Sony to release mono Miles Davis set

[J.A.W.]

http://www.milesdavis.com/us/news/miles-davis-original-mono-recordings-presents-nine-remastered-original-albums

Posted this in "New Releases" as the set seems to include unreleased stuff.

Edited September 4, 2013 by J.A.W.

[Rooster_Ties]

Nothing previously unreleased that I'm seeing - or what am I missing?

[erwbol]

Universal must have licensed the Ascenseur pour l'échafaud soundtrack to Sony for them to recreate the original Jazz Track album for this specific release.

[J.A.W.]

Haven't read the linked page very carefully, so if there is not really unreleased stuff in this set maybe one of the moderators could move this thread to "Reissues".

Edited September 4, 2013 by J.A.W.

[jazzbo]

Check out the amazon.co.uk price if interested in this set, much cheaper than amazon US.

[JSngry]

Moved as per OP's request.

[clifford_thornton]

what's shipping like from Amazon UK to the US? worth it?

I don't have some of this stuff and others I have in less-than-stellar CD issues. Might be worth it.

[jazzbo]

Right now the total including shipping to the US is about 55 dollars.

[Chuck Nessa]

Must be wonderful for folks with one ear. :-)

[charlesp]

Some of my favorite music appeals to my third ear - separates the wheat from the chaff.

[JSngry]

Must be wonderful for folks with one ear. :-)

[Clunky]

This is a pointless reissue IMO. It's not as if you get dedicated mixes or alternate tracks only ever issued in mono.

[king ubu]

Pre-ordered (from amazon.de, cheaper for me than amazon.co.uk ... but I'll keep an eye open for it to turn up on amazon.it and amazon.fr, pre-order prices tend to vary a bit).

Not sure it's pointless, after all I'm not sure why albums originally produced in mono (with a stereo-mix often created with far less caution, since it was for a smaller market and dubbed less important - at least that's my understanding, up to sometime in the sixties) are usually presented in stereo mixes when they're being reissued on CD.

Anyway, since this is in a cheaper price league than the Dylan Mono box (which I got as well, but I had to pay the custom n***s and it sucked!), I'm in for this.

[sidewinder]

Must be wonderful for folks with one ear. :-)

[mikeweil]

Must be wonderful for folks with one ear. :-)

... or those with one defective speaker ...

But seriously, I think most mono recordings from the 1950's sound great, but those Columbia engineers made great stereo sound. They're trying to milk the collectors to the last drop.

[J.A.W.]

Must be wonderful for folks with one ear. :-)

... or those with one defective speaker ...

But seriously, I think most mono recordings from the 1950's sound great, but those Columbia engineers made great stereo sound. They're trying to milk the collectors to the last drop.

And they appear to be successful. They wouldn't go on releasing Miles sets if they weren't.

Edited September 5, 2013 by J.A.W.

[jazzbo]

Well I have a few beat up copies of a few of these in mono and in my opinion the mix and sound is overall great, I'm looking forward to this. Maybe they are milking the collectors but that's their job to sell records, and this is an interesting way to get more Miles (who sells) out there. And it's not exorbitantly priced especially from amazon europe.

[erwbol]

It all depends on the quality of the remastering. I'd have to hear these first before I decide to spend money.

Round About Midnight was a mono recording, right? So that will likely be the same sound as the Complete Columbia Album Collection. And Milestones has just been released as a mono Hybrid SACD by MoFi (together with Round About Midnight).

[J.A.W.]

I wonder what source they'll use for Kind of Blue. According to Steve Hoffman the mono mastertape does no longer exist.

Edited September 5, 2013 by J.A.W.

[CJ Shearn]

I want the complete Blackhawk in mono. Oh wait, I'll just hit the MONO button on my amp!

[jazzbo]

Not the same thing.

[J.A.W.]

Not the same thing.

Lon is right, hitting the mono button is not the same thing.

[paul secor]

Must be wonderful for folks with one ear. :-)

... or those with one defective speaker ...

But seriously, I think most mono recordings from the 1950's sound great, but those Columbia engineers made great stereo sound. They're trying to milk the collectors to the last drop.

And they appear to be successful. They wouldn't go on releasing Miles sets if they weren't.

The folks at Sony are at least imaginative, to come up with all of these variations of the same material.

Too bad they aren't imaginative enough to record worthwhile new music and sell it.

Edited September 5, 2013 by paul secor

[mikeweil]

I wonder what source they'll use for Kind of Blue. According to Steve Hoffman the mono mastertape does no longer exist.

In this case it wouldn't make much sense, mixing it down to a new mono version. Oh well ..... I have enough Miles in my collection for the rest of my life, anyway.

[king ubu]

Well, maybe there's some second generation or safety thing or whatever ... original tapes are lost all too often anyway, it seems.