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Tony Mottola – String Band Strum-Along album art

Photo(s) by Bart Solenthaler. Imported from Flickr on Mar 31, 2021. Artwork published in .
    Tony Mottola – String Band Strum-Along album art
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    Two light widths of Microgramma, neretta larga (extended) and neretta, used for the cover of String Band Strum-Along by jazz guitarist Tony Mottola, released by Command Records in 1961. A year later, Microgramma was revised and extended with a lowercase, now named Eurostile.

    Art direction by Charles E. Murphy, with cover art by George Giusti.

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