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Jim Fassett – Strange to your Ears: The Fabulous World of Sound with Jim Fassett album art

Contributed by Bryson Stohr on Jun 30th, 2024. Artwork published in .
Jim Fassett – Strange to your Ears: The Fabulous World of Sound with Jim Fassett album art
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Strange to your Ears: The Fabulous World of Sound with Jim Fassett is an album originally released in the 1950s by Columbia Masterworks. Hosted by Jim Fassett, this album consists of a series of strange sounds presented in a peculiar manner, and has become a cult classic for its experimental nature.

The title typeface is Morris Fuller Benton’s Franklin Gothic Extra Condensed contrasted with Century Expanded Italic. Other typefaces are also found in the dotted speech bubbles.

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  • Franklin Gothic
  • Century Expanded
  • Gothic Condensed No. 529
  • Venus Extended
  • Kaufmann
  • Railroad Gothic
  • Allegro
  • Futura
  • Bulletin Typewriter
  • Cheltenham
  • Caslon 3

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