Variant covers

Some titles have appeared with more than one cover. Here is a list with descriptions of the variations. As far as I know, no title has appeared with more than two covers. Please let me know if you have anything to add!

ECM 1004 Marion Brown: Afternoon of a Georgia Faun
The LP cover is by Dieter Henkel, a photo-based abstract of five white disks partly broken up by black horizontal lines.	The CD cover is all text.
ECM 1009 A.R.C.
The 1977 Polydor LP released in the US has a photo by Lajos Keresztes, with layout credited to Basil Pao, AGI. The picture shows a road leading into the distance.	A dark blue cover with bold triangle design was used for the original German LP release and for the CD.
ECM 1016 Terje Rypdal
The original cover has the title over waves.	The CD cover has added the names of the personnel.
ECM 1020 Chick Corea: Piano Improvisations, vol. 2
The Polydor LP released in the US has Corea's name in red on a black background.	The German LP and CD releases have green on white.
ECM 1021 Keith Jarrett and Jack DeJohnette: Ruta and Daitya
The US (Polydor) LP has a drawing by Leena Westerlund, with layout by B & B Wojirsch, and the back cover of some copies is die-cut for a fold-out stand.	The new cover has a tan background and white wavy text.
ECM 1046 Dave Liebman: Drum Ode
The original LP had an abstract image on the cover.	The CD reissue has just the names of the performers.
ECM 1043 Bennie Maupin: The Jewel in the Lotus
The original LP had a picture of the artist on the cover.	The CD reissue is an abstract design.
ECM 1048 Paul Motian: Tribute
The LP cover is an out-of-focus crowd scene.	The new cover has a close-up of Motian, originally on the back cover of the LP.
ECM 1049 Keith Jarrett: Luminessence
The German LP cover (left) has grey text on a white background. Some of the cover text is embossed with no color. The Polygram LP has the same elements in a different layout. A similar cover (right) was used for the CD.	The current cover has white and grey text on a dark background.
ECM 1071 Tomasz Stanko: Balladyna
The LP cover has a landscape photograph by Rainer Kiedrowski, with layout by Dieter Bonhorst. The photo is of a field of purple, with blue fields in the distance, and it is surrounded by a wide border of very dark blue.	The new cover is a monotone field with text.
ECM 1120 Bill Connors: Of Mist and Melting
The LP cover is a photo by Daniel Lienhard, with layout by B. Wojirsch. It is grainy, nearly monochrome, of sand dunes or snowdrifts, with a narrow light-green border.	The new cover looks like a couple of rocks on a beach.
ECM 1121 Ralph Towner: Batik
The LP cover is by Armin Lambert, dark brown-purple with some lighter color hatching, and the title and artists names in purple handwritten letters along the top.	The CD cover is ... well, see for yourself.
ECM 1179 Bengt Berger Band: Bitter Funeral Beer
The LP cover has the names of all band members.	The CD cover is a simplified design.
ECM 1241 Bill Frisell: In Line
The LP cover has a Maja Weber drawing in twenty-five small panels, colored pencil of landscape fragments.	The CD cover is an abstract design.
ECM 1478 John Surman / John Warren: The Brass Project
The original cover was designed by Barbara Wojirsch. It has a brown sandpaper-like background. Printed across the top in small black capital letters is: JOHN SURMAN / JOHN WARREN  THE BRASS PROJECT Centered on the brown background is THE BRASS PROJECT in red block capital letters. Superimposed over the red letters are: SURMAN WARREN in black.	The alternate cover (also by Wojirsch) has a simple abstract design. Diagonal lines divide a pale green field into four right triangles. Names are upper and lower case, and "The Brass Project" runs vertically to the top.

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