The Coasters – Young Blood album art

Contributed by Florian Hardwig


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Milton Glaser designed Eightway in or before 1969, together with lettering artist George Leavitt. In 1982, he used it himself for a retrospective double LP compilation by the rhythm and blues/rock and roll vocal group the Coasters. Named after their first hit from 1957, Young Blood was released by Atlantic/Deluxe.

Eightway Northeast Shaded is used with red and blue fill, respectively. All other text is set in a phototype version of Memphis.

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See also the self-titled 1970 release by Barry Miles for an earlier example of Milton Glaser using his Eightway for an album cover.

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Gatefold with track list and credits

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Back cover with liner notes by Robert Palmer

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