This is Maggie. She was our last pet. When she died we decided no more for a while. She was a German shepherd basset mix. Her front legs were short and crooked. She could stand her ears up. She's now under our front lawn.
Some of the individual cds do have better sound, including the disc josber posted. You should get that one. BTW the art scans you posted were from a Columbia Record Club issue - notice the "crc" on the back.
You should buy the Bird and Strings single on Verve too.
I've ordered from Needle Doctor (once). The numbers in the rest of the post are made up (I don't have the paperwork, but the % is correct) but I bought a new stylus for one of my sets and the $80 bill delivered a needle with a $19.95 sticker on the box.
First saw the Mothers in 1968, had a personal invite to speak with Frank and he was a complete asshole, trying to drive a wedge between me and Roscoe Mitchell and Lester Bowie, because I was a "white businessman". I will never forget this.