Best Miles Davis Album 1949-1974

Release of the year, no question.

Shakey, do you ever check your email?

haha uhm I check it when people tell me I should check it! sorry

I really want that OTC box but me = poor

haha no worries! I dug up some sort of list to make a Coltrane poll. Doesn't seem so far that it was worth my while, hardly any chat on the thread!
ILM prefers Miles over Coltrane it seems!

And yeah, I cant afford that box either, maybe if I get Christmas money.

I dig the Coltrane I have but have been really frustrated with how little of his stuff is readily available on vinyl. Especially compared to Miles (or even Sun Ra!) what's out there is really limited. very lame. I have never even heard the majority of Coltrane's post-Love Supreme work, and am not so interested in the bop stuff.

How much does the original vinyl sell for on ebay?

beats me, I don't bother with ebay

At my local shop they have a lot of his post-Supreme stuff for like $20 apiece. It's how I got my copies of Meditations, Ascension & Interstellar Space.

Should clarify that's the "180 gram HEAVY FRESH RE-PRESSING" stuff, the orig tends to go for like $25-40 in scratchy-but-listenable condish.

hey I'm okay with re-pressing's I just never see them! There was a jazz shop in North Beach I frequented for years and the only thing that ever turned up was "Sun Ship"... Amoeba's Coltrane selection has been for shit the time's I've looked.

check Dustygroove, they have like one or two things and that's it.

If I could get them in a local shop for £10 I'd snap them up. Sadly there's no record shops left in my town anymore. I'd need to hop into Glasgow on the bus or train, but A) no one would have the vinyl B) if they did it would be more like £20 a pop.
FOPP used to have the heavyweight champion of the world box set i think but it was like £200 and that was when it 1st opened in the city centre.

Tower Records was the best place for jazz and vinyl in Glasgow.

The On The Corner Box Set is £45 on amazon. Bit too expensive for me right now :(

xpost. There's the occasional thing in Mongorail or Volcanic tongue but aye, not particularly great (they had some Miles Davis vinyl boxset in VT last time I went but I was ultra-skint so I've made myself forget what it was).

I think £45 is the going rate for the OTC boxset, it was £45 where I bought it and anywhere else I'd seen it.

I've never been in VT, just mail-ordered , but I certainly wont find anything cheap!

I should have a look in FOPP incase they stock more vinyl now. That's where I usually buy my cd's anyway since Borders is a bit crap now.

FOPP used to sell some Miles Davis books actually, What's the best one(s) to get? I'm already going to get the one by Phil (mentioned in the live thread) already.

Anyone?

Well, there's always this, obviously:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Miles-Autobiography-Picador-Books-Davis/dp/0330313827/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1197973664&sr=1-1

Down here in London the OTC box set is going for about £60 in all the shops (including Covent Garden Fopp). I'm coming up to Glasgow for the holidays so I'd be interested to know where you found it for £45 Jim.

Amazon probably

I might wait for a sale

One went for £35 on ebay yesterday.

Unsurprisingly cant find anything any cheaper, Im going to wait for the sales.

Someone one ILX recommended this book to me. It's quite good as well. I've been meaning to pick up the Freeman one.

http://www.amazon.com/Miles-Beyond-Electric-Explorations-1967-1991/dp/0823083608/ref=sr_1_11?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1198339157&sr=1-11

Down here in London the OTC box set is going for about £60 in all the shops (including Covent Garden Fopp). I'm coming up to Glasgow for the holidays so I'd be interested to know where you found it for £45 Jim.
I got it out of Avalanche records in Glasgow but it was the only copy. Got a £5 discount cause my pal works there so I couldn't really say no. But aye you can get it for £45 from Amazon, though with the christmas post this probably isn't the best time to order.

Its £61 in Zavvi. I will get it from Amazon sometime.
I did however buy today the In A Silent Way box for £24 in Monorail.
I also got from FOPP, the Paul Tingen book "Miles Beyond - The Electric Explorations Of Miles Davis 1967-1991" for £3.

Complete Miles Davis Box Set - 70 CD's for £140
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51aUKE31wwL._SL500_AA240_.jpg

Limited edition boxset of 52 albums on 70 CDs in mini replica vinyl jackets and an exclusive bonus DVD – Miles Davis Quintet: Wayne Shorter, Herbie Hancock, Ron Carter, Tony Williams / Live In Europe ’67 (the only footage of this legendary group commercially released). There's also a 250 page color book with essays, rare photographs and memorabilia, previously unreleased/rare audio on Quiet Nights, At Plugged Nickel Chicago, In Paris Festival International De Jazz and We Want Miles and the first-time ever complete audio release of 8/29/70 Isle Of Wight festival performance.

this is a good thread, good poll

you know, i probably listen to miles more often and consistently than any other musician in my collection, but i don't think i've ever listened to bitches brew completely even one time. it was even probably the 2nd or 3rd miles album i bought, have had it years. what is it about that album?

i probably prefer the acoustic stuff but it's not even like i dislike the electric stuff - i voted for GUWI here (tho i'd prob vote milestones, ascenseur, or miles smiles if i were to vote now) and i love IASW, JJ, & OTC. just something about BB that i don't get at all. despite trying frequently i never make it 10 minutes into a track before it put on something else

BB is definitely a special breed. second disc of Get up with it on the other hand, what a monster funk jam that is

I missed this poll entirely, but "yea!" to the No. 1 selection.

ahh here it is. had to google it. wonder how this result will compare with the big poll

Best Miles Davis Album 1981-1992

so i can find it easier in future

for the big poll, i just wonder how "classic" miles will do compared to "electric" miles? Pretty damn different to most jazz polls i imagine, but that's ilm in a nutshell.

lol with that said I hope filles makes it

i really have no idea what will be in it until seandalai tabulates. i wouldnt be surprised if electric era jazz in general dominates but who knows with big polls.

maybe miles will have 20 albums in the top 50 haha

Oh I thought there was a miles poll planned. So many polls. In that case, I retract and say I hope filled doesn't make it because there are at least 75 jazz albums that better it.

oh there may well be

but im talking about
VOTING AND CAMPAIGNING THREAD FOR ILM POST 1945 BEST JAZZ ALBUMS POLL (Voting closes August 27)

Yeah I gave been putting off making a ballot for that but might throw one together semi-haphazardly b4 the deadline

I need some ET fingers to work this iPhone, damn

all ballots for that gratefully received!

I know its 4 years late, but how the fuck did nobody vote for Big Fun?

Beats me. Did it get in the post-war jazz poll? is that really a year since we did it?

Its not on the even on the list.

deej musta got it banned for being too spiritual hat jazz

i just picked up Get Up With It for a few bucks the other day. I was really excited.

It's not even on the list. Excuse me!

are there other miles davis polls? even doing one that cuts off at 1974 is too overwhelming. should be separate polls for separate eras.

yeah i did a few miles polls