Decided to try and source an early version of Kind of blue to see what the differences might be between different cd versions.

There are numerous instances where Kind of Blue reveals the influences that Miles brought with him to the sessions, as related by Francis Davis. Columbia/Legacy say they are currently selling around 20,000 a year on vinyl, as part of the “vinyl revival – the record everyone should own”. The red polka dots sleeve is associated with higher matrix codes, as is the blue perspectival stripe inner sleeve. By accepting all cookies, you agree to our use of cookies to deliver and maintain our services and site, improve the quality of Reddit, personalize Reddit content and advertising, and measure the effectiveness of advertising. First, as is well documented, the tapes are running at correct speed – something that wasn’t noticed for several years (1992 or so I believe).I found only about a hundred with good stamper information and photos of both labels, 50 mono, 50 stereo. Equally notable, Seven Steps to Heaven marks the point at which the core of Davis' Second Great Quintet started to assemble.

Like the Adderly misprint, sellers often talk it up as though something significant has been being found, like a rare penny black stamp misprint, worth millions! How this worked in practice, you can see a plant with two lacquers in play (as we found with promos), pressing one lacquer for Side 1, the other Side 2, and then vice versa. There are around 1,000 copies a year coming to auction, that would be 1% of total, not an unreasonable ballpark figure. Even for musicians of the calibre of Coltrane and Bill Evans, there’s a special unplannable magic here, where every player is utterly in the zone and in synergy. Also, a slightly curious observation: the rear cover of the original vinyl release had the titles of the two tracks on side 2 swapped around (i.The whole has a weightless and haunting quality, sustained by steady, unhurried tempos and a balance of sound that has rarely been equalled in the history of jazz recording. There's also the matter of its status as the most-referenced, and arguably, most important, jazz recording of all-time.

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Close your eyes and, no matter how many times you may have heard it before, your experience will parallel that of the players that recorded these gems.