Miles Davis: The Complete Columbia Album Collection

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The Complete Columbia Album Collection
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ReleasedNovember 24, 2009
Recorded1949–1989
Genre Jazz
Length62 hours
Label Sony Legacy
Producer Daniel Baumgarten, Richard Seidet
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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

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 #AlbumYearVersion
Disc 1No. 1In Paris Festival International de Jazz, May 1949 a e 1977Original 1977 Mono Mix
Disc 2No. 2 'Round About Midnight f 1957Original 1957 Mono Mix
Disc 3No. 3 Circle in the Round c 1979Original 1979 Stereo Mix
Disc 4
Disc 5No. 4 Miles Ahead f 19571996 True Stereo Mix
Disc 6No. 5 Milestones f 19582000 True Stereo Mix
Disc 7No. 6 1958 Miles c e 1974
Disc 8No. 7 At Newport 1958 a 19641994 True Stereo Mix
Disc 9No. 8 Porgy and Bess f 19591996 True Stereo Mix
Disc 10No. 9 Jazz at the Plaza a 19732000 True Stereo Mix
Disc 11No. 10 Kind of Blue f 19591997 Stereo Mix
Disc 12No. 11 Sketches of Spain f 19601996 Stereo Mix
Disc 13No. 12 Directions c 1981Original 1981 Stereo Mix
Disc 14
Disc 15No. 13 Someday My Prince Will Come f 19611999 Stereo Mix
Disc 16No. 14 In Person Friday Night at the Blackhawk a f 19612003 Stereo Mix
Disc 17
Disc 18No. 15 In Person Saturday Night at the Blackhawk a f
Disc 19
Disc 20No. 16 Carnegie Hall a f 19621998 Mono Mix
Disc 21
Disc 22No. 17 Quiet Nights e 19632009 Stereo Mix
Disc 23No. 18 Seven Steps to Heaven f 2004 Stereo Mix
Disc 24No. 19 In Europe a f 19642005 Mono Mix
Disc 25No. 20 My Funny Valentine a 19652004 Stereo Mix
Disc 26No. 21 'Four' and More a f 1966
Disc 27No. 22 Miles in Tokyo a f 1969Original 1969 Stereo Mix
Disc 28No. 23 Miles in Berlin a f 19652004 Mono Mix
Disc 29No. 24 E.S.P. 19651998 Stereo Mix
Disc 30No. 25 Plugged Nickel, Vol. 1 and 2 a e 19761995 Stereo Mix
Disc 31
Disc 32No. 26 Miles Smiles 19671998 Stereo Mix
Disc 33No. 27 Sorcerer f
Disc 34No. 28 Nefertiti f 1968
Disc 35No. 29 Water Babies f 1976
Disc 36No. 30 Miles in the Sky f 19681998 Stereo Mix / 1993 Stereo Mix
Disc 37No. 31 Filles de Kilimanjaro f Original 1968 Stereo Mix
Disc 38No. 32 In a Silent Way 1969Original 1969 Stereo Mix
Disc 39No. 33 Bitches Brew f 1970Original 1970 Stereo Mix
Disc 40
Disc 41No. 34 Big Fun c f 1974Original 1974 Stereo Mix
Disc 42
Disc 43No. 35 Jack Johnson 19712005 Stereo Mix
Disc 44No. 36 Live at the Fillmore East: It's About That Time a 2001Original 2001 Stereo Mix
Disc 45
Disc 46No. 37 Black Beauty a 1973Original 1973 Stereo Mix
Disc 47
Disc 48No. 38 At Fillmore a 1970Original 1970 Stereo Mix
Disc 49
Disc 50No. 39Isle of Wight a d 2009Original 2009 Stereo Mix
Disc 51No. 40 Live-Evil b f 1971Original 1971 Stereo Mix
Disc 52
Disc 53No. 41 On the Corner 1972Original 1972 Stereo Mix
Disc 54No. 42 In Concert a 1973Original 1973 Stereo Mix
Disc 55
Disc 56No. 43 Dark Magus a 1977Original 1977 Stereo Mix
Disc 57
Disc 58No. 44 Get Up with It c 1974Original 1974 Stereo Mix
Disc 59
Disc 60No. 45 Agharta a 1975Original 1975 Stereo Mix
Disc 61
Disc 62No. 46 Pangaea a 1976Original 1976 Stereo Mix
Disc 63
Disc 64No. 47 The Man with the Horn 1981Original 1981 Stereo Mix
Disc 65No. 48 We Want Miles a e 1982Original 1982 Stereo Mix
Disc 66
Disc 67No. 49 Star People 1983Original 1983 Stereo Mix
Disc 68No. 50 Decoy 1984Original 1984 Stereo Mix
Disc 69No. 51 You're Under Arrest 1985Original 1985 Stereo Mix
Disc 70No. 52 Aura f 1989Original 1989 Stereo Mix
DVDNo. 53Live at Europe 19672009Original 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

Production

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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.