30 years ago, customs agents raided music stores across Sydney, seizing death metal albums that had been banned for their “revolting and abhorrent” lyrics.
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Are you a music producer with a record label? Then you better have a good working relationship with a famous graphic designer (and that s just what Tomato Records Kevin Eggers had with Milton Glaser).
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I recently discovered that Kevin Eggers, music producer, entrepreneur, and longtime Glaser friend, passed away last year, just a month before Glaser. Eggers first joined forces with Glaser in 1966, when he founded Poppy Records, which later became Utopia Records, and finally Tomato Records. Glaser created identity programs for all three labels and many beautiful album covers, representing some of the most significant work of his career for one of his most enduring professional relationships.
Poppy’s letterhead featured Glaser’s now-famous Poppy poster image on the back.
Informational brochures for Tomato were similarly surreal.