I have never touched an old Ampex and I haven't done any reel-to-reel recording in years, but if memory serves the capstans were driven by AC synchronous motors so even a modest drop in line frequency could do this to a tape, which leads me to believe that other recordings have suffered a similar fate but gone un-noticed. I have the RSD mono and the blue 50th - both of which I love, but this is my go to copy from now on. In 2019, Kind of Blue was certified 5× Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for shipments of at least five million copies in the United States. There have been multiple reissues of Kind of Blue, with additional pressings throughout the vinyl era.

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I also would say this is by far the best of the three UHQR's I own and perhaps this is the best album I own to date. My hope is that new AP Kind of Blue pressing will find its way into the collections of enthusiasts who DON'T have a copy of KOB of any vintage. I don't know how many copies Classic pressed of the 33 KoB across 15 years and all of their vinyl formulations, but I'd believe it if you said the AP 25,000 exceeds it. If there was ever an album awaiting a high-fidelity, custom-pressed vinyl treatment of the level you now hold in your hands, it is Miles Davis' Kind of Blue.All of the single LP 33rpm pressings used lacquers C and B; C is the corrected speed version of the original LP side A (this was side 3 of the 1995 2LP release, thus "C"), and B being side B. In 1953, the pianist George Russell published his Lydian Chromatic Concept of Tonal Organization, [4] which offered an alternative to improvisation based on chords. If there are titles you feel are being neglected then I suggest you contact the various reissue companies and voice your opinion. Influenced in part by Evans, who had joined the ensemble in 1958, Davis departed further from his early hard bop style in favor of greater experimentation with musical modes, as on his previous album Milestones (1958).

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Once the musicians were assembled, Davis gave brief instructions for each piece and then set to taping the sextet in studio. All the presence and life of the original is lost, even though yes, you can hear everything perfectly, no doubt, but if you have the first press, you know where the money is better invested. I finally got the MFSL 2x45 after holding out for a later press due to reports of some early ones being off centre. There are also new layers of detail in Miles' mouthpiece manipulations, Evans's pedal work, and the sheer beauty of Coltrane's and Adderley's saxophones.I saw on some Facebook forums that Acoustic Sounds confirmed (via Instagram, which I am not on) that this is coming. The sound quality of this release is beyond any other copy ever released, and I can’t add anything else that hasn’t already been said by the previous reviewers. This recording style contrasted with the typical preparation of providing musicians with the complete score or, for improvisational jazz, providing the musicians with a chord progression or series of harmonies. It was recorded on March 2 and April 22, 1959, at Columbia's 30th Street Studio in New York City, and released on August 17 of that same year by Columbia Records.

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The recording session was also cited by Nisenson as Macero's first experience with "the highs and lows of working with Miles. Using a blank record is an attempt to get around that assumption, but it does not properly account for the diamond geometry. The rumor that the two-track version was the only one to be issued at correct speed for the tracks from the first album side is false.

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Some are on Blue in Green (piano during solo and outro, beginning of Coltrane's solo) and others are on Flamenco Sketches.

Miles remained proud of the album, performing at least two of its tracks — "So What" and "All Blues" — for years after, until his musical path took him in a different direction. But I believe it's important to point out that when it comes to late 50s jazz records the mono is frequently the way to go because there are a lot of full track recordings out there and they are mighty fine. Every UHQR will be hand inspected upon pressing completion, and only the truly flawless will be allowed to go to market. I don't spend much time writing reviews, but I was so impress with this record I felt like jotting down a few words.