Chopin: Etudes, Op.10 and Op.25 album art
Album cover of Adam Harasiewicz’s performance of Frédéric Chopin’s Etudes, Op.10 And Op.25, released by Philips Records under its World Series collection in 1969. Published in the USA via Mercury Records.
The display text is set in L&C Hairline, recognizable by the thin stroke weight and its distinct comma shape. The letter C, in Chopin, looks like it was modified from an O as the aperture in L&C Hairline is not as small as that. L&C Hairline did contain many alternates, but none for capital C. It’s a really tiny detail but one that makes the word Frédérick align nicely with the ends of the C. Very nice example of how tightly this face was able to set. The World Series logotype uses a version of the Binner typeface, see the dedicated post.
A sound recording of this album is accessible through Archive.org. The published date there is listed as 1961 but that doesn’t seem right since the Philips Records’ numbering in that range (9115) are all from 1969. Plus, that would be far too early for L&H Hairline which only came out circa 1965/66.
