Edward Lee Thrasher Jr. (March 7, 1932 – August 5, 2006), known as Ed Thrasher, was an American art director and photographer. He was the recipient of a number of Grammy Award nominations for his work on album covers and won a Grammy for Best Album Package in 1974 for the Mason Proffit cover Come & Gone. He worked with various recording artists.

He was born in Glendale, California, to a Los Angeles city councilman. He served in the US Navy during the Korean War and in 1957 began working at Capitol Records as an assistant, later becoming art director and photographer. In 1964, he joined Warner Bros. Records, where he designed a number of album covers, including the Jimi Hendrix Experience's Are You Experienced, Van Morrison's Astral Weeks, the Grateful Dead's Anthem of the Sun and the Doobie Brothers' Toulouse Street.[1][2][3]

He was married to Linda Gray from 1962 to 1983.[2]

Death

He died of cancer at the age of 74 at his home in Big Bear Lake, California.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b Heller, Steven (24 August 2006). "Ed Thrasher, 74, Album Designer, Dies". The New York Times. Retrieved 15 June 2014.
  2. ^ a b McLellan, Dennis (21 August 2006). "Ed Thrasher, 74; Veteran Art Director Worked on Hundreds of Albums". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 15 June 2014.
  3. ^ Borgerson, Janet; Schroeder, Jonathan (2021). Designed for Dancing: How Midcentury Records Taught America to Dance. [S.l.]: MIT Press. ISBN 978-0-262-04433-2. OCLC 1230460986.((cite book)): CS1 maint: date and year (link)

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