MILES DAVIS KIND OF BLUE MOFI Mobile Fidelity 45RPM 2LP BOX SET Numbered Edition

	£		115
	$		152

Miles Davis - Kind of Blue 180g 45RPM 2LP Box Set - Numbered Limited Edition from Mobile Fidelity
Number 20176.
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Details of this amazing pressing:

Original pressings of Kind of Blue possess hints of magic shared by no reissue—a bit of air and sparkle at the top end tat may not have survived the aging of the tape. They also have some significant drawbacks. Clean originals fetch several hundred dollars. One side of the LP is reproduced at an uncorrected wrong tape speed. Much of the music is recorded at a low level. The bass is slightly rolled off and tonal stability, compared to the best reissues, does not fare as well. And, it remains terrifically difficult to find a copy without some surface noise.  -----  Mobile Fidelity’s two-record 45RPM set solves all these problems. Chambers’ bass goes deeper and its pitch stability is much greater. Piano sound, sometimes a bit wobbly in pitch on the original, feels more certain. However, the soundstage on the original seems a bit more coherent compared to the Mobile Fidelity, which places the instruments in a more specific location. Whether such specificity results from the original LP filling out the space around the instruments with greater detail, or from the superior pitch stability of the reissue, is debatable. For now, when I want a close listen to Kind of Blue, I’ll leave my original on the shelf and queue up the Mobile Fidelity.

The Mobile Fidelity also boasts solid packaging. The two LPs come enclosed in a handsome box containing a booklet with recording and reissue data, several session photographs not included with the original album, and a reproduction of the original liner notes. While not quite as deluxe as that associated with Mobile Fidelity’s UltraDisc One-Step reissues, the box presentation is well-conceived and durable.

Some analog fanatics prefer one or another of the Classic Records reissues from several years ago, but those long-out-of-print versions now cost as much as an original pressing. Someday, Mobile Fidelity’s release will go out of print and will also draw silly prices. For now, it’s a bargain

How does one properly introduce an epochal record? Perhaps by unequivocally stating that it is the best-selling jazz album in history. Or by affirming that, every year, it sells tens of thousands of copies more than five decades after its original release. There's also the matter of its status as the most-referenced, and arguably, most important, jazz recording of all-time. And the Dream Team lineup of Miles Davis, Cannonball Adderley, John Coltrane, Bill Evans, Wynton Kelly, Paul Chambers, and Jimmy Cobb. Yes, Kind of Blue is utterly inimitable.

Part of Mobile Fidelity's Miles Davis catalog restoration series, the landmark has been given the ultimate white-gloves treatment. Mastered from the original master tapes, and pressed on 45 RPM LPs at RTI, this sumptuous box set of the often-reissued album is a must for even fans that already possess multiple versions. Such is the illuminating transparency, reference dynamics, organic warmth, and instrumental detail exposed by the thoroughly scrupulous mastering process. If there's a stairway to heaven, this is the soundtrack.

In its three-decade-plus history, Mobile Fidelity has never been prouder to have the honor of handling efforts as important as Davis' key recordings. It's why the label's engineers took every available measure to transport listeners to the March and April 1959 sessions that parlayed modal jazz into mainstream language. The blueprint for melodic improvisation and vamping, Kind of Blue simplifies tonal organization and chordal progression into an eminently beautiful, introspective tapestry stitched with swinging poetry, mellifluous soloing, compositional lyricism, transcendental harmonies, and group interplay of the highest caliber.

While no one has ever completely identified the magic behind the record's allure — the otherworldly nature is part of its inherent charm — much of the success lies with the band members. Davis intentionally handpicked these musicians to comprise this particular cast, with everyone from former foil Evans to blues maestro Kelly to percussive genius Cobb interacting and reacting with peerless skill.

An audiophile favorite from the day it was issued, Kind of Blue takes on nirvanic sonic proportions via Mobile Fidelity's reissue. The expressive warmth, imaging clarity, frequency extension, and window-on-the-world breadth afforded by this new edition places music lovers right in the studio with the sextet. 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. Everyone shares in the excitement of not knowing what will happen and, as the music begins to lie out in front of you, you'll feel as if you've been whisked away to a jazz holy land. Quintessential.