Prokfiev: ALEXANDER NEVSKY Cantata - ANDY WARHOL cover

$

115

What It Is:

This is a vinyl pressing of The Philadelphia Orchestra's performance of Prokofiev's Alexander Nevsky, Cantata Op. 78. This is the original mono pressing from 1949.

However, the big attraction here is the uncredited cover artwork by a young Andy Warhol. This is the second record cover that he contributed to, in a career that included artwork for 51 different album covers. Documentation of this as Warhol's work includes the Record Covers 1949-1987, Catalogue Raisonne, by Paul Marechal, and published by the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, 2008. ISBN 978-2-89192-328-6.

The front cover of this copy is the best that I've seen (certainly better than that shown in the Catalogue Raisonne), and would look excellent framed. Please see details of the condition below.

Tracks are: Side A

1. Russia Under the Magnolian Yoke
2. Song About Alexander Nevsky
3. The Crusaders in Pskov
4. Arise, ye Russian People

Side 2

1. The Battle on the Ice
2. Field of the Dead
3. Alexander's Entry Into Pskov

Details:

discs: one 12" vinyl record
label: Columbia
catalog #: ML 4247
country of origin: US
copyright (generally, release) year: 1949
shipping weight: 1 pound, 5 ounces

Condition:

jacket: VG+++. Slight bump on the bottom right corner, and an identification number written at the top right of the back cover. Overall, it is gorgeous.
record:
(visual) VG++ . The blue labels are vibrant and unmarked (no spindle or other marks). One scratch at the start of side 2, some hairlines on both sides.
(play-graded) VG+ overall, but some plays at VG . Surface noise on both sides.

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