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Bold serif from LP liner notes in 2018, similar to Poster Bodoni, Abril Display, etc

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Bold serif from Roxette Look Sharp! 30th anniversary reissue LP liner notes in 2018, used for titles and pull quotes.

I've tried all the automated font identifiers (WhatTheFont, whatfontis), Identifont, browsed through pages upon pages of "simlar fonts" on a few sites (FontsInUse, Adobe, MyFonts, Creative Market, etc) but haven't come across this yet.
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The top two lines are set in Mort Modern Italic. I suspect the last line is a condensed weight of the same face. Unfortunately it isn’t available on a site with a type tester to confirm.

EDIT: Spoke too soon—the minisite allows you to edit samples:

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That's it! Well spotted.

It took some playing around to get samples with the right weight, but it seems to be 22 Bold Condensed and 22 Bold Condensed Italic.
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