MILES DAVIS "STEAMIN' WITH MILES DAVIS QUINTET"

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                                                  MILES DAVIS "STEAMIN' WITH THE MILES DAVIS QUINTET"
"ULTIMATE AUDIOPHILE PRESTIGE MONO REISSUES FROM ANALOGUE PRODUCTIONS. SOME OF THE MOST COLLECTIBLE, RAREST AND BEST SOUNDING RUDY VAN GELDER RECORDINGS EVER MADE. ALL CUT FROM THE ANALOG ORIGINAL MASTER TAPES BY KEVIN GRAY. PRESSED AT QUALITY RECORD PRESSINGS AND PLATED BY GARY SALSTROM. THIS SET IS A SOLD-OUT, LIMITED EDITION OF 250 NUMBERED COPIES--THIS IS #66."
"ALL OF THE STYLISTIC ELEMENTS THAT MADE MILES DAVIS' 1956 QUINTET ONE OF THE IMMORTAL BANDS IN JAZZ HISTORY ARE ON DISPLAY IN THIS COLLECTION. "SURREY WITH THE FRINGE ON TOP" AND "DIANE" ARE MEDIUM-TEMPO STANDARDS THAT HIGHLIGHT THE CONTRAST BETWEEN THE LEADER'S HARMON-MUTED HORN, THE EXPLORATIONS OF JOHN COLTRANE'S TENOR SAX AND RED GARLAND'S SPARKLING PIANO. "SALT PEANUTS" AND "WELL, YOU NEEDN'T" EACH A MODERN JAZZ CLASSIC, ALLOW FOR INTENSE SWINGING OVER THE BEAT OF PAUL CHAMBERS' BASS AND PHILLY JOE JONES DRUMS. AND "SOMETHING I DREAMED LAST NIGHT" AND WHEN I FALL IN LOVE" GIVE US VULNERABLE BALLAD PLAYING BY DAVIS THAT REMAINS UNSURPASSED."
"ANALOGUE PRODUCTIONS HAS CONTINUED TO PUSH ITS OWN ALREADY HIGH BAR HIGHER STILL. ITS QUALITY RECORD PRESSINGS PLANT IS DELIVERING THE BEST VINYL DISCS TO BE FOUND, ITS JACKETS AND COVER REPRODUCTION QUALITY HAVE HIT NEW LEVELS, AND IT CONTINUES TO HAVE THE BEST IN THE BIZ-SUCH AS KEVIN GRAY FOR THIS SERIES (25 MONO LP'S FROM THE PRESTIGE LABEL'S EXCEPTIONAL LATE-50'S RUN) CUT LACQUERS FROM ORIGINAL ANALOG MASTER TAPES...STEAMIN' IS THE WARMEST SOUNDING OF THE LOT, WITH WONDERFUL TEXTURES AND DETAIL. IT ALSO HAS THE MOST RELAXED AND EASY FEELING OF THESE TITLES, EVEN WHEN THE BAND IS SMOKING ON TUNES LIKE THE BOP CLASSIC "SALT PEANUTS." WAYNE GARCIS, THE ABSOLUTE SOUND
"THE END RESULTS ARE CONSISTENTLY ASTONISHING. AT THE CENTER OF STEAMIN', AS WITH MOST OUTINGS BY THIS BAND, ARE THE GROUP IMPROVISATIONS WHICH CONSIST OF SOLO UPON SOLO OF ARGUABLY THE SWEETEST AND OTHERWISE MOST SWINGING INTERACTIONS KNOWN TO HAVE EXISTED BETWEEN MUSICIANS...ALTHOUGH THERE IS NO ORIGINAL MATERIAL ON STEAMIN', IT MAY BEST REPRESENT THE ABILITY OF THE MILES DAVIS QUINTET TO TAKE STANDARDS AND REBUILD THEM TO SUIT THEIR QUALIFICATIONS." LINSAY PLANER, ALL MUSIC