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Rudolph de Harak designed over 50 record covers for Westminster Records as well as designing covers for Columbia, Oxford and Circle record labels. His bright, geometric graphics can easily be distinguished and recognised.

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  • Format: Record sleeve
  • Designer/s: Rudolph de Harak
  • Year: 1961
  • Client/Publisher: Westminster Records
  • Size: 305mm x 305mm

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Nothing but percussion, Westminster records Design by Rudolph de Harak
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