Which cover is the original cover?

[Hardbopjazz]

I have the second one, but I've seen both. Any idea which would have been the original one released.

[Chuck Nessa]

Second one was original Japanese lp design. The redesign was made to include a Frank Wolff photo.

[mjzee]

Of course, the first one was this (in the LT series):

Of the two you showed, the second one is the "original" to CD. I never saw the first one.

[Cyril]

I own the first one.

[Hardbopjazz]

I have two copies of the second one.

[JSngry]

Of course, the first one was this (in the LT series):

Of the two you showed, the second one is the "original" to CD. I never saw the first one.

Not sure, but maybe Tom Cat was one of those things that was first released in Japan (on LP, w/the second cover) and then in America (with the LT cover)?

Either way, yes, the LT was the original American cover, and yes, that is another evocative LT cover photo. Yay LT!

[Indestructible!]

Of course, the first one was this (in the LT series):

I know most folks hate that cover, but I love it. There's something to it that is just so... spellbinding.

[JSngry]

Of course, the first one was this (in the LT series):

I know most folks hate that cover, but I love it. There's something to it that is just so... spellbinding.

Dude - it's an evil-grinning black cat at the end of a neon-lit dead end. Ain't but one ending to that story.

If that's not a metaphor for The Legendary Life And Times Of Lee Morgan, I don't know what is.