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Just got it. Nice looking package. The track "Chieftain" is the same tune that opens the In Concert at the Philharamonic Hall album.

In case this hasn't been mentioned yet, there's interviews with Pete Cosey, Michael Henderson and Dave LIebman at www.miles-davis.com/onthecorner.

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a lot of the unreleased stuff sounds reminds me of the Bitches Brew box set, with more in-your-face rhythm. I've been really liking this box set more than i expected to.

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  mikeweil said:
I will call my store tomorrow and ask for their price ...

They want € 79,95!!! <_<

Two options: 1. ordering from amazon 2. waiting for Zweitausendeins

Considering we get our new car in a week or two, I'll rather wait some.

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Am I the only one that thinks that the track "Vertebrae By Vertebrae" from Bjork's last album owes more than a great deal to the cut "Chieftain" on this set? What an odd coincidence...

edit for sausage-finger typing...

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  Hot Ptah said:
It would be great if those who have this set could describe the previously unreleased cuts.

The On the Corner stuff is great. It includes the segment used by Bill Laswell for “What If” on Panthalassa.

“Chieftain,” as I mentioned before, is the same tune that opens In Concert at Philharmonic Hall.

The “Turnaround” tracks are the same tune from the second part of “Prelude” on Agharta. Some of this music was used on Panthalassa.

“The Hen,” “Big Fun-Hollwuud,” and “Peace” are kind of dull along the “Billy Preston” lines and lack the edge the band had in its live shows.

“Mr. Foster,” recorded the day after “Calypso Frelimo” in 1973, is a good one. It sounds like “For Dave,” which closes Agharta and Pangaea and is on the latter part of Side 2 of Dark Magus. Confusingly, the more mainstream “Minnie” from 1975 is also known as “Mr. Foster.”

“Hip Skip” and “What They Do” are from 1974 and include Dominique Gaumont on guitar. The former song features Pete Cosey on drums and was performed on a few live bootlegs from this period; the latter is a great stop-start guitar-fueled rave-up not unlike the “Turnaroundphrase” finale on Dark Magus.

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No complaints from me on the music, quality of the mastering or presentation of the set - all superb.

The essays could have been a bit 'meatier' I guess, although Paul Buckmaster's recollections are very interesting (Stockhausen being put on the autochanger etc).

That first page drawing of the 'devil' playing the tambourine sure had me laughing my head off though. Inspired ! :lol:

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Still waiting my set from Amazon.fr! They haven't shipped it yet because the 'Tresors du jazz' is delayed until November 15th. For f... sake, couldn't they dispatch the Miles set separately! :angry:

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  B. Clugston said:
  Hot Ptah said:
It would be great if those who have this set could describe the previously unreleased cuts.

The On the Corner stuff is great. It includes the segment used by Bill Laswell for “What If” on Panthalassa.

“Chieftain,” as I mentioned before, is the same tune that opens In Concert at Philharmonic Hall.

The “Turnaround” tracks are the same tune from the second part of “Prelude” on Agharta. Some of this music was used on Panthalassa.

“The Hen,” “Big Fun-Hollwuud,” and “Peace” are kind of dull along the “Billy Preston” lines and lack the edge the band had in its live shows.

“Mr. Foster,” recorded the day after “Calypso Frelimo” in 1973, is a good one. It sounds like “For Dave,” which closes Agharta and Pangaea and is on the latter part of Side 2 of Dark Magus. Confusingly, the more mainstream “Minnie” from 1975 is also known as “Mr. Foster.”

“Hip Skip” and “What They Do” are from 1974 and include Dominique Gaumont on guitar. The former song features Pete Cosey on drums and was performed on a few live bootlegs from this period; the latter is a great stop-start guitar-fueled rave-up not unlike the “Turnaroundphrase” finale on Dark Magus.

Thanks for those descriptions. I hadn't planned to get this box, but now I will.

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  sidewinder said:
  mikeweil said:
Considering we get our new car in a week or two, I'll rather wait some.

You may wish to reconsider.. :cool:

Definitely not, as I just noticed I have to pay the remainder for our one week in Sicily later in Novemeber as well .....

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  B. Clugston said:
  Hot Ptah said:
It would be great if those who have this set could describe the previously unreleased cuts.

The On the Corner stuff is great. It includes the segment used by Bill Laswell for “What If” on Panthalassa.

“Chieftain,” as I mentioned before, is the same tune that opens In Concert at Philharmonic Hall.

The “Turnaround” tracks are the same tune from the second part of “Prelude” on Agharta. Some of this music was used on Panthalassa.

“The Hen,” “Big Fun-Hollwuud,” and “Peace” are kind of dull along the “Billy Preston” lines and lack the edge the band had in its live shows.

“Mr. Foster,” recorded the day after “Calypso Frelimo” in 1973, is a good one. It sounds like “For Dave,” which closes Agharta and Pangaea and is on the latter part of Side 2 of Dark Magus. Confusingly, the more mainstream “Minnie” from 1975 is also known as “Mr. Foster.”

“Hip Skip” and “What They Do” are from 1974 and include Dominique Gaumont on guitar. The former song features Pete Cosey on drums and was performed on a few live bootlegs from this period; the latter is a great stop-start guitar-fueled rave-up not unlike the “Turnaroundphrase” finale on Dark Magus.

Good ears! Woulda taken me forever to figure that out...may I quote you in a review I'm writing?

Dana

PS Is your avatar the rare AA Hot Rod Hits LP?

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  sidewinder said:
Diggin' 'Ife' a lot more than I used to do too, thanks to this remix.

Actually, the previously issued tracks are all in their original mixes. Guess there's some extra beef in the mastering.

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Got this one today (not by mail, but from a friend at Sony-BMG :) ), but will wait until the weekend before I start to get through the box. BTW, it's almost impossible to get the book/discs out of the box.

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  sidewinder said:
That first page drawing of the 'devil' playing the tambourine sure had me laughing my head off though. Inspired ! :lol:

According to the notes, it looks like they commisioned Corky McCoy to do some more artwork, this being one of them. :tup

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  Rosco said:
Actually, the previously issued tracks are all in their original mixes. Guess there's some extra beef in the mastering.

Must be (although the 'Big Fun' 2CD did also sound pretty good).

Incidentally, it's also interesting just how much of the material on 'Unknown Sessions' CDs 1 to 3 from the 72-75 period didn't make it onto this set.

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  sidewinder said:
  Rosco said:
Actually, the previously issued tracks are all in their original mixes. Guess there's some extra beef in the mastering.

Must be (although the 'Big Fun' 2CD did also sound pretty good).

Incidentally, it's also interesting just how much of the material on 'Unknown Sessions' CDs 1 to 3 from the 72-75 period didn't make it onto this set.

What are the Unknown Sessions CDs 1 to 3 from the 72-75 period?

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  Hot Ptah said:
  sidewinder said:
  Rosco said:
Actually, the previously issued tracks are all in their original mixes. Guess there's some extra beef in the mastering.

Must be (although the 'Big Fun' 2CD did also sound pretty good).

Incidentally, it's also interesting just how much of the material on 'Unknown Sessions' CDs 1 to 3 from the 72-75 period didn't make it onto this set.

What are the Unknown Sessions CDs 1 to 3 from the 72-75 period?

These were collections of studio out-takes, which appeared on 'dime' not too long ago.

Just noticed today also that Amazon UK's price dropped down to £44.99 ;)

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A discographical question....

The 'Unedited master' of 'One and One' (which is completely different to the issued track and which was party issued as 'What If' on Panthalassa) is credited to the June 6th session, where one David Creamer played guitar.

But... that has to be McLaughlin on guitar! So, is the date wrong? Is the attribution of the title wrong? Is Creamer a note-for-note McLaughlin clone? :unsure:

(Edited to note this is one of the highlights of the box for me.....)

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