Shocking Blue – “Venus” / “Long Lonesome Road” and “Mighty Joe” / “Never Marry a Railroad Man” single covers (BR Music)
Contributed by Florian Hardwig on Jul 2nd, 2023. Artwork published in
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Fonts from the Flea Market #1319 (via Büro Destruct)
Two singles by Dutch rock band Shocking Blue from The Hague as reissued by Bert van Breda’s BR Music in 1984. The photograph of the Venus de Milo was used already on the sleeve of the original release of the number one hit “Venus” from 1969. Likewise, “Mighty Joe” / “Never Marry A Railroad Man” (shown below) features a monochrome version of a band photograph used in 1970 for the original release on Pink Elephant.
The typeface is a new one, though: Delta is an all-caps design credited to M. Dolman (sometimes listed as C.R. Dolman). Two styles were released with Mecanorma around 1981: the contoured Delta 4 and the solid Delta 5, both of which are used here.
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