Miles Davis’ lost album “Rubberband” set for release

[ghost of miles]

I already have several tracks from the original sessions that were included in a Miles Warner Bros era collection—and a little wary of how it’s been “finished,” but I’ll probably pick it up regardless:

Miles Davis’ Rubberband set for release

[erwbol]

Count me out. I don't own any of the Warner albums.

[BFrank]

6 hours ago, erwbol said:

Count me out. I don't own any of the Warner albums.

I don't see getting it, either. Never was very interested in the Warner years.

[Gheorghe]

I remember Miles played some tunes from that period during the live shows. "Maze" I think he played on many occasions.

I had bought all the Warner Brothers albums when they came out, and went to all the shows when Miles was in town.

But 30 years later I must admit it wasn´t something made for me to last forever.

I have records that I bought when I was a teenager and still listen to them, and bought frequently new records, but if I spinned the Warner Brothers Albums more than 5 - 10 times after purchasing then, I might be very surprised.

Maybe I listened a bit more to "Siesta" for a period since I liked the spanish feeling, Tutu let´s say the theme song has it strong quality, but much of the rest the the album just bored me.

I spinned "Dingo" maybe 2 times, and "Doop bop" 1 time.....

 

[JSngry]

Amandala's a bad sonufagun, don't overlook it.

But this Rubberband thing...sounds like the type of thing I'll look to pick up as a cheap used promo copy or something. Started in a fit of contractual pique, soon abandoned for much better things (sorry, but Side 1 of Tutu is a masterpiece, and people who are stuck only having heard it on CD might have no idea what that means in terms of real time impact), what are they rebuilding here? This ain't gonna be Panthalessa, or even Big Fun. I like Ledisi well enough, but she should be doing her own thing, Same thing for Lalah Hathaway, although left to my own devices, I'll go to Loleatta Holloway.

That Dingo, thing, though, that's a sad sack o' shit. And not necessarily because of Miles.

[felser]

1 hour ago, JSngry said:

Same thing for Lalah Hathaway, although left to my own devices, I'll go to Loleatta Holloway.

Left to my own devices, I'll go to Lalah's father and Loleatta's big sister, though Lalah and especially Loleatta do each have their own merits.

[JSngry]

9 minutes ago, felser said:

...Loleatta's big sister...

who is that?

[jazzbo]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenya_Hathaway

 

[JSngry]

What does Kenya Hathaway have to do with Loleatta Holloway?

I thought maybe felser was referring to Brenda Holloway, but there's no relation there.

This is all getting confusing, the record's probably going to be good-enough but totally non-Miles-y. and it's Friday. Time for a nap!

[soulpope]

3 hours ago, Gheorghe said:

I remember Miles played some tunes from that period during the live shows. "Maze" I think he played on many occasions.

I had bought all the Warner Brothers albums when they came out, and went to all the shows when Miles was in town.

But 30 years later I must admit it wasn´t something made for me to last forever.

I have records that I bought when I was a teenager and still listen to them, and bought frequently new records, but if I spinned the Warner Brothers Albums more than 5 - 10 times after purchasing then, I might be very surprised.

Maybe I listened a bit more to "Siesta" for a period since I liked the spanish feeling, Tutu let´s say the theme song has it strong quality, but much of the rest the the album just bored me.

I spinned "Dingo" maybe 2 times, and "Doop bop" 1 time.....

 

Same effect with me .... though still have a weak spot for Miles playing "Time After Time" .....

[jazzbo]

17 minutes ago, JSngry said:

What does Kenya Hathaway have to do with Loleatta Holloway?

 

Nothing. You're not the one confused.

[JSngry]

Well, I wish that were the case, but...Kenya is Lalah's younger sister (unless Wikipedia's is confused, and that's always a theoretical possibility)...so who is Loleatta Holloway's older sister that falser is talking about?

Let's remove the confusion and focus on what might well be the greatest disco record ever (from an outfit that made a lot of the worst disco records ever!):

 

 

 

[felser]

1 hour ago, JSngry said:

who is that?

My mistake, Brenda's little sister was Patrice, not Loleatta.

 

Edited June 14, 2019 by felser

[ghost of miles]

I realize most here are not fans of Miles' Warner Bros era (and it's certainly not my favorite, though it's grown on me considerably in recent years), but for anybody wanting to dip their toes into it, here's a Night Lights show:

Final Miles: Miles Davis On Warner Brothers

[JSngry]

 

The plot thickens...

[felser]

BTW, Brenda and Patrice Holloway wrote "You've Made Me So Very Happy" as well as recording it.   She was a great lost opportunity for Motown (some of it her own doing, apparently).  Some wonderful material by her left in the can.

[Teasing the Korean]

That 1985 date scares me. 

[soulpope]

15 minutes ago, felser said:

BTW, Brenda and Patrice Holloway wrote "You've Made Me So Very Happy" as well as recording it.   She was a great lost opportunity for Motown (some of it her own doing, apparently).  Some wonderful material by her left in the can.

Yep ....

[BFrank]

I never saw Miles until the Warner years (and glad I did!), but was never much interested in buying any of the albums. I should probably check out a couple of the ones suggested here.

Picture taken at Berkeley's Zellerbach Auditorium Aug 1, 1982

[Rooster_Ties]

4 hours ago, Teasing the Korean said:

That 1985 date scares me. 

I at least half-concur with that.  When I moved to DC 8 years ago, and had to get rid of half my CD's -- 90% of my post-70's Miles CD's didn't survive the move.  I think(?) the only thing I kept was Aura, and maybe Miles & Quincy (not sure about that one).  As much as I dug and still mostly dig Tutu and Amandla, I just couldn't keep so damn much stuff (because of space, having moved into a 630 sq-ft 1BR apartment, for my wife and me).

I think I went from like 7,500 CD's, down to 3,500 (or something like that).  I have every Miles Columbia metal-spine box, and every "bootleg series" and 20 other one-off CD's -- so I figured something had to go (yes, even Miles) -- and it was practically all of Miles 80's/90's output that done went.  As often as I listened to it, I can stream it off YouTube if I really ever wanted to listen to those tunes again.

I will gladly listen to this new Rubberband disc, via streaming.  And if I find a cheap promo-CD of it sometime, I'll be temped.  But I can't imagine keeping it more than 5-10 years -- at some point, it'll have to go to.

[Teasing the Korean]

2 hours ago, Rooster_Ties said:

I at least half-concur with that.  When I moved to DC 8 years ago, and had to get rid of half my CD's -- 90% of my post-70's Miles CD's didn't survive the move.  I think(?) the only thing I kept was Aura, and maybe Miles & Quincy (not sure about that one).  As much as I dug and still mostly dig Tutu and Amandla, I just couldn't keep so damn much stuff (because of space, having moved into a 630 sq-ft 1BR apartment, for my wife and me).

I think I went from like 7,500 CD's, down to 3,500 (or something like that).  I have every Miles Columbia metal-spine box, and every "bootleg series" and 20 other one-off CD's -- so I figured something had to go (yes, even Miles) -- and it was practically all of Miles 80's/90's output that done went.  As often as I listened to it, I can stream it off YouTube if I really ever wanted to listen to those tunes again.

I will gladly listen to this new Rubberband disc, via streaming.  And if I find a cheap promo-CD of it sometime, I'll be temped.  But I can't imagine keeping it more than 5-10 years -- at some point, it'll have to go to.

The older I get and the more records I accumulate, I tend to want the best albums by a wider range of artists, rather than everything by my favorite artists. 

[JSngry]

Look, 1985 was terrifying, and for many reasons. But Miles was not one of them.

[erwbol]

I listened to Amandla last night. A nice 80s pop album. Nothing more. Calling side A of Tutu a masterpiece is just one man's opinion. I think I'd rather own a copy of Amandla on CD.

Edited June 15, 2019 by erwbol

[sidewinder]

The last time I caught Miles and co. live in 1990 they played material from ‘Amandla’ and also some of the Rubberband stuff I think. Witnessed live, it came across stronger than on CD/LP.

[David Ayers]

I like the sample track.