Miles Davis: The Complete Columbia Album Collection
Introduction '''''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.
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''  1977 Original 1977 Mono Mix Disc 2 No. 2 '''Round About Midnight''  1957 Original 1957 Mono Mix Disc 3 No. 3 ''Circle in the Round''  1979 Original 1979 Stereo Mix Disc 4 Disc 5 No. 4 ''Miles Ahead''  1957 1996 True Stereo Mix Disc 6 No. 5 ''Milestones''  1958 2000 True Stereo Mix Disc 7 No. 6 ''1958 Miles''  1974 Disc 8 No. 7 ''At Newport 1958''  1964 1994 True Stereo Mix Disc 9 No. 8 ''Porgy and Bess''  1959 1996 True Stereo Mix Disc 10  No. 9 ''Jazz at the Plaza''  1973 2000 True Stereo Mix Disc 11 No. 10 ''Kind of Blue''  1959 1997 Stereo Mix Disc 12 No. 11 ''Sketches of Spain''  1960 1996 Stereo Mix Disc 13 No. 12 ''Directions''  1981 Original 1981 Stereo Mix Disc 14 Disc 15 No. 13 ''Someday My Prince Will Come''  1961 1999 Stereo Mix Disc 16 No. 14 ''In Person Friday Night at the Blackhawk''  1961 2003 Stereo Mix Disc 17 Disc 18 No. 15 ''In Person Saturday Night at the Blackhawk''  Disc 19 Disc 20 No. 16 ''Carnegie Hall''  1962 1998 Mono Mix Disc 21 Disc 22 No. 17 ''Quiet Nights''  1963 2009 Stereo Mix Disc 23 No. 18 ''Seven Steps to Heaven''  2004 Stereo Mix Disc 24 No. 19 ''In Europe''  1964 2005 Mono Mix Disc 25 No. 20 ''My Funny Valentine''  1965 2004 Stereo Mix Disc 26 No. 21 '''Four' and More''  1966 Disc 27 No. 22 ''Miles in Tokyo''  1969 Original 1969 Stereo Mix Disc 28 No. 23 ''Miles in Berlin''  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''  1976 1995 Stereo Mix Disc 31 Disc 32 No. 26 ''Miles Smiles'' 1967 1998 Stereo Mix Disc 33 No. 27 ''Sorcerer''  Disc 34 No. 28 ''Nefertiti''  1968 Disc 35 No. 29 ''Water Babies''  1976 Disc 36 No. 30 ''Miles in the Sky''  1968 1998 Stereo Mix / 1993 Stereo Mix Disc 37 No. 31 ''Filles de Kilimanjaro''  Original 1968 Stereo Mix Disc 38 No. 32 ''In a Silent Way'' 1969 Original 1969 Stereo Mix Disc 39 No. 33 ''Bitches Brew''  1970 Original 1970 Stereo Mix Disc 40 Disc 41  No. 34 ''Big Fun''  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''  2001 Original 2001 Stereo Mix Disc 45 Disc 46 No. 37 ''Black Beauty''  1973 Original 1973 Stereo Mix Disc 47 Disc 48 No. 38 ''At Fillmore''  1970 Original 1970 Stereo Mix Disc 49 Disc 50 No. 39 ''Isle of Wight''  2009 Original 2009 Stereo Mix Disc 51 No. 40 ''Live-Evil''  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''  1973 Original 1973 Stereo Mix Disc 55 Disc 56 No. 43 ''Dark Magus''  1977 Original 1977 Stereo Mix Disc 57 Disc 58 No. 44 ''Get Up with It''  1974 Original 1974 Stereo Mix Disc 59 Disc 60 No. 45 ''Agharta''  1975 Original 1975 Stereo Mix Disc 61 Disc 62 No. 46 ''Pangaea''  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''  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''  1989 Original 1989 Stereo Mix DVD No. 53 Live at Europe 1967 2009 Original 2009 DVD Stereo Mix
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
External links *  Information page in www.kind-of-blue.de*