4LP box limited ed. 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)"
Track listing
1) Let's Call This 2) Think Of One (Take Two) 3) Think Of One (Take One) 4) We See 5) Smoke Gets In Your Eyes 6) Locomotive 7) Hackensack 8) Basie's Basement 9) My Buddy 10) Lopin' 11) South 12) Mr. Robert's Roost 13) Seventh Avenue Express 14) Just And Old Manuscript 15) Katy 16) Wonderful Thing 17) If You See My Baby 18) Rat Race 19) Sweet 20) Riviera 21) Dinner For One 22) Hip Bones 23) Windbag 24) We'll Be Together Again 25) Bag's Groove 26) Don't Argue 27) How Long Has This Been Going On 28) A Night On Bop Mountain 29) Waterworks 30) Broadway 31) Sid's Bounce 32) Elysses 33) Hilo 34) Fox Hunt 35) Opus V 36) There's A Small Hotel 37) Stardust 38) Serenade To Love 39) Embraceable You 40) Green Junction 41) Flowing River 42) Whirl-A-Licks 43) Pennies From Heaven 44) Tenor Sax Shuffle 45) Sugar Syrup 46) Get Happy 47) But Not For Me 48) Mexico City 49) Moten Swing 50) Cheetah 51) Now See How You Are 52) Phinupi 53) How About You 54) My Heart Stood Still"
