Shusei Nagaoka
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Shusei Nagaoka (November 26, 1936 – June 23, 2015) was a Japanese illustrator. He is best known for his music album cover art in the 1970s and 1980s. Artists for whom he illustrated covers include Electric Light Orchestra, Earth, Wind & Fire, Deep Purple, Space, Maze, George Clinton, Kitaro, Rose Royce, Caldera, and Pure Prairie League.
He also illustrated some of Munich Machine's covers and the computer-like torso of Giorgio Moroder on E=MC2.
He assisted in the designing of the 1970 Osaka Expo. In 1981 samples of his work were launched into outer space and orbited via the Russian Mir space station.
Other companies and organizations where his work was featured included: NHK Television, TBS Japan, National Geographic, Playboy Magazine, Hustler Magazine, Penthouse Magazine, Shigeo Nagashima and Sadaharu Oh, among many others.
Selected album artwork
- Spitfire - Jefferson Starship, 1976
- All 'N All - Earth, Wind & Fire, 1977
- Out of the Blue - Electric Light Orchestra, 1977
- Deliverance - Space, 1977 (US edition)
- Sunbear, Sunbear, Soul Train Records, 1977
- New Horizons - The Sylvers, 1977
- When We Rock, We Rock, and When We Roll, We Roll - Deep Purple, 1978
- The Best of Earth, Wind & Fire, Vol. 1 - Earth, Wind & Fire, 1978
- Pleasure Principle - Parlet, 1978
- Just Blue - Space, 1978
- I Am - Earth, Wind & Fire, 1979
- Dazz - Kinsman Dazz (early incarnation of the Dazz Band), 1979
- Oasis - Kitaro, 1979
- Can't Hold Back - Pure Prairie League, 1979
- Raise! - Earth, Wind & Fire, 1981
See also
- List of science fiction and fantasy artists
- Gratitude (Earth, Wind & Fire album)
- Sky Islands (album)
- Powerlight
- In Full Bloom
- Destination Sun
- Future Life
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