The Complete MILES DAVIS Columbia Album Collection: Release of the Decade

A week after receiving it, I’m still drooling over it.

The Complete MILES DAVIS Columbia Album Collection is now the star of my music collection.

It collects together 52 Miles albums on 70 CDs.

The Columbia LPs are the pick of the Davis crop. The music is stellar.

The extras – 2 CDs, extra track versions of many albums, DVD, book - are compelling. The price (£140 at amazon uk) is very competitive – a legendary tightwad, I bought the box even though I already own more than half of the albums.

And the product is exquisite, the most beautiful artefact I’ve ever possessed. The CDs are packaged in miniature replicas of the original LP artwork. The box is a work of art.

The book, by a pair of French journalists from the fabulous Paris-based Jazz Magazine, is a must-have.

The Complete MILES DAVIS Columbia Album Collection is very highly recommended.

In fact it’s my Release of the Decade




Gerry Smith

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THE COMPLETE MILES DAVIS COLUMBIA ALBUM COLLECTION
(Columbia/Legacy 88697 55852 2)

# Title Rec. Rel. Catalog
01. In Paris Festival Int'l De Jazz May, 1949 - 1949 1977 SRCS 9724
02. 'Round About Midnight - 1955-1956 1957 CK 85201
03. Circle In The Round - 1955-1970 1979 C2K 46862
04. Miles Ahead - 1957 1957 CK 65121
05. Milestones - 1958 1958 CK 85203
06. 1958 Miles - 1958 1974 C6K 65833
07. At Newport 1958 - 1958 1964 CK 85202
08. Porgy And Bess - 1958 1959 CK 65141
09. Jazz At The Plaza - 1958 1973 CK 85245
10. Kind Of Blue - 1959 1959 CK 64935
11. Sketches Of Spain - 1959-60 1960 CK 65142
12. Directions - 1960-70 1981 SRCS 9761/2
13. Someday My Prince Will Come - 1961 1961 CK 65919
14. In Person Friday Night At The Blackhawk, 1961 - 1961 C2K 87097 San Francisco - Complete
15. In Person Saturday Night At The Blackhawk, - 1961 1961 C2K 87100 San Francisco - Complete
16. At Carnegie Hall - 1961 1962 C2K 65027
17. Quiet Nights + "Blue Xmas (To Whom It May Concern)" and "Devil May Care" - 1962 1963 CK 65293
18. Seven Steps To Heaven - 1963 1963 CK 93592
19. In Europe - 1963 1964 CK 93583
20. My Funny Valentine - 1964 1965 CK 93593
21. "Four" & More - 1964 1966 CK 93595
22. Miles In Tokyo - 1964 1969 CK 93596
23. Miles In Berlin - 1964 1965 CK 93594
24. E.S.P. - 1965 1965 CK 65683
25. At Plugged Nickel - V. 1 1965 1976 18AP 2067
V. 2 1965 1976 18AP 2068
26. Miles Smiles - 1966 1967 CK 65682
27. Sorcerer - 1967 1967 CK 65680
28. Nefertiti - 1967 1968 CK 65681
29. Water Babies - 1967-68 1976 CK 86577
30. Miles In The Sky - 1968 1968 CK 65684
31. Filles De Kilimanjaro - 1968 1969 CK 86555
32. In A Silent Way - 1969 1969 CK 86556
33. Bitches Brew - 1969 1970 C2K 65774
34. Big Fun - 1969-72 1974 C2K 63973
35. A Tribute To Jack Johnson - 1970 1971 CK 93599
36. Live At The Fillmore East (March 7, 1970): It's About That Time - 1970 2001 C2K 85191
37. Black Beauty: Miles Davis At Fillmore West - 1970 1973 C2K 65138
38. At Fillmore - 1970 1970 C2K 65139
39. # Isle Of Wight - 1970 2009 -
40. Live/Evil 1970 - 1971 C2K 65135
41. On The Corner - 1972 1972 CK 63980
42. In Concert - 1972 1973 C2K 65140
43. Dark Magus - 1974 1977 C2K 65137
44. Get Up With It - 1972-74 1974 C2K 63970
45. Agharta - 1975 1976 C2K 46799
46. Pangaea - 1975 1975 C2K 46115
47. The Man With The Horn - 1980-81 1981 CK 36790
48. We Want Miles + 3 bonus tracks from Miles!, Miles!, Miles! - 1981 1982 SICP 1235/6
49. Star People - 1982-83 1983 CK 38657
50. Decoy - 1983 1984 CK 38991
51. You're Under Arrest - 1984-85 1985 CK 40023
52. Aura - 1985 1989 CK 45332 indicates double-CD.

DVD
Miles Davis Quintet: Wayne Shorter, Herbie 10-11/67 2009 - Hancock, Ron Carter, Tony Williams / Live In Europe '67