Miles electric period

[B. Clugston]

I am reading Tingen's book now, and I have to say I am underwhelmed.

First of all, as someone who champions this era of Miles's work, it is amazing how many of the recordings he doesn't like.

He also knocks one of my favourites — Miles Davis In Concert — and wasn't as enthused about Pangaea.

I found the book more valuable for the interviews. Most of the Columbia era boxed sets have a lot of interviews and extensive details about tracks. The On the Corner box has very little information. Tingen's book helps fill in the blanks. In particular, I found what Reggie Lucas and Mtume had to say to be very interesting.

[skeith]

On rereading a bit, I wonder if Tingen's comments on "Go Ahead John" are based purely on the version in "Big Fun" - a disc I no longer own having "graduated" to the complete Jack Johnson box which is my personal favorite of the Miles Davis box sets.

It is not always clear what Tingen has access to. For example, he often refers to recording sessions as opposed to particular tracks and he had access to the complete Cellar Door recordings before they were available to the public.

If then, the "Go Ahead John" on Big fun was particularly bad - he may be right on that one.

[Rooster_Ties]

...and wasn't as enthused about Pangaea.

Well, I'm not quite as enthused about Pangaea either -- at least compared with Agharta and Dark Magus.

[skeith]

I am reading Tingen's book now, and I have to say I am underwhelmed.

First of all, as someone who champions this era of Miles's work, it is amazing how many of the recordings he doesn't like.

He also knocks one of my favourites — Miles Davis In Concert — and wasn't as enthused about Pangaea.

I found the book more valuable for the interviews. Most of the Columbia era boxed sets have a lot of interviews and extensive details about tracks. The On the Corner box has very little information. Tingen's book helps fill in the blanks. In particular, I found what Reggie Lucas and Mtume had to say to be very interesting.

Yes B., I was reading about the album "In Concert" last night and Tingen calls it "the weakest officially released album of his whole pre-1976 electric period".

I was also reading about "On the Corner" last night and Tingen calls this album "one of those flawed experiments resulting from taking the road less traveled, where it is far easier to lose one's way than when trotting along the beaten path" and that "the whole is less than the sum of the parts".

Interestingly, he likes Laswell's "Panthalassa"

Now it's on to "Get Up With It"

[Rooster_Ties]

I was also reading about "On the Corner" last night and Tingen calls this album "one of those flawed experiments resulting from taking the road less traveled, where it is far easier to lose one's way than when trotting along the beaten path" and that "the whole is less than the sum of the parts".

Interestingly, he likes Laswell's "Panthalassa"

Yeah, I'd have to differ with him about "On the Corner" - which just gets better with each passing year, at least for me.

But we agree, Panthalassa is great.