Benny Goodman: Sextet Session
Contributed by Stephen Coles on Mar 3rd, 2014. Artwork published in
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![4×7″ vinyl records box set (B-113). [More info on Discogs]](https://assets.fontsinuse.com/static/use-media-items/19/18483/full-1000x1006/5ef5b2e7/goodman_sextet_sessionsb.jpeg)
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4×7″ vinyl records box set (B-113). [More info on Discogs]
This Columbia Records Benny Goodman Sextet album seems to have some Joan Miró influence. Spaced out Bodoni Italic, dotted lines, bee-bop cartouches — what’s not to like? Notice how they advertise that the records are “unbreakable.” This must have been a big marketing issue at the time.
According to collector Paul Morris, the cover was designed in 1946 by George Maas.
![4×10″ shellac records album (C-113). [More info on Discogs]](https://assets.fontsinuse.com/static/use-media-items/19/18489/full-1000x864/5ef5b312/6025429377_38782f683a_o.png)
4×10″ shellac records album (C-113). [More info on Discogs]
1 Comment on “Benny Goodman: Sextet Session”
Along with the tremendously pleasing design, this is an absolutely fantastic record— Slam Stewart on bass on a few tracks, if memory serves. The top image is from a vinyl record, hence “unbreakable” compared to the shellac 78s album pictured below. Shellac 78s shatter like glass. Vinyl records were a step up in durability, to say the least, and must have seemed miraculous in the time they were introduced.