Bas / Bass

Inside the image.

A square album cover with a mostly white background. Near the centre is a large, slightly tilted rectangular colour photograph of a middle-aged man, shown from the chest up and looking towards the camera. He has dark, thick hair brushed across his forehead, a broad face and a faint smile. He wears a dark jacket, a white shirt and a blue-grey bow tie. The photograph is set against a deep blue backdrop; its upper edge rises slightly towards the right, while its lower edge slopes down towards the right. The man fills most of the frame, with his head near the upper centre and his shoulders extending towards the bottom corners. The image has the appearance of a straightforward studio portrait, with even light on his face and a soft shadow beneath his chin.

The white margin is broadest to the right and below the photograph. In the upper left, above and alongside the photograph, dark blue serif capitals read “ALUN JONES”; a smaller italic “Bàs” follows the name. Beneath it are two compact lines of black serif lettering: “EIRIAN OWEN Piano” and “CÔR GODRE’R ARAN”. The text is left aligned, with the first line beginning close to the left edge of the name above. Below the photograph, towards the lower right, “MAB Y MÔR” appears in large, dark blue italic serif capitals. Its placement follows the portrait’s lower edge, with ample white space around it. The cover is built from the contrast between the clean white ground, the saturated blue photograph backdrop and the dark clothing and lettering; there are no visible borders, decorative motifs or additional objects.