The next Warhol-Miles cooperation for Blue Note records follows the same path as the Kenny Burrell album: in 1956 there was an album called Introducing Johnny Griffin, with a cover designed by Reid Miles and a photo of Griffin by Francis Wolff. So for the next Griffin album on Blue Note with a Reid Miles design, Miles asks Warhol to make a graphic interpretation of the Francis Wolff photo portrait.
I have not found a contact sheet in the Warhol archives, but there is little doubt that the source picture Warhol used was either the one on the LP cover of Introducing Johnny Griffin, or a photo from that same photoshoot.
The colors on Griffins shirt in the Warhol drawing, are a great match with Griffin’s very vivid bop style on The Congregation, on tracks like Latin Quarter or It’s You or No One. Great album!
One of the earliest posts in this blog was about the Congregation album, and the differences in the printing of the colors on the album. Very few reissues have the same vivid colors as the original 1958 edition, with laminated cover. I have to admit I am a bit obsessed, and found a pressing where the colors of the cover are really well: a French issue from 1984, on Blue Note, Pathé Marconi EMI. Just talking about the cover art of course, if you want to know about sound quality of different pressings, you will have to consult other websites specialized in that matter.
Andy Earhole 
Love it. Especially the obsessive part. (grin)
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Thanks Bruce! I bow to the master of vinyl obsession, though, I’m sure that if you were a Warhol collector, you would have at least 10 different copies of this record! ;-D
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Confession: As I’ve enjoyed your posts, it has occurred to me that a modest Wahol collection would be possible, but (so far) sanity has prevailed. But I certainly haven’t ruled out going for more Mati Klarwein!
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Tremendous stuff! found your site as i bagged a Japanese Toshiba-EMI issue of this album yesterday. I would describe the colours as on a par with the original but the background is very white.
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Thanks for visiting my blog! And congratulations for finding the Japanese release. It’s a terrific album! Greetings from Belgium
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Thanks for visiting my blog! And congratulations for finding the Japanese release. It’s a terrific album! Greetings from Belgium
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