    Source: meshok.net License: All Rights Reserved.

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    • Annonce / Aurora-Grotesk V
    • unidentified typeface

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    1 Comment on “Miles Davis – We Want Miles

    1. The unidentified font looks almost like Sol Hess’s Twentieth Century, with the exception of the straight-sided M. I wonder if it ever came with the straight M as an alternate?

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