Miles Davis Live Recordings 1948-1957

[felser]

There is a 13-CD box available on United Archives (distributed by Harmonia Mundi). Anyone familiar with this set or this label? Worth $45-50 cost?

thx

[Pete C]

There is a 13-CD box available on United Archives (distributed by Harmonia Mundi). Anyone familiar with this set or this label? Worth $45-50 cost?

thx

Durium mentioned the set on his blog in 2007, but at that time it was 10 discs and only went up to 1955. The current set is 13 discs. I guess they updated when more went out of EU copyright.

http://keepswinging.blogspot.com/2007/04/miles-davis-complete-live-recordings.html

[mjzee]

There was a brief discussion in November about this box, beginning on this page:

Are there any box bargains currently available?

Where did you see the box at that price, if I may ask?

[felser]

There was a brief discussion in November about this box, beginning on this page:

Are there any box bargains currently available?

Where did you see the box at that price, if I may ask?

Saw it on Berkshire Record Outlet, but actually able to get it cheaper through Amazon UK, provided I ordered it correctly (have never ordered from there before). The 3 pound shipping charge seems low for a 13 CD set coming to the USA.

[RiRiIII]

There was a brief discussion in November about this box, beginning on this page:

Are there any box bargains currently available?

Where did you see the box at that price, if I may ask?

Saw it on Berkshire Record Outlet, but actually able to get it cheaper through Amazon UK, provided I ordered it correctly (have never ordered from there before). The 3 pound shipping charge seems low for a 13 CD set coming to the USA.

30 EUR (incl. VAT) at amazon fr. I have the previous 10 CD set that goes up tp 1955...

http://www.amazon.fr/Live-Recordings-1948-1957-Miles-Davis/dp/B005HPQ7KK/ref=sr_1_1?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1326019420&sr=1-1

Edited January 8, 2012 by Alexandros

[JETman]

Shortly after United Archives released that 10 cd set, they also released a 4 cd set spanning 1956/7. It would seem that this new 13 cd set is a straight combination of the two prior sets which allowed them to reduce the total number of cd's by one. Yes, this is worth $45 - $50!!! (works out to less than $4/disc) But don't go by me --- for me, Miles is IT.

[Clunky]

I have the 13CD set version, it omits Paris and Amsterdam sets with Wilen, but it's a very good survey in largely very respectable sound.

[Pete C]

but actually able to get it cheaper through Amazon UK, provided I ordered it correctly (have never ordered from there before). The 3 pound shipping charge seems low for a 13 CD set coming to the USA.

I order a lot of stuff from Amazon UK. There's an option to charge you in your local currency, which will save you on conversion fees. I think the first time I used the site it found my Amazon cookie and asked if I wanted to import my info.

[jazzbo]

The 10 cd set came in a clamshell box, with the discs in cardboard sleeves, so I imagine that the postage is appropriate John.

[king ubu]

I have the 13CD set version, it omits Paris and Amsterdam sets with Wilen, but it's a very good survey in largely very respectable sound.

There are several other omissions, and some silly duplicates of officially released material (the Paris 1949, the Lighthouse set, the set with Jimmy Forrest) that come rather uncalled for... but hey, you get a large chunk on factory pressed CDs, and the price is right (I got mine from amazon.fr for just under 30€ and free shipping).

[felser]

I have the 13CD set version, it omits Paris and Amsterdam sets with Wilen, but it's a very good survey in largely very respectable sound.

Is there another source for those Wilen set? Are they noteworthy?

[king ubu]

The Amsterdam set is out on Lonehill - but as all commercially available versions, it runs at wrong speed (considerably fast) and that ruins it quite a bit (Klook sounds horrible mostly!)

[RiRiIII]

I have the 13CD set version, it omits Paris and Amsterdam sets with Wilen, but it's a very good survey in largely very respectable sound.

Is there another source for those Wilen set? Are they noteworthy?

I suppose this should be the Paris concerts:

THE UNISSUED 1956/57 PARIS BROADCASTS

Reference: DIS-126049

ALL TRACKS PREVIOUSLY UNISSUED

This release presents rare ever before heard Miles Davis performances taken from Paris broadcasts made in 1956 and 1957. On the majority of these recordings, Davis is backed by a quartet that consisted of Frenchmen Barney Wilen, René Urtreger and Pierre Michelot, plus American expatriate Kenny Clarke, while the long version of “Lady Be Good” pairs Miles with the great Lester Young. Two additional unissued broadcasts by the Miles Davis Quintet with Sonny Rollins, taped at the Café Bohemia in 1957, have been added as a bonus.

[1-9]

MILES DAVIS, trumpet

BARNEY WILEN, tenor sax (out on 8-9)

RENÉ URTREGER, piano

PIERRE MICHELOT, bass

KENNY CLARKE, drums.

[1-6] Broadcast from the Olympia, Paris, France, November 30, 1957.

[7-9] ORTF TV broadcast, ORTF Studios, Paris, France, December 7, 1957.

[10] Same personnel as above except LESTER YOUNG (ts) replaces

WILENand CHRISTIAN GARROS (d) replaces CLARKE.

ORTF Radio Broadcast, Salle Pleyel, Paris, France, November 2, 1956.

[11-14] Bonus tracks:

MILES DAVIS (tp), SONNY ROLLINS (ts), RED GARLAND (p), PAUL CHAMBERS (b), ART TAYLOR (d).

Café Bohemia, New York, July 20 (tracks 11-12) & July 27 (tracks 13-14), 1957.

TRACKS:

01. Bags’ Groove

02. Tune Up

03. Four

04. Walkin’

05. No Moe

06. ‘Round Midnight

07. Lady Bird

08 Four

09 What’s New? [incomplete]

10. Lady Be Good!

11. Dear Old Stockholm

12. Bags’ Groove/S’posin’

13. Bye Bye, Blackbird

14. Tune Up

Total Time: 77:55

LabelRLR RECORDS

Artist:MILES DAVIS

Format:CD

Label code:RLR 88665

Number of discs:1

Recording:0

Title:THE UNISSUED 1956/57 PARIS BROADCASTS

http://www.jazzmessengers.com/all-cd-albums/the-unissued-195657-paris-broadcasts

[Clunky]

The Amsterdam set is out on Lonehill - but as all commercially available versions, it runs at wrong speed (considerably fast) and that ruins it quite a bit (Klook sounds horrible mostly!)

indeed , my LP edition sounds better slowed down to about 30 rpm, I find it hard to tell when I've adjusted the speed to the correct point !!!

[king ubu]

The Amsterdam set is out on Lonehill - but as all commercially available versions, it runs at wrong speed (considerably fast) and that ruins it quite a bit (Klook sounds horrible mostly!)

indeed , my LP edition sounds better slowed down to about 30 rpm, I find it hard to tell when I've adjusted the speed to the correct point !!!

I think it's somewhere about a semitone sharp, but I'm not sure, would have to check... couldn't tell you in RPMs, but maybe could find out how to fix WAV files correctly if I can locate my files...