To create the stereo Kind of Blue release, which was apparently recorded with Telefunken U-49 microphones, the prime three track tape (later discovered to be running 1.

Improvisation is an enigmatic and elusive thing, especially at the envelope-pushing level captured here, with Miles and sidemen forging ahead and abandoning the strictures of hard bop for the relative freedom of a modal approach.

Sixty years have passed; this LP bridges that time span in the best way possible, struck from the master reel of Kind of Blue, free of speed issues and replete with all the instrumental detail, sonic environment and minimal noise. That was my understanding too when I started out on this investigation, not quite where I ended up now. This entry was posted in Miles Davis and tagged Adderly misprint, Columbia matrix codes, Kind of Blue, KoB first pressing, KoB side 2 track-list misprint by LondonJazzCollector.

J. Six (or more) sets of lacquers were usually cut for any big-name artist, so the very first mastering would be 1A,1B,1C,1D,1E,and1F.On the tape none of this occurs, instead I’m left in complete suspension – losing myself completely in the essence of the performance.