Traddodiad Canu Gwerin Cymru

Inside the image.

A square cover combines a pale, softly mottled upper field with a dense band of sepia-toned photographic imagery across the lower half. The photographs overlap and blend into one another: groups of people in old-fashioned clothing stand outdoors at the left and centre, while figures gathered around large pieces of equipment or machinery appear on the right. A prominent dark, curved form sweeps diagonally across the lower-left and centre, and a large circular wheel-like structure is visible just right of centre. The historical-looking photographs have a warm brown and ochre cast, with some areas partly obscured by the sweeping shape and the overlaid lettering.

The upper background fades through cream, blush pink and light lavender, with faint cloudy marks and a few small golden flecks. At the top right is a rounded, irregular golden-yellow panel, lightly speckled and shaded. Large white Welsh lettering with a dark soft shadow is arranged over the upper centre in two lines: “Traddodiad” above “Canu Gwerin Cymru”. Below it, a single large line of purple English lettering, “The Folk Music of Wales”, stretches across the cover and overlaps the transition into the photographs. The lettering is bold and condensed, with slight irregularities in its edges and a shadow that helps it stand out from the busy background.

A narrow pale strip at the bottom carries two centred lines of smaller text. The upper line is Welsh, in a yellow-ochre bold face; the lower line is English, in dark lettering. Both sit over the photographic collage. There is no separate border. The overall treatment is a layered montage of tinted photographs, translucent-looking colour fields and prominent display type, with the photographic details varying in clarity and contrast.