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Band on the Run album art

Contributed by Florian Hardwig on Jul 13th, 2024. Artwork published in .
Band on the Run album art
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Music Minus One was an educational record label specializing in “play-along albums intended to accompany a melodic instrument (or vocalist) as an aid for practicing.”

This album from 1976 contains songs by former Beatles members Ringo Starr (“You’re Sixteen”, “Photograph”, “Oh My My”, “No No Song), Paul McCartney (“Jet”, “Band on the Run”, “My Love”, “Listen To What The Man Said), and John Lennon (“Whatever Gets You Thru The Night”, “Only You”). It offers the solo voice in the right channel and the band with backing vocals in the left one.

The title is repeated eight times, wrapping around the four sides of the cover. The lowercase-only typeface is the elusive Hairpin. Designed by J. Stone, it was issued by VGC in 1975.

The list with the names of the songwriters (which also includes the fourth Beatle, George Harrison) uses ITC Avant Garde Gothic with alternates.

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  • ITC Avant Garde Gothic

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