Miles Davis: The Complete Columbia Album Collection

The Complete Columbia Album Collection
Box set by
Miles Davis
ReleasedNovember 24, 2009
Recorded1949–1989
GenreJazz
Length62 hours
LabelSony Legacy
ProducerDaniel Baumgarten, Richard Seidet
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]

Miles Davis: The Complete Columbia Album Collection is a box set by jazz musician Miles Davis, released in 2009. It contains all the official releases on the Columbia Records label. The box set consists of 70 CDs and 1 DVD.[2]

Contents

The box set contains fifty-two albums on seventy CDs spanning Davis' career on Columbia Records from 1949 to 1989. All albums feature their original tracklists, while some use various deluxe reissue tracklists when available. A few albums received never-before-released bonus tracks. It also includes a never-before-released CD of the full Isle of Wight 1970 concert, a bonus DVD of the Miles Davis Quintet performing live in Europe in 1967. It also contains a 250-page book with annotations on every album and a biographical essay by magazine editor Frederic Goaty. Since this covers everything that Columbia owns, several albums from the early stages and the later stage of Davis' career are not included. This includes everything released by Prestige Records from 1951 to 1960, which is 12 10" records, and 9 full albums. Also missing is the short-lived Warner Bros. contract Miles had from 1986 to 1991, ending with his death. This includes the praised Tutu and Amandla, as well as 3 others. (One Warner Bros. album, Rubberband, was not released until about 10 years after this set came out.)

The albums were ordered in the box set by time of recording (as opposed to album release date); this order is reflected in the list below. All albums were newly remastered in 2009 for supreme sound quality.

Disc # Album # Album Year Version
Disc 1 No. 1 In Paris Festival International de Jazz, May 1949 ae 1977 Original 1977 Mono Mix
Disc 2 No. 2 'Round About Midnight f 1957 Original 1957 Mono Mix
Disc 3 No. 3 Circle in the Round c 1979 Original 1979 Stereo Mix
Disc 4
Disc 5 No. 4 Miles Ahead f 1957 1996 True Stereo Mix
Disc 6 No. 5 Milestones f 1958 2000 True Stereo Mix
Disc 7 No. 6 1958 Miles ce 1974
Disc 8 No. 7 At Newport 1958 a 1964 1994 True Stereo Mix
Disc 9 No. 8 Porgy and Bess f 1959 1996 True Stereo Mix
Disc 10 No. 9 Jazz at the Plaza a 1973 2000 True Stereo Mix
Disc 11 No. 10 Kind of Blue f 1959 1997 Stereo Mix
Disc 12 No. 11 Sketches of Spain f 1960 1996 Stereo Mix
Disc 13 No. 12 Directions c 1981 Original 1981 Stereo Mix
Disc 14
Disc 15 No. 13 Someday My Prince Will Come f 1961 1999 Stereo Mix
Disc 16 No. 14 In Person Friday Night at the Blackhawk af 1961 2003 Stereo Mix
Disc 17
Disc 18 No. 15 In Person Saturday Night at the Blackhawk af
Disc 19
Disc 20 No. 16 Carnegie Hall af 1962 1998 Mono Mix
Disc 21
Disc 22 No. 17 Quiet Nights e 1963 2009 Stereo Mix
Disc 23 No. 18 Seven Steps to Heaven f 2004 Stereo Mix
Disc 24 No. 19 In Europe af 1964 2005 Mono Mix
Disc 25 No. 20 My Funny Valentine a 1965 2004 Stereo Mix
Disc 26 No. 21 'Four' and More af 1966
Disc 27 No. 22 Miles in Tokyo af 1969 Original 1969 Stereo Mix
Disc 28 No. 23 Miles in Berlin af 1965 2004 Mono Mix
Disc 29 No. 24 E.S.P. 1965 1998 Stereo Mix
Disc 30 No. 25 Plugged Nickel, Vol. 1 and 2 ae 1976 1995 Stereo Mix
Disc 31
Disc 32 No. 26 Miles Smiles 1967 1998 Stereo Mix
Disc 33 No. 27 Sorcerer f
Disc 34 No. 28 Nefertiti f 1968
Disc 35 No. 29 Water Babies f 1976
Disc 36 No. 30 Miles in the Sky f 1968 1998 Stereo Mix / 1993 Stereo Mix
Disc 37 No. 31 Filles de Kilimanjaro f Original 1968 Stereo Mix
Disc 38 No. 32 In a Silent Way 1969 Original 1969 Stereo Mix
Disc 39 No. 33 Bitches Brew f 1970 Original 1970 Stereo Mix
Disc 40
Disc 41 No. 34 Big Fun cf 1974 Original 1974 Stereo Mix
Disc 42
Disc 43 No. 35 Jack Johnson 1971 2005 Stereo Mix
Disc 44 No. 36 Live at the Fillmore East: It's About That Time a 2001 Original 2001 Stereo Mix
Disc 45
Disc 46 No. 37 Black Beauty a 1973 Original 1973 Stereo Mix
Disc 47
Disc 48 No. 38 At Fillmore a 1970 Original 1970 Stereo Mix
Disc 49
Disc 50 No. 39 Isle of Wight ad 2009 Original 2009 Stereo Mix
Disc 51 No. 40 Live-Evil bf 1971 Original 1971 Stereo Mix
Disc 52
Disc 53 No. 41 On the Corner 1972 Original 1972 Stereo Mix
Disc 54 No. 42 In Concert a 1973 Original 1973 Stereo Mix
Disc 55
Disc 56 No. 43 Dark Magus a 1977 Original 1977 Stereo Mix
Disc 57
Disc 58 No. 44 Get Up with It c 1974 Original 1974 Stereo Mix
Disc 59
Disc 60 No. 45 Agharta a 1975 Original 1975 Stereo Mix
Disc 61
Disc 62 No. 46 Pangaea a 1976 Original 1976 Stereo Mix
Disc 63
Disc 64 No. 47 The Man with the Horn 1981 Original 1981 Stereo Mix
Disc 65 No. 48 We Want Miles ae 1982 Original 1982 Stereo Mix
Disc 66
Disc 67 No. 49 Star People 1983 Original 1983 Stereo Mix
Disc 68 No. 50 Decoy 1984 Original 1984 Stereo Mix
Disc 69 No. 51 You're Under Arrest 1985 Original 1985 Stereo Mix
Disc 70 No. 52 Aura f 1989 Original 1989 Stereo Mix
DVD No. 53 Live at Europe 1967 2009 Original 2009 DVD Stereo Mix
^a This album is a live recording.

^b This album is partially a live recording.

^c This album is a compilation album.

^d This album is exclusive to the box set and was never released before.

^e This album has been expanded exclusively for this box set.

^f This album includes bonus tracks included on previous reissues.

Bonus tracks and expansions

  • In Paris Festival International de Jazz, May 1949 is released for the first time on CD outside of Japan and includes two never-released bonus tracks, "The Squirrel" and "Lover Man".
  • 'Round About Midnight features the bonus tracks included on the 2001 reissue ("Little Melonae", "Budo", "Sweet Sue, Just You"), and also including the first alternate take of "Two Bass Hit", at around 7:00, not released anywhere else.
  • Circle in the Round is unchanged.
  • Miles Ahead features 4 previously released alternate takes: "Springsville", "Miles Ahead" (labelled at "Blues for Pablo"), "The Meaning of the Blues / Lament", and "I Don't Wanna Be Kissed (by Anyone but You)".
  • Milestones features 3 previously released alternate takes: a second "Two Bass Hit", "Milestones" and "Straight, No Chaser".
  • 1958 Miles features 1 previously released alternate take: "Fran-Dance". However, it does not include the 1958 show at The Plaza Hotel on the original release.
  • At Newport 1958 is unchanged.
  • Porgy and Bess featured 2 previously released alternate takes: "I Loves You, Porgy" and "Gone".
  • Jazz at the Plaza is unchanged.
  • Kind of Blue features 1 previously released alternate take: "Flamenco Sketches".
  • Sketches of Spain features 2 previously released alternate takes: "Concierto de Aranjuez" (Part 1) and "Concierto de Aranjuez" (Part 2).
  • Directions is unchanged.
  • Someday My Prince Will Come features 1 previously released alternate take: "Someday My Prince Will Come".
  • Friday Night and Saturday Night at the Blackhawk both contain the full Blackhawk shows, previously released.
  • At Carnegie Hall contains the full Carnegie Hall, previously released.
  • Quiet Nights features two unreleased tracks: "Blue Xmas (To Whom It May Concern)", and "Devil May Care".
  • Seven Steps to Heaven features 1 previously released alternate take: "So Near, So Far" and 1 previously released outtake: "Summer Night".
  • In Europe features 1 previously released track not on the original LP: "I Thought About You".
  • My Funny Valentine is unchanged.
  • 'Four' and More separates the announcements and versions of "The Theme" with the rest of the tune it's attached to.
  • Miles in Tokyo is unchanged.
  • Miles in Berlin features 1 previously released track not on the original LP: "Stella by Starlight".
  • E.S.P. is unchanged.
  • At Plugged Nickel, Chicago features the original track listing of the LP but the unedited versions of the songs included, unlike any other reissue.
  • Miles Smiles is unchanged.
  • Sorcerer features 2 previously released alternate takes: "Masqualero" and "Limbo".
  • Nefertiti features 4 previously released alternate takes: 2 of "Hand Jive", and 1 of "Madness" and "Pinocchio"
  • Water Babies features 1 previously released outtake: "Splash".
  • Miles in the Sky features 2 previously released alternate takes: "Black Comedy" and "Country Sun".
  • Filles de Kilimanjaro features 1 previously released alternate take: "Tout De Suite".
  • In a Silent Way is unchanged.
  • Bitches Brew features 1 previously released outtake: "Feio".
  • Big Fun features the more complete reissue version as opposed to the original LP version.
  • Jack Johnson is unchanged.
  • The last track on "Pangaea" is increased to almost 50 minutes as compared to 46 minutes on the original version.
  • "Agharta" is unchanged.

Production

  • Box Set Producer - Daniel Baumgarten and Richard Seidet
  • Boxset Supervision/A&R - Steve Berkowitz
  • Mastering Engineer - Mark Wilder and Maria at Battery Studio, NYC
  • Mastering coordination - Donna Kloepfer
  • Project Direction - Adam Farber and Zak Profera
  • Archival Research - Michael Panico and Tom Tierney
  • Tape Research - Matt Kelly
  • Art Direction and Design - Bruno Lefèvre, Christophe Javault and Juliette Carrico / Objectif Lune [Paris]
  • English translation - Michelle Sommers and Diane Cousineau
  • Editorial Supervision [English translation] - Jeremy Holiday and Sheri Miller

References

  1. ^ Miles Davis: The Complete Columbia Album Collection at AllMusic
  2. ^ "The Complete Miles Davis Columbia Album Collection". Miles Davis. Sony Music Entertainment. Retrieved 12 March 2020.