Miles Davis Mono Vinyl Box Set

To duplicate the sound of the original mono albums on the nine cds in this set.

Miles davis mono vinyl box set.

Miles davis jazz track 12 180 gram lp mono numbered edition a reissue of two underrated miles davis sessions on one mono lp. Box set album limited edition reissue remastered 2x cd album dvd dvd video ntsc vinyl lp album stereo blue vinyl 180gm country. The approved performances were spliced from tapes recorded on the a machine while the tapes from the b machine were left un spliced serving as a backup in case anything happened to the a tapes. But the latest excavation from the miles davis archive the original mono recordings nine cds of the nine albums made for columbia from 1955 63 is an exception a set worthy of attention though not so much because the discs are in mono.

These nine cds sound so superior to the previous releases that it is almost shocking. The original mono recordings to be released on november 11th of this year. Columbia legacy 2013 release of 9 miles davis classics in mono. When the music in this boxed set was recorded between 1955 and 1963 columbia engineers typically ran two tape machines.

Yes they do sound better remarkably better as a matter of fact. The series culminated in the 2009 box set of 52 mini lp replica jacketed albums the complete miles davis columbia album collection whose contents were all heard in stereo. This coming record store day november 29th the label will release on vinyl miles and monk at newport jazz track and kind of blue. The value of this boxed set is that columbia legacy s chief engineer mark wilder has gone through all.

Miles davis has said in the past that the original albums should speak for themselves that s it. Since the first question on everybody s mind in regards to the new miles davis box set the original mono recordings will be whether the sound quality is actually improved or not i thought i would answer it immediately. At that point all nine mono vinyl titles will have been released. The original mono recordings follows in the tradition of the eight time grammy award winning miles davis series of multiple cd box sets that began in 1996.

Columbia 88697 33552 2 legacy 88697 33552 2 format. Side one is the miles davis quintet s soundtrack for the french film l ascenseuer pour l echafaud while highlights from the miles davis sextet s session on may 26 1958 davis 32nd birthday. And while i own all the davis box sets plus various individual albums both cd and original vinyl from way back i can t help but think that this mono set may be another way for the big labels to grab more of our money. This video does not contain music by miles davis.