Benny Goodman: Sextet Session
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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.
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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.