tracks

Let’s Call This
Think Of One (Take Two)
Think Of One (Take One)
We See
Smoke Gets In Your Eyes
Locomotive
Hackensack
Basie’s Basement
My Buddy
Lopin’
South
Mr. Robert’s Roost
Seventh Avenue Express
Just And Old Manuscript
Katy
Wonderful Thing
If You See My Baby
Rat Race
Sweet
Riviera
Dinner For One
Hip Bones
Windbag
We’ll Be Together Again
Bag’s Groove
Don’t Argue
How Long Has This Been Going On
A Night On Bop Mountain
Waterworks
Broadway
Sid’s Bounce
Elysses
Hilo
Fox Hunt
Opus V
There’s A Small Hotel
Stardust
Serenade To Love
Embraceable You
Green Junction
Flowing River
Whirl-A-Licks
Pennies From Heaven
Tenor Sax Shuffle
Sugar Syrup
Get Happy
But Not For Me
Mexico City
Moten Swing
Cheetah
Now See How You Are
Phinupi
How About You
My Heart Stood Still

notes

Limited to 500 numbered copies.

Everyone knows about The Velvet Underground & Nico cover or the Rolling Stones’ Sticky Fingers, but Warhol actually designed more than 50 album covers over the course of his career.

A few years ago one might have been able to pick up a used copy of some of these albums for a few bucks, but since the publication of Paul Marechal’s 2008 book Andy Warhol: The Record Covers (1949-1987), and the 2009 Warhol Live exhibition—the first ever comprehensive retrospective of Andy Warhol’s album cover artwork—original copies have been known to change hands for thousands of dollars. For the most part (3 out of the 4 albums in each box) have never been reissued on vinyl, and a few have also never been issued on CD, making this box set your only chance to own these Warhols.

The four jazz albums collected in this box all come from that very exciting time in Warhol’s career (1954-1956) when he, in addition to being a successful commercial designer, was also an up and coming fine artist. Through these covers, we can also see the evolution of Warhol’s “blotted ink” style, which would become a hallmark of his later work. The flowers on Johnny Griffin’s The Congregation, on the other hand, are an early example of his Flowers prints of the following decade. The calligraphic writing employed on some of the albums was done by Warhol’s mother. Her distinct handwriting would grace many of her son’s works over the years. Featuring: Thelonoius Monk's "Monk" (1954), Count Basie & His Orchestra (1955), Johnson/Winding/Green "Trombone By Three" (1956)and Kenny Burrel's "Vol.2" (1956)

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