M4U-[MILES DAVIS-Chronicle: Prestige 1951-56]-12xLP

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	$		142

DESCRIPTION ITEM: VINYL BOX SET OF LPs
ARTIST: MILES DAVIS
TITLE: Chronicle: The Complete Prestige Recordings, 1951-1956
LIMITED EDITION #: 4049 of 10000
COUNTRY PRINTED: USA
CAT No: PRESTIGE, P-102
BOX: Huge gatefold box/cover with attached 24p booklet and 12 attached sleeves for vinyl LPs. Two small tears on spine & one on bottom seam.(Grade at strong VG+ to EXCELLENT-) Comes with a gatefold cardboard slip that fits opposite to box/cover and protects the non-spine opening.
BOOKLET: 24 page boklet securely fastened to cover. (Grade at EXCELLENT+)
VINYL #1-12: (Grade at MINT) Without resorting to a microscope/magnifying glass, all 12 LPs appear to be unplayed!!!
WEIGHT WHEN PACKAGED: 4.1 kg
TRACKS:
Morpheus
Down
Blue Room - (take 1)
Blue Room - (take 2)
Whispering
I Know
Odjenar
Ezz-Thetic
Hibeck
Yesterdays
Conception
Out Of The Blue
Denial
Bluing
Dig
My Old Flame
It's Only A Paper Moon
Compulsion
Serpent's Tooth, The - (take 1)
Serpent's Tooth, The - (take 2)
'Round Midnight
Tasty Pudding
Willie The Wailer
Floppy
For Adults Only
When Lights Are Low
Tune Up
Miles Ahead
Smooch
Four
Old Devil Moon
Blue Haze
Solar
You Don't Know What Love Is
Love Me Or Leave Me
I'll Remember April
Blue 'N' Boogie
Walkin'
Airegin
Oleo
But Not For Me - (take 1)
But Not For Me - (take 2)
Doxy
Bags' Groove - (take 1)
Bags' Groove - (take 2)
Bemsha Swing
Swing Spring
Man I Love, The - (take 1)
Man I Love, The - (take 2)
I Didn't
Will You Still Be Mine?
Green Haze
I See Your Face Before Me
Night In Tunisia, A
Gal In Calico, A
Dr. Jackle
Bitty Ditty
Minor March
Changes
In Your Own Sweet Way
No Line
Vierd Blues
Stablemates
How Am I To Know?
Just Squeeze Me
There Is No Greater Love
Theme, The
S'posin'
In Your Own Sweet Way
Diane
Trane's Blues
Something I Dreamed Last Night
It Could Happen To You
Woodyn' You
Ahmad's Blues
Surrey With The Fringe On Top
It Never Entered My Mind
When I Fall In Love
Salt Peanuts
Four
Theme, The - (take 1)
Theme, The - (take 2)
If I Were A Bell
Well, You Needn't
'Round About Midnight
Half Nelson
You're My Everything
I Could Write A Book
Oleo
Airegin
Tune Up
When Lights Are Low
Blues By Five
My Funny Valentine

Approximate playing time: 551 min.

Contributing artists:
Miles Davis (trumpet, piano); Lee Konitz, Jackie McLean, David Schildkraut (alto saxophone); Sonny Rollins, Charlie Parker, Al Cohn, Zoot Sims, Lucky Thompson, John Coltrane (tenor saxophone); Bennie Green, Sonny Truitt, J.J. Johnson (trombone); Milt Jackson (vibraphone); John Lewis, Sal Mosca, Walter Bishop Jr., Charles Mingus, Horace Silver, Thelonious Monk, Red Garland, Ray Bryant, Tommy Flanagan (piano); Billy Bauer (guitar); Percy Heath, Arnold Fishkin, Tommy Potter, Leonard Gaskin, Oscar Pettiford, Paul Chambers (bass); Roy Haynes, Max Roach, Art Blakey, Philly Joe Jones, Kenny Clarke, Art Taylor (drums).

COMMENT:
Hear Miles' first tentative Prestige date from January 1951, starting with the aptly-named "Morpheus."
Hear the birth of Hard Bop, in tracks like "Walkin'."
Hear a clash of titans between Miles and Thelonious Monk, culminating in the epic "The Man I Love," complete with gaffes that can be tryly shocking to the uninitiated.
Hear Miles' first great quintet, with John Coltrane, Red Garland, Paul Chambers and Philly Joe Jones, in the complete, marathon sessions that yielded the classic albums Cookin', Relaxin, Workin' and Steamin'.

CHRONICLE: THE COMPLETE PRESTIGE RECORDINGS isn't a luxury, it's a necessity for fans of Miles Davis. Which isn't to say that listeners can't be perfectly happy with the individual OJC (Original Jazz Classics) reissues of his original recordings. It's just that when Miles first began recording, vinyl discs were moving from the 10" format to the modern 12" long playing, full length format which soon became an industry standard.
As a result, music from one session might very well be divided among several vinyl issues. So it came to pass that the famous Christmas Eve, 1954 session with Monk, Milt Jackson, Percy Heath and Kenny Clarke was split up and released on two separate discs, BAGS' GROOVE and MILES DAVIS AND THE MODERN JAZZ GIANTS. For the true devotee wishing to experience the evolution of Miles' glorious tone, CHRONICLE presents his 1951-1956 sessions in chronological order. There are two notable exceptions: his 1955 date with Mingus and Elvin Jones, BLUE MOODS (originally recorded for the bassist's Debut label) and another 1955 date (session 15, with Art Taylor, Tommy Flanagan and Sonny Rollins) are presented out of order so that you can hear the uninterrupted development of Davis' classic Coltrane-Red Garland-Paul Chambers-Philly Joe Jones Quintet. The group's final two marathon 1956 sessions fulfilled Miles' contractual commitments, allowed him to sign with Columbia and subsequently yielded WORKIN', STEAMIN', RELAXIN' and COOKIN'. CHRONICLE features Davis with some of the greatest rhythm sections in jazz on definitive performances of "Dig," "Compulsion" (with Charlie Parker and Sonny Rollins on tenor), "Four," "Walkin'" and "Swing Spring." Essential.

VINYL GRADING SYSTEM

MINT:
RECORD: New condition with no surface marks or loss of sound quality.
COVER: New condition with no surface marks, creases or wear.
NEAR MINT:
RECORD: Barely noticeable surface mark with no loss of sound quality.
COVER: Barely noticeable surface mark/ wear.
EXCELLENT:
RECORD: Some signs of being played with extremely little if no loss of sound quality.
COVER: Slight wear or creasing.
VERY GOOD:
RECORD: Obviously been played with noticeable surface marks & the occasional light scratches but exhibits no major loss of sound quality.
COVER: Noticeable wear on cover, seam or spine.
GOOD:
RECORD: Very obviously been played with very noticeable surface marks & exhibits major loss of sound quality.
COVER: Noticeable folding, scuffing of spine or edges, splits in seams or spine or fading of colour.
FAIR:
RECORD: Still just playable & exhibits considerable surface noise.
COVER: Major tears, wearing, splits & stains.
POOR:
RECORD: Will not play properly due to scratches etc.
COVER: Very badly damaged.
+(PLUS)/-(MINUS):
Slightly up or down in condition as appears in the comments above.
NOTE:
Gradings are done visually unless there appears to be a questionable surface mark on the vinyl, it is then put on the turntable to check. A comment describing the outcome will appear if this is the case.

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