The Great Radio Horror Shows album art
Split Ends is a phototype adaptation of an alphabet by lettering artist Ross F. George, reproduced as “Design & Poster” in the 13th edition of his Speedball Text Book (1938). It was shown by Lettergraphics in 1976 and was used already in 1973. Here it can be seen in use for a three-record box set with recordings of radio broadcasts released in 1975 by Murray Hill Records.
The episodes include extracts from Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, Robert Louis Stevenson’s Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, and Bram Stoke’s Dracula, and feature the voice talents of Boris Karloff, Raymond Edward Jackson, Agnes Moorehead, Orson Welles, and John Carradine, among others.
Split Ends is paired with Letraset’s Compacta Outline (“The Great Radio”), Vogue (“Dracula, Frankenstein & other eerie broadcasts”), and Helvetica. The text on the back cover set in various styles from the Trade Gothic family, including the Extended.
2 Comments on “The Great Radio Horror Shows album art”
I can also see Franklin Gothic Extra Condensed on the back cover.
Correct. Added, thanks.