A Certain Ratio – “Knife Slits Water” / “Tumba Rumba”
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Front.
From a book about Factory Records which does not credit this design — maybe by Peter Saville? Mark Farrow?
British post-punk band formed in 1977 in Wythenshawe, Manchester. A Certain Ratio took their name from the lyrics of Brian Eno’s song “The True Wheel”, taken from his album “Taking Tiger Mountain (By Strategy)” (1974). — Discogs
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Back. “FAC 62” stands for: Factory Records release No. 62.
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Vinyl label.
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The Palatino italic that we know today in digital form is quite different than this one, with its calligraphic ‘R’ and ‘K’. Here’s a specimen of the metal version. The digital version appears to be based on very small sizes of the metal Palatino, which has these flat-footed legs. See zooms of the Italic and 6pt here: