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  1. There are two other LPs visible in the second John Dominis photo of Steve dancing with Neile. One of them appears to be: American Folksay: Ballads and Dances https://www.discogs.com/Various-American-Folksay-Ballads-And-Dances-Volumes-I-II/release/6468053 This was a six volume LP release, and I cannot tell which volume appears in the photo. Stinson is the same label that released the Lead Belly Memorial LP shown in the needle drop photo. There are many Lead Belly songs throughout the American Folksay volumes.
  2. Recapping: Art Farmer & Benny Golson Jazztet – Meet The Jazztet Chuck Sagle And His Orchestra – Splendor In the Brass Count Basie & His Orchestra – The Atomic Mr. Basie Count Basie & His Orchestra – The Best Of Basie, Vol. 2 Frank Sinatra And Count Basie – Sinatra – Basie: An Historic Musical First John Coltrane – My Favorite Things John Lewis – The Golden Striker Lead Belly – A Lead Belly Memorial: Volume 4 Miles Davis – Kind Of Blue Miles Davis – Miles Ahead Miles Davis – Miles: The New Miles Davis Quintet Miles Davis – Sketches of Spain Milt Jackson – The Ballad Artistry of Milt Jackson Milt Jackson & John Coltrane – Bags & Trane Paul Horn Quintet – Profile Of A Jazz Musician The Modern Jazz Quartet – The Modern Jazz Quartet At Music Inn, Guest Artist: Sonny Rollins / Volume 2 Various – American Folksay Ballads And Dances Speculative LPs: Count Basie & His Orchestra – The Best Of Basie, Roulette – SR 52081 Lead Belly Memorial, Volume 1, 2 & 3 The Modern Jazz Quartet At Music Inn, Guest Artist: Jimmy Giuffre / Volume 1
  3. I appreciate your effort and am glad to have helped.
  4. Hi Daniel. We each have to draw our own conclusions. If, as you say, Steve really was a jazz fan, then we really have no reason to question that that the jazz records weren't his. The LPs strewn on the floor were pretty cultivated and focused selections by the same core artists, Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Count Basie and Milt Jackson. That suggests "collection" to me, not random props. There were 3,867 US jazz LPs in print in 1963. If Dominis had just grabbed a bunch for a shoot, I doubt they would have resembled the focused group on the floor at McQueen's Palm Springs house. Here's Steve, same year as the photo sessions, sharing a moment with Miles Davis in Monterey: https://www.morrisonhotelgallery.com/photographs/7KCKl6/Miles-Davis-and-Steve-McQueen-Monterey-CA-1963
  5. The skew photo is very neat, thanks for all your courtesy! It wasn't until I returned to the master preview image at Getty Images however that I could more clearly determine the text on the jacket. The tile of the final LP in Steve's collection as shown in the John Dominis photo is "Splendor In The Brass" by Chuck Sagle And His Orchestra, Reprise. R9 6047, Dual 35 MM / 120 CMPS, released 1961. https://www.discogs.com/Chuck-Sagle-And-His-Orchestra-Splendor-In-The-Brass/master/1573667 This LP appears in the John Dominis photo of Steve McQueen dancing with his wife: https://www.gettyimages.com/photos/steve-mcqueen-dominis?family=editorial&phrase=Steve%20McQueen%20Dominis&sort=best#license "Splendor In The Brass" does not appear in the other photo of Steve with his records. With the exception of Sinatra/Basie, it strikes me as the most danceable of all of the venerable cool-jazz titles strewn on the floor. I wouldn't be surprised if this was the LP he was dancing to with Neile in the photo.
  6. There are two photos in this thread showing the array of Lps: the needle drop photo, and the dance photo with Neile. In the dance photo, at least three of the LPs have been flipped over, presumably so Steve could consult the track listings: Atomic Basie, Kind of Blue, and Modern Jazz Quartet at Music Inn. If John Dominis had staged the photos as props as some have suggested, there would have been no need to flip the jackets over in the course of taking the photos. So its reasonable to conclude that these were McQueen's records, that he was partial to Coltrane, Davis and Basie et al, and that, in the course of the photo shoot, he and his wife listened and/or danced to at least three of them.
  7. Revisiting the needle drop photo in this thread, "Bags & Trane" / Stereo by Milt Jackson & John Coltrane appears to be sandwiched between John Coltrane / My Favorite Things and Sinatra-Basie.
  8. LF a (copy) of "Verve's Choice: The Best of Count Basie," 1964.
  9. Recapping, the LPs shown in the "needle drop" photo are: Meet the Jazztet - Genny Golson; The Atomic Mr. Basie; The Best of Basie Vol 2; Sinatra-basie: An Historic Musical First; My Favorite Things - John Coltrane; The Golden Striker - John Lewis; A Leadbelly Memorial Vol IV; Kind of Blue - Miles Davis; Miles Ahead - Miles Davis; Sketches of Spain - Miles Davis; The Ballad Artistry of Milt Jackson; Profile of a Musician - Paul Horn; The Modern Jazz Quartet at Music Inn - Sonny Rollins & The Modern Jazz Quartet. I have checked the backs of each of these jackets without success. The album art in question is evidently unique to the "dancing" photo. One more thought. I have searched an awful lot of backs of jackets and they tend to be black and white. The Jacket in question seems to have contrast between the artwork with the text, and that box in the upper right, suggesting that it may be a front cover. On the other hand, I haven't seen a box like that on jazz Lps from the mid to late 50s and early 60s on the front of a jacket.
  10. The man's head is facing to the right on the jacket. We only see the right side of his face. His nose is aligned with the word that may or may not be "Live." I agree with your observations about the collage. I see the man top-left in the image, visible from head to knees. They appear to be popping out of a vertically positioned horn.
  11. What I see is a collage of what I assume are jazz musicians rising out of what looks like a horn. There is a large cameo of a man, and either the title or a back cover statement to his right. The box upper right is probably a label identifier. The Roulette LP may not belong to the jacket. This LP jacket appears in the photo of Steve dancing with his wife.
  12. To the right of the mans face in profile, there is a name, and below that, what looks like the word "Live".
  13. The artwork could be front or back jacket, not sure, but it does appear to be a "Live" album, pressed no later than `63.
  14. Kevin, still searching myself and no luck yet. However, I believe I have identified another one, and it is a Roulette LP: The Best of Basie Vol 2
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