Vaughan Oliver, whose iconic album-cover designs influenced generations of graphic designers and artists, has died at the age of 62, according to the British record label 4AD. No cause of death ...

This ensured 4AD releases stood in stark contrast to the glossy album covers most record labels were employing. Not that Oliver was stuck with a single design idea: his use of typography ...

To those coming of age in the 1980s and ‘90s, album cover designer Vaughan Oliver created not only the look of the influential British record label 4AD, but conjured an imaginary realm that ...

The same is true with music; a whole album of fast-paced music quickly becomes draining. Likewise, an hour of chilled-out dub can send you to sleep. The saxophonist and composer Oliver Nelson was ...

Vaughan Oliver, the in-house designer for 4AD who ... including Pixies’ ‘Surfer Rosa’ and ‘Doolittle’ album covers. He also worked on designs for the likes of Cocteau Twins, This Mortal ...

A gutsy, down-home, blues-drenched saxophonist who could make flames burst out of the bell of his horn, Oliver Nelson is probably best ... a career of at least mini-Q proportions. Nelson's most feted ...

Album cover designer Vaughan Oliver, who developed a signature abstract style as the 4AD label’s in-house man on top of doing classic work for bands like the Pixies, has died at age 62.

Two of those happened to be by Oliver Nelson ... heard of Nelson, who was born in 1932 and died at the age of 43 in 1975. I first listened to his “Screaming the Blues” album that featured ...

Last week, following my series on organ combos, Bill Kirchner sent along a terrific Backgrounder suggestion: Oliver Nelson's Taking Care of Business, Nelson's second leadership date. Recorded in March ...

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Vaughan Oliver, the in-house designer for 4AD who ... including Pixies’ ‘Surfer Rosa’ and ‘Doolittle’ album covers. He also worked on designs for the likes of Cocteau Twins, This Mortal ...