MILES DAVIS+JOHN COLTRANE ROUND MIDNIGHT 1956 COLUMBIA 6-EYE MONO LP
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MILES DAVIS+JOHN COLTRANE~ROUND MIDNIGHT~1956 COLUMBIA 6-EYE MONO LP
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Rare 1st Impression Mono Disc - A MUST HAVE for Davis Fans!
This is the original six-eye red and black Columbia label with heavy vinyl and deep grooves pressings. This is both visually super clean with no scratches and lovingly played. There are no clicks, hisses or pops . . . this was lovingly cared for by its original owner and played on the finest equipment. The cover is all original and with no stains or musty smells. There is a 5" tear at the top hinge (where the cardboard fold over), but that is the only flaw.
Matrix number on each side in the dead wax area ends with '-1A', that denotes the very first pressing.
HISTORY: Recording sessions took place at Columbia Studio D on October 26, 1955, and at Columbia's 30th Street Studio on June 5 and September 10, 1956. 'Round About Midnight' is widely recognized by jazz critics as a landmark album in hard bop and one of the greatest jazz albums of all time.
At the Newport Jazz Festival in 1955, Davis performed the song "'Round Midnight" as part of an all-star jam session, with the song's composer Thelonious Monk, along with Connie Kay and Percy Heath of the Modern Jazz Quartet, Zoot Sims, and Gerry Mulligan. Davis's solo received an extremely positive reception from many jazz fans, and critics. It was viewed as a significant comeback and indication of a healthy, drug-free Miles (he had in fact been free from heroin addiction for well over a year). Miles's response to this performance was typically laconic: "What are they talking about? I just played the way I always play." George Avakian of Columbia Records was in the audience, and his brother Aram persuaded him that he ought to sign Davis to the label. Davis was eventually signed to Columbia Records, and was able to form his famous "first great quintet" with John Coltrane on saxophone. 'Round About Midnight was to be his first album for his new label.
Davis was still under contract to Prestige Records, but had an agreement that he could record material for Columbia to release after the expiry of his Prestige contract. The recording dates for the album were at Columbia Records studios; the first session was on October 27, 1955 at Studio D, during which the tracks "Tadd's Delight", "Dear Old Stockholm" and the soon-to-be standard "Bye Bye Blackbird" were recorded. This is the first studio recording of the quintet. The remainder of the album was recorded during sessions on June 5 and September 10, 1956 at Columbia's 30th Street Studio.
During the same period, the Miles Davis Quintet was also recording albums to fulfill its contract with Prestige. The earliest sessions for 'Round About Midnight (that produced "Ah-Leu-Cha", "Two Bass Hit", "Little Melonae" and "Budo") was the first recording to ever be done by this formation of the Miles Davis Quintet.
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