Ike & Tina Turner – The Soul of Ike & Tina Turner album art
From Wikipedia:
The Soul of Ike & Tina Turner is the debut album by Ike & Tina Turner. It was released on the Sue Records in February 1961. The album is noted for containing the duo’s debut single “A Fool in Love” and their follow-up singles “I Idolize You” and “I’m Jealous.”
The big capitals that spell out the first names in alternating letter colors are from a Gothic that is heavier than Franklin Gothic, with an N that suffers from a too heavy diagonal. Maybe it’s from a wood typeface, or maybe it was custom drawn. The ampersand is from an unidentified source, too. It might stem from some Caslon or Baskerville.
“The Soul of” and “Turner” are in Brush Script, set on a slight angle. There are two twists: the first line features the rarely seen Th ligature that was included in the metal original, but is absent from most digitizations, with the laudable exception of ATF Brush. And “Turner” has a T that appears to be customized: in the standard glyph, the roof doesn’t extend to the right of the stem. The names of the hit singles at the top right are in Futura.
The back cover has the title in caps from Monotype Garamond. The track list apparently pairs Vogue Extra Bold with a bold condensed style of either Futura or the virtually identical Spartan.
3 Comments on “Ike & Tina Turner – The Soul of Ike & Tina Turner album art”
See also Some Girls for another album cover with Brush Script and floating heads:
The words 'Ike’ and 'Tina’ seem to be Castle?
If you are referring to this Castle, then no: that typeface has more contrast between thicks and thins, as well as different proportions, like a wider N. Also, not sure if Castle was already around in 1961.