ANDY WARHOL'S JAZZ ALBUM COVERS - Volume 2

Doxy Records, 2011

Box Set of Four LPs - Each reproducing the original release with Andy Warhol artwork.

Imported from The Russian Federation

Manufactured in Germany

"Doxy presents two box set collections of the rare jazz album covers designed by Andy Warhol in the 1950s.

Everyone knows about the Velvet Underground & Nico cover or the Rolling Stones' Sticky Fingers, but Warhol actually designed more than fifty 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 three out of the four 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 each box all come from that very exciting time in Warhol's career (1954-58) 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 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." 

"Volume 2 of the 4LP box set presented by Doxy featuring collections of the rare jazz album covers designed by Andy Warhol in the 1950s. The four jazz albums collected in each box all come from that very exciting time in Warhol's career (1954-58) when he, in addition to being a successful commercial designer, was also an up and coming fine artist. The flowers on Johnny Griffin's The Congregation are an early example of his Flowers prints of the following decade."

Albums: Both Feet in the Groove by Artie Shaw; The Congregation by Johnny Griffin; The Story Of Moondog by Moondog; and Blue Lights by Kenny Burrell.

Numbered, limited edition of 500 copies.                               

Track Listing:

Artie Shaw - Both Feet in the Groove

A1. One Foot in the Groove
A2. Rockin' Chair
A3. Jungle Drums (Canto Karabali)
A4. Solid Sam
A5. Just Kiddin' Around
A6. Octoroon  

B1. Prosschai
B2. What Is This Thing Called Love?
B3. Lady Day
B4. Little Jazz
B5. Comin' On
B6. One Night Stand

Johnny Grifiin - The Congregation

C1. The Congregation
C2. Latin Quarter
C3. I'm Glad There Is You  

D1. Main Spring
D2. It's You or No One
D3. I Remember You

Moondog - The Story of Moondog

E1. Up Broadway
E2. Perpetual Motion
E3. Gloving It
E4. Improvisation
E5. Ray Malone Softshoe
E6. Two Quotations in Dialogue
E7. 5/8 in Two Shades  

F1. Moondog's Theme
F2. In the Doorway
F3. Duet
F4. Trimbas in Quarters
F5. Wildwood
F6. Trimbas in Eighths
F7. Organ Rounds

Kenny Burrell - Blue Lights

G1. I Never Knew
G2. Yes Baby  

H1. Scotch Blues
H2. Autumn in New York
H3. Caravan  

I1. Rock Salt
I2. The Man I Love  

J1. Chuckin'
J2. Phinupi

 

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