MILES DAVIS+SONNY ROLLINS BIRDLAND 2/17/'51 ULTRA-RARE ORIG BROADCAST ACETATE LP

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·       MILES DAVIS with J.J. Johnson, Sonny Rollins, Art Blakey, Tommy Potter, and Kenny Drew - MILES DAVIS AT BIRDLAND 2/17/1951 - UNKNOWN AND UNDOCUMENTED, ALMOST CERTAINLY UNRELEASED MID-'50s RADIO BROADCAST ACETATE  (NO DISCERNIBLE LABEL; NO NUMBER)  [NOTE: HANWRITTEN TITLES ON THE LABEL MISIDENTIFY TRACK TITLED 'EVANCE' AS 'EVANS'; THIS IS NOT AN INDICATOR OF BILL EVANS PRESENCE ON THIS RECORDING]

** ULTRA-RARE (ONE-OF-A-KIND?)  ACETATE (REFERENCE PRESSING) **

·       PLAIN WHITE, GENERIC LABEL WITH TYPEWRITTEN LABELS

·       COURTESY OF THE PREVIOUS OWNER, THE WINNING BIDDER GETS TO RECEIVE A FULL, NEATLY TYPEWRITTEN TRANSCRIPT OF THE CONCERT AND RADIO ANNOUNCEMENTS, AUDIENCE BANTER AND CHITCHAT BETWEEN THE ANNOUNCER AND THE PUBLIC (PLEASE SEE THE ATTACHED IMAGE).

·       THIS IS THE ORIGINAL, AUTHENTIC, FIRST U.S. PRESSING; THIS IS NOT A REISSUE, AN IMPORT, OR A COUNTERFEIT PRESSING.

·       THIS ACETATE COMES IN ITS PLAIN, WHITE,  GENERIC COVER

·       CLEAN, WEAR-FREE TYPEWRITTEN LABELS

·       COPYRIGHT NOTICE: THIS TITLE IS BEING OFFERED FOR SALE AS IT IS DEEMED TO BE (OR HAVE BEEN) PUBLICLY AND COMMERCIALLY AVAILABLE (ALTHOUGH IN A VARIETY OF FORMS AND FORMATS) AND, AS SUCH, EXPRESSLY AUTHORIZED BY THE ARTIST, HIS ESTATE OR HIS AGENT(S). IF YOU ARE THE OWNER OF THE COPYRIGHT AND HAVE QUESTIONS, COMMENTS OR DOUBTS, PLEASE CONTACT US DIRECTLY THROUGH EBAY.

·       As far as we know, this album has NEVER been available on legitimate Compact Disc or in any other way, manner or format.

 (►PLEASE SEE THE IMAGE OF THE COVER, LABEL OR BOTH, SHOWN BELOW)

(Note: this is a REAL image of the ACTUAL item you are bidding on. This is NOT a "recycled" image from our previous auction. What you see is what you’ll get.  GUARANTEED!)

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OK, folks, here's what we know about this incredible, APPARENTLY OFFICIALLY UNRELEASED UNTIL2004  Miles Davis album.

Read on:

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These ten (six on this acetate -- op.aut.)  tracks, taken from radio broadcasts from the legendary Birdland in 1951, represent a particularly fruitful period in Miles Davis' development as a bandleader. There are three different broadcasts included here; two comprising six cuts in total were from June and September and have been issued in various forms on bootlegs over the decades. Four cuts, however, taken from a broadcast on February 17, have never been available in any form and it is these as well the marginally better fidelity of the entire set that makes this worth owning for Miles freaks -- and only Miles freaks. The sextet on the February and June dates included J.J. Johnson, Sonny Rollins, Art Blakey, Tommy Potter, and Kenny Drew. In September, Charles Mingus, Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis, Billy Taylor, and Big Nick Nicholas joined Davis and Blakey (note: this acetate only has tracks with Sonny Rollins and Kenny Drew, but does NOT contain tracks with Charles Mingus and Billy Taylor -- op. aut). The fidelity here is listed on the sleeve as "primitive." That's a nice way to say it sucks bad. These are better than Charlie Parker's Dean Benedetti recordings, but not by much. Soundwise, the best that can be said is that one can hear all of the instruments. The performances, however, particularly as delineated in the three different versions of the cut "Move," are stellar. They are inspired, furious, and cutting. Rollins outdoes himself in the June performance of the cut, and the latter band transforms it entirely. For the record, it is the only duplicate selection. Also, the live version of "Tempus Fugit," with its knotty head and punched-up rhythm, is revelatory in the manner of arrangement for those days and points a solid direction for the immediate future -- check the tempos and structure of the solo breaks on the September session for evidence. While this set is exclusively for those Miles fans who have to have absolutely everything, it is nonetheless worth it for those who have the bootlegs because of the heightened fidelity and the new session.

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PLEASE NOTE: THIS ACETATE APPARENTLY NEVER HAD A CUSTOM COVER;  THE ALBUM WILL BE SHIPPED IN A PLAIN, GENERIC [WHITE] CARDBOARD COVER. ACETATES AND REFERENCE PRESSINGS ARE RARELY – IF EVER – FOUND IN CUSTOM (STOCK) COVERS.

While this acetate is in a BEAUTIFUL state of preservation, we do expect bidders to understand that the aluminum-based, shellac-coated acetates can never be graded by using the exact, same stringent standards used by collectors for modern long-play, hi-fi LPs or singles. The buyer – if not familiar with acetate (reference) recordings - should be cautioned that these discs were intended for brief, limited use only; they were meant to be played only a few times, then discarded or destroyed. In view of this, the surface layer of the disc is manufactured in such a manner that it will wear off pretty quickly, even under normal conditions -- and specially if not handled with due care. Each subsequent playing increases wear and tear of the disc’s surface layer and diminishes the disc’s playability. This disc appears to have been unplayed recently and the grooves are still well-formed and fully visible.

This acetate is in about NEAR MINT (NM) condition, with some minor, superficial scuffs. Absolutely NO part of the shellac (surface layer) of the disc is  missing, and the surface layer is NOT dented, chipped, broken or otherwise compromised.

ON A SCALE FROM 1-10 (where 10 is the best), WE GRADE RECORD AS 8.1/2 TO 9

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·       COVER : This acetate comes without any custom jacket, and will be shipped in a plain, generic, white cardboard cover.

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