The Jackets

Music Matters Exclusive!

Music Matters strongly feels that these Blue Note recordings deserve nothing less than the finest graphic presentation.  Accordingly, no expense has been spared. Designed from scratch, these jackets are modeled after the most successful  work from the Blue Note and Impulse! labels of the 50s and 60s. The materials and craftsmanship of that era produced many jackets that still look new today. With that in mind, the Music Matters Definitive 45RPM Blue Note jackets are designed  to last a lifetime, using ultra-durable extra thick cardboard stock and thick, luxurious lamination. The Impulse! LP jackets from the ‘60s were especially renowned for their crisp, sharp spine hinges. Music Matters has retained one of the artisans who worked on the Impulse! jackets from that era to do the design work on these jackets. It’s all about  getting the right tone, texture and weight on the jacket — quality you’ll be able to feel in your hand the moment you pick up one of these albums.

In addition, Music Matters has obtained exclusive access to a treasure trove of over 30,000  original Blue Note session photos from Mosaic Images for use in this series. The gatefold opens to display these session photos in stunning high resolution - four times sharper than original Blue Note jacket photos. Many of these photos have never been seen by the public before, adding additional value to the package. Wherever possible, we are actually rebuilding the original cover art using the original cover photo negative. At least four 4” by 4” photos and a full size 12” by 12” will  adorn the inside of each gatefold, all printed on the highest quality, acid free photo paper.

The Music Matters gatefold jackets set a new high water mark for presentation, styling and content — archival quality releases that will soon become collector’s items.

Here are some examples of previously unseen Francis Wolff session photographs that were NOT used in our double gatefold jackets: