Miles Davis – Birth Of The Blue (Analogue Productions)

Miles Davis — Birth of the Blue

Smash prequel to what many consider the greatest jazz record ever!

Four more songs from the pioneering ensemble that produced Miles Davis’ Kind of Blue!

Modal jazz precursor laid groundwork for future jazz innovation!

180-gram vinyl

Mastered by Matthew Lutthans at The Mastering Lab from a new 30 ips quarter-inch stereo master tape transferred from the original 3-track session tapes

Plated and pressed at Quality Record Pressings for flawless production and superior fidelity!

Stoughton Printing Old Style tip-on gatefold heavyweight jacket with scuff-resistant matte finish

“This session — recorded within the confines of Columbia’s 30th Street Studio in New York City on May 26, 1958 — captures the sextet in a free-flowing, exploratory mode, akin to a spontaneous blowing session. … Our ratings for ‘Birth of the Blue’ are 10 for the Music (as comparison, ‘Kind of Blue’ is a stone-cold 11), and 10 for the Sound. We suggest you indulge in the ‘Birth of the Blue’ LP for its loose-knit renditions of American songbook classics. Savor the breathtaking solos that showcase one of the greatest jazz ensembles ever assembled, their artistry in full bloom.” — Music = 10/11; Sound = 10/11 — Ken Micallef, AnalogPlanet.com, Jan. 17, 2025. Read the entire review here.

“This session deserves to stand alone and not be mixed up with a bunch of other stuff. … The goal here was to give you the spread as seen in the 30th street studio when the recording was produced as the musicians stood before the microphones. The sound is ‘you are there’ superb as the 30th street studio most always delivered and of course hearing this group play for the first time ‘as one’ is exhilarating, especially having the tracks correctly assembled on a single LP.” — Music = 10/11; Sound = 10/11 — Michael Fremer, TrackingAngle.com. Read the entire review here.

“It’s stunning. It’s absolutely beautiful music … honestly, if you think of it as a companion piece, a prequel — that’s exactly what it is. … the fact that it sounds most like the 45 RPM UHQR, and bear in mind this costs $40, … it’s got to be one of the bargains of the century.” — Dave Denyer, YouTube video

“Just to hear this group, like probably what you would hear at a concert — that’s a revelation in itself — in high fidelity, with really, really great sonics. … Much better than any of the (other compilations). … this gets the thumbs up from me.” — Ken Micallef, Jazz Vinyl Audiophile, YouTube video

Miles Davis’s Kind of Blue was the number-one jazz album in history. It totaled five songs. There are four more songs from that same historic group, recorded in the same time period and at the same studio. And here they are. These songs deserve to stand on their own with artwork to highlight the quality of the music and that matches the time period of the recording. This is a rare opportunity to have a smash follow-up to what many consider the greatest jazz record ever!

Format : Vinyl Record

1 Lp