Clwt Y Ddawns

Inside the image.

A square cover combines a large title over a warm, abstracted background with a narrow strip of four small photographs along the lower third. The background is made of overlapping, block-like forms in dark green, black, burnt orange, coral, pale pink and cream. Some resemble vertical windows or bars, particularly near the top and around the centre, while softer, hazy areas of colour spread behind them. A thin lime-green line runs horizontally near the top, crossing behind the title. The bottom fades towards a pale cream ground, leaving room for the photographic strip and smaller lettering.

The title, “clwt y ddawns”, dominates the upper half in large, slender white serif letters. It stretches almost the full width, with the initial letters in lower case and the words set on one line. Below it, centred and much smaller, are two lines of pale yellow-green capitals: “CASGLIAD O ALAWON” and “AR GYFER DAWNSIAU GWERIN CYMREIG”. Farther down, a two-line English subtitle in small white capitals reads “A COLLECTION OF TUNES” and “FOR WELSH FOLK DANCES”.

Four small rectangular photographs sit side by side in a row across the lower third, each framed by a fine dark border and topped by a coloured title band. They show groups of people in folk-style dress dancing or gathered outdoors; the scenes are too small to make out faces or finer details. Beneath the photographs, centred on the cream area, the first line reads “ODDI AR RECORDIADAU” in dark capitals. A red italic line below reads “TAKEN FROM THE RECORDINGS”, followed by a larger, dark serif line: “Clwt y Dawns 1-3 & Twmpath Dawns”.

The cover has a mixed graphic quality: the main field is an abstract arrangement of geometric shapes softened by blurred colour transitions, while the four lower images are photographic. The large, pale title is sharply legible against the darker, mottled upper background. The small photographs and compact text form a dense horizontal base beneath the spacious title area.