Ed Lee

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Art director, designer & photographer. Graduated from California College of Arts and Crafts (now California College of the Arts), moved to New York City and began his album cover design career in 1959, becoming an art director at CBS/Columbia Records.
Do not use for songwriting or performance credits.
Born 1929 in Walnut Grove, CA.
Died October 18, 2008 in Ossining, NY.

APPEARANCES +

Paul Freeman (3), Various

Black Composers Series 1974-1978

2019, 10xCD, RE, RM + Box, Comp, Sony Classical,

Classical/Romantic/Modern/Contemporary/Gospel/Concerto/Symphony/Suite/Chamber Music/Art Song/Choral/Orchestra

The Isley Brothers

The RCA Victor & T-Neck Album Masters (1959-1983)

2015, Box, Comp + CD, Album, RE, RM + CD, Album, RE, RM , T-Neck, Epic, Legacy, Sony Music,

Funk/Soul/Rhythm & Blues

Jimmie Spheeris

The Dragon Is Dancing / Ports Of The Heart

2014, 2xCD, Comp, BGO Records,

Teddy Pendergrass

Original Album Classics

2014, Box Set, CD, CD, CD, CD, CD,

Soul/Disco/Rhythm & Blues

Dexter Gordon Quartet

Manhattan Symphonie

2013, CD, Album, RE, RM, Sony Music Commercial Music Group, Legacy

Tribe & Tales Of The Exonerated Flea

2011, CD, Album, RE, RM + CD, Album, RE, RM + Comp, MIG, Jazz Secrets,

Jazz-Rock/Contemporary Jazz

Philadelphia Freedom & Summertime

2010, 2x CD, All Media,

Blood, Sweat & Tears*

Mirror Image/New City

Fusion/Jazz-Rock/Classic Rock

Original Album Classics

Original Album Classics

2007, Box Set, CD, CD, CD, CD, CD,

Gamble & Huff Orchestra And Mysteries Of The World

The Jones Girls

The Jones Girls / At Peace With Woman

Life On Mars / What The World Is Coming To

Teddy Pendergrass

Teddy Pendergrass / Life Is A Song Worth Singing

Aerosmith / Toys In The Attic

2000, CD, CD, Box Set,

Blues Rock/Hard Rock/Classic Rock

Stravinsky Conducts Stravinsky

1999, 9x CD, Box Set,

Modern/Neo-Classical

Soft Rock/Pop Rock

Dead Ringer & Bat Out Of Hell

1992, CD, CD, All Media Fat Box,

Rock & Roll/Hard Rock

Universe (26) Featuring Dexter Wansel

Universe Featuring Dexter Wansel

1991, Cass, Advance, EP, Promo, Philadelphia International Records, Zoo Entertainment

American Songbook Series: Cole Porter

Universe (26) Featuring Dexter Wansel

Universe Featuring Dexter Wansel

Fillmore: The Last Days

Rockin' USA The Memphis Sound - The '50s

Slurp (Wet Kiss)

1985, 7", Aquarius Productions (5)

Bob Marley & The Wailers Featuring Peter Tosh

Glass (3) Featuring John Williams

Introducing Glass (Featuring John Williams)

My Favorite Person

The Jones Girls

At Peace With Woman

Soul/Funk/Disco

Billy Paul's Greatest Hits

The Greetings Of Peace

Teddy Pendergrass

Mysteries Of The World

Disco/Soul/Jazz-Funk

The Isley Brothers

The Masqueraders

The Masqueraders

1980, Vinyl Terre Haute Press,

Soul/Funk/Disco

Oo-La-La Sarah Dash

Soul/Disco/Funk

McFadden & Whitehead

McFadden & Whitehead

Michael Pedicin, Jr.*

Michael Pedicin, Jr.

Jazz-Funk/Disco

Archie Bell & The Drells

Teddy Pendergrass

The Jones Girls

The Jones Girls

Soul/Ballad/Disco

The Isley Brothers

Winner Takes All

Only The Wild Survive

Time Is Slipping Away

Midnight Dancer

Teddy Pendergrass

Live! Coast To Coast

Let Me Be Good To You

Sit Down And Talk To Me

When I Find You Love

Great Encounters

Identify Yourself

1979, Vinyl Santa Maria Pressing,

Soul/Funk/Disco

1978, Vinyl Pitman Pressing,

Jazz-Funk/Disco

Berman* Plays Scriabin*

Piano Sonatas Nos. 1 And 3

Jazz-Funk/Fusion

Stepping Stones - Live At The Village Vanguard

Teddy Pendergrass

Life Is A Song Worth Singing

Happy To Be With You

1978, Vinyl Santa Maria Pressing,

MFSB, The Gamble-Huff Orchestra

The Isley Brothers

Original Broadway Cast*

So Full Of Love

1978, Vinyl Terre Haute Pressing,

Dexter Gordon Quartet

Manhattan Symphonie

I Love My Music

1978, Vinyl Terre Haute Pressing,

Nothing Says I Love You Like I Love You

1978, Vinyl Terre Haute Press,

People's Choice

Soul/Funk/Disco

Marshall Chapman

Soft Rock/Pop Rock/Vocal

1978, 2x Vinyl Santa Maria Pressing,

Soul/Big Band/Vocal

The Isley Brothers

1978, 2x Vinyl,

Alive On Arrival

1978, Vinyl Santa Maria Pressing,

The English Chamber Orchestra*, José Luis Garcia* - Boyce* / Vaughan Williams* / Delius* / Purcell* / Handel* / Elgar* / Warlock* / Vivaldi*

The Art Of The English Chamber Orchestra

Past, Present And The Futures

Limpiemos El Ghetto = Let's Clean Up The Ghetto

1977, LP, Comp, Epic,

Travelin' At The Speed Of Thought

The Philadelphia International All-Stars*

Let's Clean Up The Ghetto

Funk/Disco/Soul

Collectors' Items - Greatest Hits

Bat Out Of Hell

1977, Vinyl Keel Mfg. Pressing,

Harry Belafonte

Turn The World Around

Reggae/Calypso/Guaguancó/Gospel/Salsa

1977, Vinyl Pitman pressing,

Teddy Pendergrass

Teddy Pendergrass

1977, Vinyl Santa Maria pressing,

End Of Phase I - A Collection Of Their Greatest Hits

1977, Vinyl Pitman Pressing,

Tito Gobbi, Puccini*, Ileana Cotrubas, Placido Domingo, London Symphony Orchestra, Giancarlo Luccardi, Lorin Maazel

Gianni Schicchi

Only The Strong Survive

Joan Morris, William Bolcom , Guest Artist: Eubie Blake

Wild About Eubie

Archie Bell & The Drells

Hard Not To Like It

What The World Is Coming To

Electrified Funk

Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes* - The O'Jays - The Three Degrees - MFSB - Intruders*

Philadelphia Classics

Prog Rock/Symphonic Rock

Bob Marley & The Wailers Feat. Peter Tosh

The Birth Of A Legend

When You Hear Lou, You've Heard It All

Fountains Of Light

Unmistakably Lou

Soft Rock/Pop Rock

Collectors' Items

Gunther Schuller / Bruno Maderna

Tre Invenzioni / Il Giardino Religioso / Contours

1976, LP, Album, Columbia, Odyssey

The Third Annual National Black College Gospel Festival Volume 2

1976, LP, Album, Promo, TSOP

Gunther Schuller / Bruno Maderna

Tre Invenzioni / Il Giardino Religioso / Contours

1976, LP, Album, Promo, Columbia, Odyssey,

Don't Fight The Feeling

Archie Bell & The Drells

Where Will You Go When The Party's Over

Soul/Funk/Disco

Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes*

All Their Greatest Hits - Collectors' Item

The Charlie Daniels Band

Downtempo/Disco

Tangerine Dream

Milhaud* Conducts And Plays Milhaud*

Cantate De L'Enfant Et De La Mère / La Muse Ménagère

Travelin' In Heavy Traffic

1976, Vinyl Gatefold,

Shakti With John McLaughlin

Fusion/Contemporary Jazz

The Isley Brothers

Harvest For The World

Mother's Finest

Mother's Finest

Funk Metal/Hard Rock

1976, Vinyl Santa Maria Pressing,

Finders Keepers

Second Childhood

Stravinsky*, Jean Cocteau, Cologne Radio Symphony Orchestra* And Chorus*

Stravinsky Conducts Stravinsky - Oedipus Rex

People's Choice

We Got The Rhythm

Eugene Ormandy, The Philadelphia Orchestra, Georges Bizet

Carmen Suites 1 And 2

Get Down With The Philly Jump

Altura Do Sol (High Sun)

Afro-Cuban Jazz/Fusion

The Juilliard Quartet*, Beethoven*

The Middle Quartets

New Riders Of The Purple Sage

The Best Of New Riders Of The Purple Sage

Jimmie Spheeris

Ports Of The Heart

Smooth Jazz/Soft Rock/Ballad

Could It Be Magic

Jéan-Claude T.

The Bicentennial Poet

1976, Vinyl Pitman Press,

1976, Vinyl Terre Haute Pressing,

Fusion/Funk/Disco/Jazz-Funk

The More You Do It

Message In The Music

Webster Lewis And The Post-Pop Space-Rock Be-Bop Gospel Tabernacle Orchestra And Chorus

All Things In Time

1976, Vinyl Pitman Pressing,

Soul/Disco/Funk

Biddu Orchestra

Biddu Orchestra

Blood, Sweat & Tears* Featuring David Clayton-Thomas

Fusion/Jazz-Funk/Jazz-Rock

Forest Of Feelings

1975, Vinyl Pitman Pressing,

Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes*

Wake Up Everybody

1975, Vinyl Terre Haute Press,

Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes* Featuring Theodore Pendergrass*

The New Tony Williams Lifetime

Boulez* Conducts Ravel*, New York Philharmonic

Boulez Conducts Ravel, Vol. 3 (La Valse / Menuet Antique / Ma Mère L'Oye = Mother Goose — Complete Ballet)

1975, Vinyl Pitman Pressing, Gatefold,

Soul/Disco/Funk

Philadelphia Freedom

1975, Vinyl Gatefold,

Got My Head On Straight

When Love Is New

1975, Vinyl Santa Maria Pressing,

People's Choice

Boogie Down U.S.A.

Soul/Funk/Disco

The Isley Brothers

José Mauricio Nunes Garcia

Song For America

Happy 'Bout The Whole Thing

1975, Vinyl Gatefold,

Barenboim* Conducts Elgar*, English Chamber Orchestra

Romantic/Modern

Song For My Lady

1975, Vinyl Santa Maria pressing,

William Grant Still / Fela Sowande / George Walker

Sahdji / African Suite / Lyric For Strings

The Best Of Elvin Bishop Crabshaw Rising

Blues Rock/Rock & Roll/Electric Blues/Soul

Bach*, E. Power Biggs

Bach Organ Favorites

Olly Woodrow Wilson* / Thomas Jefferson Anderson, Jr.* / Talib Rasul Hakim

Akwan / Squares / Visions Of Ishwara

1975, Vinyl Terre Haute Pressing, Gatefold,

Boulez* Conducts Ravel*, New York Philharmonic, Camerata Singers, Abraham Kaplan

Daphnis Et Chloé (Complete Ballet)

The Three Degrees

1975, Vinyl Santa Maria Pressing,

The Radioactive Summer LP

1974, LP, Comp, Promo, Epic

Leonard Bernstein, David Johnson (49), John Ostendorf, New York City Ballet Orchestra Conducted By The Composer Choreography By Jerome Robbins

Dybbuk (Complete Ballet)

Contemporary/Ballet

Thad Jones & Mel Lewis

Big Band/Bop/Modal/Post Bop

Monk Montgomery

1974, Vinyl Santa Maria Press,

1974, Vinyl Pitman Pressing,

Burl Ives Sings Little White Duck And Other Children's Favorites

The Isley Brothers

I Can't Make It Alone

That's How Long I'll Be Loving You

Force Of Nature

Force Of Nature

Ferdinand "Jelly Roll" Morton*, Dick Hyman

Transcriptions For Orchestra

Swing/Ragtime/Big Band

1974, Vinyl Santa Maria Pressing,

Afro-Cuban Jazz/Fusion/Jazz-Funk/Latin Jazz/Jazz-Rock

That's How Much I Love You

Claudia Muzio / 1889-1936 / Arias From La Forza Del Destino • I Pagliacci • Zaza • L'Amico Fritz • L'Africaine • Rinaldo / Adriana Lecouvreur • Bianca E Fernando • Paride E Elena • Songs By Rossini And Buzzi-Peccia / From The Edison Diamon

King Biscuit Boy

King Biscuit Boy

1974, Vinyl Santa Maria Pressing,

Harmonica Blues/Rhythm & Blues/Funk

Fauré* - Kyoko Ito, Norio Ohga, Tokyo Metropolitan Choir, Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra, Kazuo Yamada, Takashi Sakai

Zukerman* Plays And Conducts Vivaldi*, English Chamber Orchestra

Four Concertos (Nos. 9, 10, 11 And 12 From Opus 8, "Il Cimento Dell'armonia E Dell'invenzione")

The New Lamont Dozier Album - Love And Beauty

Copland* Conducts Copland*, Columbia Chamber Orchestra

Appalachian Spring (Complete Ballet) (First Recording Of The Original Version)

Carlos Chávez - Ambrosian Singers* / London Symphony Orchestra

The Four Suns / Selections From Pirámide

Modern/Contemporary

The O'Jays Live In London

Tales Of The Exonerated Flea

Fusion/Contemporary Jazz

Andre Kostelanetz*

Andre Kostelanetz Plays Michel Legrand's Greatest Hits

Bruckner*, Bruno Walter, Columbia Symphony Orchestra

Symphony No. 4 In E-Flat Major, "Romantic"

Lester Flatt And Earl Scruggs*

A Boy Named Sue

1973, LP, Album, Comp, Columbia

Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes*

Black & Blue Featuring: The Love I Lost

Beck, Bogert & Appice

Beck, Bogert & Appice

1973, Vinyl Textured Cover, Terre Haute Pressing,

Blues Rock/Jazz-Rock/Hard Rock

Cleveland Eaton

Yellow Sunshine

Yellow Sunshine

Love Is The Message

Funk/Disco/Soul

The Isley Brothers

War Of The Gods

Eddie Condon's World Of Jazz

1973, 2x Vinyl Textured Gatefold,

Holst* - Leonard Bernstein, New York Philharmonic

Spiritual Concept

Spiritual Concept

Soul/Funk/Hard Rock/Psychedelic Rock

1973, Vinyl Terre Haute Pressing,

Country/Bluegrass

The Progressives

1973, 2x Vinyl,

Jazz-Rock/Contemporary Jazz/Prog Rock

Still Alive And Well

1973, Vinyl Santa Maria Pressing,

The Best Of Mountain

Save The Children

The Sound Of Philadelphia '73

The O'Jays In Philadelphia

Marlene Dietrich

The Best Of Marlene Dietrich

Leonard Bernstein

Highlights From Leonard Bernstein's Mass

John Paul Jones

John Paul Jones

The Three Degrees

The Three Degrees

Mussorgsky* / Ravel* / George Szell And The Cleveland Orchestra, Sviatoslav Richter

Pictures At An Exhibition

The Day After The Dawn

1972, LP, Album, Columbia

Salvatore Baccaloni

Basso-Buffo Of The Century

Let My Children Hear Music

1972, Vinyl Terre Haute Pressing,

Big Band/Post Bop/Avant-garde Jazz

The Guitar Album

Funk/Psychedelic

360 Degrees Of Billy Paul

Beethoven* - Eugene Ormandy • The Philadelphia Orchestra

Fifth Symphony • Eighth Symphony

Bartók*, The Juilliard Quartet*

The Six String Quartets, Vol. 3: String Quartet Nos. 5 And 6

Kris Kristofferson

I Sing The Body Electric

1972, Vinyl Pitman Pressing,

David Clayton-Thomas

David Clayton-Thomas

1972, Vinyl Pitman Pressing,

Pop Rock/Blues Rock/Soul

Ornette Coleman

Science Fiction

Ornette Coleman, The London Symphony Orchestra* Conducted By David Measham

Skies Of America

Free Jazz/Fusion/Contemporary

West, Bruce & Laing

Charlie Christian

Solo Flight • The Genius Of Charlie Christian

1972, 2x Vinyl Santa Maria Pressing,

Bartók*, The Juilliard Quartet*

The Six String Quartets, Vol. 2: String Quartet Nos. 3 And 4

Bernstein*, The London Symphony Orchestra* - Stravinsky*

Le Sacre Du Printemps

Bartók*, The Juilliard Quartet*

The Six String Quartets, Vol. 1 (String Quartets Nos. 1 And 2)

Members Of The Eastman School Of Music Piano Faculty* And Eastman School Graduates / Samuel Adler ,Conductor / Featuring Eugene List, Frank Glazer, Barry Snyder, Maria Luisa Faini

10 Pianos / 16 Pianists / Monster Concert

Romantic/Modern

The First Songs

Boulez* Conducts Bartók*, New York Philharmonic

The Miraculous Mandarin (Complete) / Dance Suite

Ormandy* • Stravinsky* - The Philadelphia Orchestra

Suites From The Firebird • Petrushka

Sonic Seasonings

Eugene Ormandy - Philadelphia Orchestra*

The Debussy Album

1971, Vinyl Pitman Pressing,

Leonard Bernstein

Opera/Neo-Classical/Modern

The First Great Rock Festivals Of The Seventies - Isle Of Wight / Atlanta Pop Festival

Respighi* - Eugene Ormandy - The Philadelphia Orchestra

The Fountains Of Rome / The Pines Of Rome

Message From A Drum

Black Magic Woman

Raindrops Keep Fallin' On My Head

The New York Times

1966, LP, The New York Times

Stravinsky* Conducts The CBC Symphony Orchestra*, The Festival Singers Of Toronto*, Elmer Iseler

Symphony Of Psalms / Symphony In C

Igor Stravinsky

Stravinsky Conducts Oedipus Rex

Mozart*, Bruno Walter, The Columbia Symphony Orchestra*

The Last Six Symphonies

The Golden Years

1962, 3x Vinyl Hollywood Pressing, Box Set,

Cha Cha With Tony Matos

Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes*

Los Grandes Exitos

LP, Comp, Epic,

Soul/Disco/Ballad

Boulez* Conducts Ravel* - New York Philharmonic, Camarata Singers*, Abraham Kaplan

Daphnis Et Chloé (Complete Ballet)

LP, Album, RE, CBS/Sony

Bruckner*, Bruno Walter, Columbia Symphony Orchestra, Wagner*

Symphony No. 4 In E-Flat Major, "Romantic"/Prelude And Good Friday Spell From "Parisfal"

Ornette Coleman

The Music Of Ornette Coleman / Skies Of America

Charles Rosen, Beethoven*

The Late Beethoven Sonatas

Gary Graffman / Prokofiev*, Rachmaninoff*

Russian Piano Music

Suite For Susan Moore And Damion - We Are - One, One, All In One/ Bird On A Wire

George Szell, Tchaikovsky*, The Cleveland Orchestra

Song For America

Prog Rock/Symphonic Rock

West, Bruce & Laing

The Three Degrees

Fountains Of Light

Prog Rock/Symphonic Rock

Blood, Sweat & Tears* Featuring David Clayton-Thomas

Still Alive And Well

All Things In Time

Soul/Disco/Funk

People's Choice

Boogie Down U.S.A.

Soul/Funk/Disco

Love Is The Message

The O'Jays Live In London

The Isley Brothers

The Best Of Mountain

Hard Rock/Blues Rock