MILES DAVIS 'WATER BABIES' RARE ORIGINAL UK ACETATE LP
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Miles Davis – Water Babies – CBS Records Original double sided ACETATE pressing 1970s
Vinyl is in shiny VG+ condition with some surface marks that do not affect play greatly. Some occasional background noise which is part of an acetate’s lifespan…
Plain white with the name of the artist and album title written in biro
Musicians: Miles Davis – Trumpet, Wayne Shorter – Sax, Herbie Hancock – Piano, Ron Carter – Bass, Tony Williams – Drums, Dave Holland – Bass, Chick Corea – Electric Piano
Tracklist: Water Babies, Capricorn, Sweet Pea, Two Faced, Dual Mr. Anthony Tillmon Williams Process
Scarce & collectable English ACETATE pressing from the 1970s of this Miles Davis Classic! Water Babies was one of the first albums to be released durings Miles's retirement in the late 70s. Columbia was digging through the archives and they packaged together two very different sessions. The first three tracks are from June 1967 and feature the 2nd Great Quintet (Miles, Wayne Shorter, Herbie Hancock, Ron Carter, and Tony Williams). All 3 themes are by Shorter, and feature the same dry, exploratory style that this group perfected on its other LPs. If you like the albums Sorcerer and Nefertiti, you'll enjoy this stuff as well. (Wayne also recorded "Capricorn", "Sweet Pea" and "Water Babies" on his own album, Super Nova.) The next two tracks were recorded in November 1968. By this time Dave Holland had replaced Carter on bass. Chick Corea and Herbie Hancock both play electric piano, giving the music a similar feel to Filles de Kilimanjaro though it doesn't match that album's excellence. "Two Faced" is a haunting Shorter composition that runs for 18 minutes and features beautiful playing by Wayne and Miles. "Dual Mr. Anthony..." is a typical late 60s boogaloo -- funky, a little heavy on the cheese factor and not really distinctive except for Tony Williams's explosive drumming and Wayne Shorter's fierce blowing. I really cannot stress how unusual it is to find an item this old and rare in such wonderful condition. This really will be the finest copy you’ve ever seen!
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