The pinnacle of style and grace, Blue Note records set the bar for lp cover graphic design, photography, typography and quality.   The label also produced many of the greatest jazz recordings of the fifties and sixties and featured a roster of the music’s greatest composers and musicians.   Owners Francis Wolff and Alfred Lion together with producer and engineer Rudy Van Gelder and art director /graphic designer Reid Miles helped define jazz visually as well as musically during the music’s greatest period of innovation and achievement.   Wolff photographed every session and his pictures were most often used on the covers.

(43 votes, average: 4.70 out of 5)

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Soul Station Hank Mobley Blue Note Records

(31 votes, average: 4.58 out of 5)

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One of a cool series of radio promotional compilation lps issued by Mercury in 1958.   I have 3 or 4 and haven’t ever seen the other months.   Not sure if all 12 months were issued or if they did it any other years.   As a collector of cheesecake covers from this “golden age,” personally this (and the others) really hit a real sweet spot.

(22 votes, average: 4.59 out of 5)

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This has become a staple of weird and strange lp cover collections based on it’s appearance on many “worst of” lists, blogs and flickr photo sets.   Deservedly so, Mike is more than just another cross-dressing Brit, he looks great in this spangled, bedangled pant suit.   And this is Vol. 2!

(40 votes, average: 3.33 out of 5)

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…do it til your satisfied.

(35 votes, average: 4.09 out of 5)

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