The Swingle Singers – Spanish Masters album art
The Swingle Singers were a French a capella group originally formed in 1962 in Paris under the leadership of Ward Swingle. Released in France under the title Concerto d’Aranjuez – Sounds of Spain, this is the cover of the North American release. It features a human figure made from pieces of geometric patterns.
The swashy typeface is Bookman Swash Bold Italic a.k.a. “Sixties Bookman”. It’s used with several of its key features, like the “The” catchword with the overlapping “Th” pair that was carried over from ATF’s original Bookman Oldstyle, or the sweeping w that here swallows the dot on the subsequent i. The M with swash extensions on three of its terminals is a form not commonly found in the glyph repertoire of Bookman Bold Swash. The uncredited designer probably took the curlicue from another glyph and transplanted it onto the right stem of the M.
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