02/12/2009
The Complete MILES DAVIS Columbia Album Collection: Release of the Decade
A week after receiving it, I’m still drooling over it. The Complete MILES DAVIS Columbia Album Collection is now the star of my music collection. It collects together 52 Miles albums on 70 CDs. The Columbia LPs are the pick of the Davis crop. The music is stellar. The extras – 2 CDs, extra track versions of many albums, DVD, book - are compelling. The price (£140 at amazon uk) is very competitive – a legendary tightwad, I bought the box even though I already own more than half of the albums. And the product is exquisite, the most beautiful artefact I’ve ever possessed. The CDs are packaged in miniature replicas of the original LP artwork. The box is a work of art. The book, by a pair of French journalists from the fabulous Paris-based Jazz Magazine, is a must-have. The Complete MILES DAVIS Columbia Album Collection is very highly recommended. In fact it’s my Release of the Decade Gerry Smith
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx THE COMPLETE MILES DAVIS COLUMBIA ALBUM COLLECTION (Columbia/Legacy 88697 55852 2) # Title Rec. Rel. Catalog 01. In Paris Festival Int'l De Jazz May, 1949 - 1949 1977 SRCS 9724 02. 'Round About Midnight - 1955-1956 1957 CK 85201 03. Circle In The Round - 1955-1970 1979 C2K 46862 04. Miles Ahead - 1957 1957 CK 65121 05. Milestones - 1958 1958 CK 85203 06. 1958 Miles - 1958 1974 C6K 65833 07. At Newport 1958 - 1958 1964 CK 85202 08. Porgy And Bess - 1958 1959 CK 65141 09. Jazz At The Plaza - 1958 1973 CK 85245 10. Kind Of Blue - 1959 1959 CK 64935 11. Sketches Of Spain - 1959-60 1960 CK 65142 12. Directions - 1960-70 1981 SRCS 9761/2 13. Someday My Prince Will Come - 1961 1961 CK 65919 14. In Person Friday Night At The Blackhawk, 1961 - 1961 C2K 87097 San Francisco - Complete 15. In Person Saturday Night At The Blackhawk, - 1961 1961 C2K 87100 San Francisco - Complete 16. At Carnegie Hall - 1961 1962 C2K 65027 17. Quiet Nights + "Blue Xmas (To Whom It May Concern)" and "Devil May Care" - 1962 1963 CK 65293 18. Seven Steps To Heaven - 1963 1963 CK 93592 19. In Europe - 1963 1964 CK 93583 20. My Funny Valentine - 1964 1965 CK 93593 21. "Four" & More - 1964 1966 CK 93595 22. Miles In Tokyo - 1964 1969 CK 93596 23. Miles In Berlin - 1964 1965 CK 93594 24. E.S.P. - 1965 1965 CK 65683 25. At Plugged Nickel - V. 1 1965 1976 18AP 2067 V. 2 1965 1976 18AP 2068 26. Miles Smiles - 1966 1967 CK 65682 27. Sorcerer - 1967 1967 CK 65680 28. Nefertiti - 1967 1968 CK 65681 29. Water Babies - 1967-68 1976 CK 86577 30. Miles In The Sky - 1968 1968 CK 65684 31. Filles De Kilimanjaro - 1968 1969 CK 86555 32. In A Silent Way - 1969 1969 CK 86556 33. Bitches Brew - 1969 1970 C2K 65774 34. Big Fun - 1969-72 1974 C2K 63973 35. A Tribute To Jack Johnson - 1970 1971 CK 93599 36. Live At The Fillmore East (March 7, 1970): It's About That Time - 1970 2001 C2K 85191 37. Black Beauty: Miles Davis At Fillmore West - 1970 1973 C2K 65138 38. At Fillmore - 1970 1970 C2K 65139 39. # Isle Of Wight - 1970 2009 - 40. Live/Evil 1970 - 1971 C2K 65135 41. On The Corner - 1972 1972 CK 63980 42. In Concert - 1972 1973 C2K 65140 43. Dark Magus - 1974 1977 C2K 65137 44. Get Up With It - 1972-74 1974 C2K 63970 45. Agharta - 1975 1976 C2K 46799 46. Pangaea - 1975 1975 C2K 46115 47. The Man With The Horn - 1980-81 1981 CK 36790 48. We Want Miles + 3 bonus tracks from Miles!, Miles!, Miles! - 1981 1982 SICP 1235/6 49. Star People - 1982-83 1983 CK 38657 50. Decoy - 1983 1984 CK 38991 51. You're Under Arrest - 1984-85 1985 CK 40023 52. Aura - 1985 1989 CK 45332 indicates double-CD. DVD Miles Davis Quintet: Wayne Shorter, Herbie 10-11/67 2009 - Hancock, Ron Carter, Tony Williams / Live In Europe '67
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