Miles +19 alternate cover?

[chewy-chew-chew-bean-benitez]

on ebay theres this white label 6 eye Miles ahead promo w/ this diff. cover ive never seen before: some chick on a sailboat. why was this cover changed to the familar yellow pic of miles?

[jazzbo]

Because Miles didn't like a white woman on his lp.

Edited November 2, 2009 by jazzbo

[blajay]

on ebay theres this white label 6 eye Miles ahead promo w/ this diff. cover ive never seen before: some chick on a sailboat. why was this cover changed to the familar yellow pic of miles?

I have that. AFAIK, Miles didn't want a white lady on his album cover anymore.

[RDK]

I thought it was because he detested sailing.

[7/4]

I thought it was because he detested sailing.

Sounds reasonable to me.

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[clifford_thornton]

on ebay theres this white label 6 eye Miles ahead promo w/ this diff. cover ive never seen before: some chick on a sailboat. why was this cover changed to the familar yellow pic of miles?

Are you calling Miles "yella?"

[JSngry]

deeply aquatic pre-emotive resonances at preemptive play here for the unwittingly indigenous

[chewy-chew-chew-bean-benitez]

waiiiit didnt he mentoin that in his autobiography. i thjink i remember that..........so he had previous covers w/ white women on tghem?

do you guys find it intersteding that miles actually was able to "stop the presses" w/ the powers that be at columbia? id love to know how it really happened!

[Teasing the Korean]

on ebay theres this white label 6 eye Miles ahead promo w/ this diff. cover ive never seen before: some chick on a sailboat. why was this cover changed to the familar yellow pic of miles?

That's the REAL cover. The other one with a photo of a guy with a trumpet is a jive-ass second-rate replacement.

Edited November 3, 2009 by Teasing the Korean

[jlhoots]

on ebay theres this white label 6 eye Miles ahead promo w/ this diff. cover ive never seen before: some chick on a sailboat. why was this cover changed to the familar yellow pic of miles?

That's the REAL cover. The other one with a photo of a guy with a trumpet is a jive-ass second-rate replacement.

I actually agree with that.

[BFrank]

Wikipedia:

Album cover

Miles was reportedly unhappy about the album's original cover, which featured a photo of a young white woman aboard a sailboat. He made his displeasure known to Columbia executive George Avakian, asking, "Why'd you put that white bitch on there?"[3] Avakian later stated that the question was made in jest. For later releases of the record, the original cover-photo has been substituted by a photo of Miles Davis.

[chewy-chew-chew-bean-benitez]

thats interesting

[brownie]

The original cover and the second one...

[king ubu]

from Losin's page, a better scan of the original cover (CL 1041):

[brownie]

Thanks Flurin for digging that image! Much better indeed

The liner notes for the original album were written by André Hodeir (mispelled Hodier ).

Not sure the notes were kept for the second version of the cover.

[king ubu]

the liners from Losin's scans can (almost?) be read:

[AllenLowe]

I have a copy of the rare Miles butcher cover -

Edited November 3, 2009 by AllenLowe

[clifford_thornton]

[RDK]

Hate to encourage Allen, but I thought it was funny.

[7/4]

Hate to encourage Allen, but I thought it was funny.

I'd give it one, maybe two stars out of five.

[blajay]

The liner notes for the original album were written by André Hodeir (mispelled Hodier ).

Ohdear!

[clifford_thornton]

Hate to encourage Allen, but I thought it was funny.

Me too. More of that Allen, please.

[AllenLowe]

well, there's always the Miles Dances with a White Woman cover:

[chewy-chew-chew-bean-benitez]

lol@ butcher cover!!! loolololl