MILES DAVIS PANGAEA RARE 1975 JAPANESE LIVE LP AUDIOPHI
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MILES DAVIS~PANGAEA~RARE 1975 JAPANESE LIVE LP~AUDIOPHILE JAZZ/FUNK/PSYCH~PANGEA
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Miles Davis "Pangaea" Label: CBS/Sony – SOPZ 97 Country: Japan Released: 1975
ORIGINAL 2 LP SET RECORDED AND RELEASED IN JAPAN IN THE MID-1970s. HEAVYWEIGHT, STIFF GATEFOLD COVER IS IN VG++ CONDITION WITH LIGHT RINGWEAR AND OTHER WEAR TO THE EDGES. VINYL IS NEAR MINT AND APPEARS TO BE UNPLAYED.
VERY RARE LP WHICH DOESN'T APPEAR FOR AUCTION VERY OFTEN.
This is the second of two performances from February 1975 at the Osaka Festival Hall in Japan. This is the evening show; the Columbia release Agharta was the afternoon show. Pangaea is comprised of two tracks, "Zimbabwe" and "Gondwana." Each is divided into two parts. The band here is comprised of Sonny Fortune on saxophones, Pete Cosey (who also played synth) and Reggie Lucas on guitars, Michael Henderson on bass, Al Foster on drums, James Mtume on percussion, and Davis on trumpet and organ. The band, no doubt inspired by their amazing performance earlier in the day, comes out swinging, and I mean like Muhammad Ali, not Benny Goodman. This is a take-no-prisoners set. Davis seems to be pushing an agenda of "What the hell is melody and harmony? And bring on the funk -- and while you're at it, Pete, play the hell outta that guitar. More drums!" If there is anything that's consistent in this free-for-all, as everybody interacts with everyone else in an almighty dirty groove & roll while improv is at an all-time high, it's the rhythmic, or should we emphasize "polyrhythmic," invention. Mtume and Foster are monstrous in moving this murky jam session along ("Zimbabwe" is one set, and "Gondwana" is the second of the evening) some surreal lines. When Cosey's not ripping the pickups out of his guitar, he's adding his hands to various percussion instruments in the pursuit of the all-powerful Miles Davis' inflected voodoo funk. And while it's true that this set is as relentless as the Agharta issue, it's not quite as successful, though it's plenty satisfying. The reason is simple: the dynamic and dramatic tensions of the afternoon session could never have been replicated, they were based on all conditions being right. Here, while the moods and textures are carried and the flow is quite free, the dramatic tension is not as present; the mood is not quite so dark. And while the playing of certain individuals here may be better than it is on Agharta, the band's playing isn't quite at that level. That said, this is still an essential Miles Davis live record and will melt your mind just as easily as Agharta. People would complain on this tour that Davis played with his back to the audience a lot -- Lester Bangs went so far as to say he hated his guts for it. But if you were this focused on creating a noise so hideously beautiful from thin air, you might not have time to socialize either.
Tracklist? A Zimbabwe Part I 20:25 B Zimbabwe Part II 21:13 C Gondwana Part I 23:23 D Gondwana Part II 23:57 Credits? Bass [Fender] – Michael Henderson Congas, Percussion, Percussion [Water Drum], Electronics [Rhythm Box] – James Mtume Drums – Al Foster Engineer – Tomoo Suzuki Guitar – Reggie Lucas Guitar, Synthesizer, Percussion – Pete Cosey Producer – Teo Macero Soprano Saxophone, Alto Saxophone, Flute – Sonny Fortune Trumpet, Organ – Miles Davis
Notes? Recorded live at Osaka Festival Hall, Japan, Evening, February 1, 1975.
The image included with the auction is a scan of the actual item but, due to size limitations of the scanner, the edges of the item may have been cropped.
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MINT = like new or near new with only one or two small insignificant defects, a 9 or better on a 1-10 scale
EXCELLENT = Would be Near Mint, except for a couple of light hairlines or scuffs, which do not affect play
VG++ = still a very nice record with all or nearly all of its original gloss but may have a few more light, surface marks, hairlines, needle tracks or the like which should not materially affect play
VG+ = a nice, but used record that may have a series of light scuffs or scratches. It probably plays with a few pops, but has no serious problems.
VG = a well-used record that still should sound OK when played, but may have moderate surface noise, pops, etc.
VG- = a very well-worn record that plays through without skipping, but will do until a better copy comes along.
Good = not actually good at all but probably will play through but with much in the way of surface noise, pops, crackles, etc. Still, will have no cracks, chips or the like
Fair = you’re getting this record just to own but not to play
Poor = the sky’s the limit, generally I will discard a record this bad (and sell the cover, jacket or sleeve alone) unless the label holds some particular interest
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