Looks like lettering.

Yes, note how the two "N"s differ.
Nasty and inappropriate, IMO--dude is dapper, not grunge.
But I appreciate the difficulty interpreting his music visually; this is a c.1970 album which includes a "straight" live version of My Favorite Things, and an awesomely skronky freak-out on the title track.

all those crazy Dada and Surrealist artists, you see the photos of them in their suits and ties
Well, some of their suits were less conventional than others!

LOL.
Props to Sun Ra for wearing his gear offstage:

off topic your honor.....

Well, that lettering isn’t grunge imo, but rather Scooby-Doo-cartoonish.
Makes it even worse.

Hey, I answered the question, same as Jan, and followed up with a "proof" of letter comparison.
So I figured that gave me leave to digress.
Now, if you had asked what font could produce a similar effect...

> off topic your honor.....

Uh . . . Welcome to Typophile.

Thanks for the 'warning' welcome Kentlew. Yes, I am asking; kind people, would someone be able to identify a similar font as the one in question. Thank you and good night...

[[http://www.houseind.com/fonts/streetvanfonts/fontspecimens|Haulnhouse]] is similar, but it looks like it's uppercase only.

FWIW, I have to agree with Nick. Was just looking at a couple of his Blue Note releases today. Love the typography and design on those.

Hm. Shag Exotica maybe?

shag exotica....that could work with some custom tweaking...thanks.

What a thread folks! I love it here.

evan

Sun Ra is great :)

BTW Nancy, next time you may want to post such threads to the Type ID Board, the Typophile forum dedicated to these sorts of requests. I suspect there would then be a bit less digression. Maybe.

I like the digression. Thank you for the tip but I'll probably keep swimming in the general discussion pool as thats where all the cool kids hang out....