{"product_id":"miles-davis-kind-of-blue-analogue-productions-uhqr-lp-box-set","title":"Miles Davis - Kind of Blue - Analogue Productions 33rpm UHQR LP Box Set","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMiles Davis\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eKind of Blue\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003emeets Analogue Productions' UHQR, the pinnacle of high-quality vinyl!\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDefinitive handmade limited run reissue Ultra High Quality Record!\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e33 1\/3 RPM LP release limited to 25,000 copies\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBest-selling album in jazz history; mastered directly from the original 3-Track master tapes by Bernie Grundman\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePressed at Quality Record Pressings using Clarity Vinyl® on a manual Finebilt press\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePurest possible pressing and most visually stunning presentation and packaging!\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDream team of Davis, Adderley, Coltrane, Evans, Kelly, Chambers, Cobb make history\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLegends have a way of sticking around. If there was ever an album awaiting a high-fidelity, custom-pressed vinyl treatment of the level you now hold in your hands, it is Miles Davis'\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eKind of Blue\u003c\/em\u003e. The top-selling jazz album of all time, it has been lauded, entered into \"Best Of\" lists and Halls of Fame, and universally acknowledged as a landmark recording — a five-track masterpiece of melancholy mood and melody.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt continues to be one of the most listened-to and studied recordings of all time, a required primer for many young musicians, and one of the most transcendent pieces of music ever recorded. Davis played trumpet sublime with his ensemble sextet featuring pianist Bill Evans, drummer Jimmy Cobb, bassist Paul Chambers, and saxophonists John Coltrane and Julian \"Cannonball\" Adderley with Wynton Kelly playing piano on \"Freddy the Freeloader.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNow Analogue Productions, the audiophile in-house reissue label of Acoustic Sounds, Inc., together with Quality Record Pressings, is putting\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eKind of Blue\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ewhere it belongs: the Ultra High Quality Record (UHQR) pressed on Clarity Vinyl on a manual Finebilt press with attention paid to every single detail of every single record.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe 200-gram records will feature the same flat profile that helped to make the original UHQR so desirable. From the lead-in groove to the run-out groove, there is no pitch to the profile, allowing the customer's stylus to play truly perpendicular to the grooves from edge to center. Clarity Vinyl allows for the purest possible pressing and the most visually stunning presentation. Every UHQR will be hand inspected upon pressing completion, and only the truly flawless will be allowed to go to market. Each UHQR will be packaged in a deluxe box and will include a booklet detailing the entire process of making a UHQR along with a hand-signed certificate of inspection. This will be a truly deluxe, collectible product.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eKind of Blue\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis more than Miles Davis's most enduring recording, it's a testament to Miles' experimental approach, drastically simplifying modern jazz by returning to melody unlike the chord complexity more often heard at the time. \"The music has gotten thick,\" Davis complained in a 1958 interview for\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Jazz Review\u003c\/em\u003e. \"... There will be fewer chords but infinite possibilities as to what to do with them.\"\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eKind of Blue\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis, in a sense, all melody — and atmosphere.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNone of the musicians had played any of the tunes before heading into the first of two recording sessions in early spring of 1959. In fact Miles had written out the settings for most of them only a few hours before the session. Miles also stuck to his old recording procedure of having virtually no rehearsal and only one take for each tune.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMiles remained proud of the album, performing at least two of its tracks — \"So What\" and \"All Blues\" — for years after, until his musical path took him in a different direction.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHistory was on the side of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eKind of Blue\u003c\/em\u003e; it was born in 1959, at the peak of the golden age of high-fidelity, featuring innovations in studio equipment (magnetic tape, high-quality condenser microphones), matched by advancements in home audio reproduction (long-player records — LPs; high-end turntables, and other stereo components).\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eKind of Blue\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ealso benefited from Miles' being signed to the leading major record company of the day — Columbia Records, a part of the CBS media conglomerate. Columbia had the means and wisdom to invest in cutting edge recording technology, and their own professional recording studio.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA minor audio complication with\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eKind of Blue\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ehas been addressed with this UHQR edition. The motor on the studio's 3-track master recorder was running slowly the day of the album's first session. This speed issue affected the album's first three tracks, \"So What,\" \"Freddie Freeloader\" and \"Blue in Green,\" making them a barely perceptible quarter-tone sharp.This issue was finally addressed with the Classic Records reissue in 1995. This UHQR was pressed from the same parts that Bernie Grundman cut directly from the original 3-track masters for Classic in '95.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSixty years have passed; this LP bridges that time span in the best way possible, struck from the master reel of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eKind of Blue\u003c\/em\u003e, free of speed issues and replete with all the instrumental detail, sonic environment and minimal noise. As we set out to make our UHQR series the world's best-sounding vinyl records, we have also used Clarity Vinyl, which is free of any carbon black pigment which might introduce surface noise. All-in-all this edition of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eKind of Blue\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003emeets the highest audiophile standards and offers the truest sound for the most enjoyment.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSide A\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1. So What\u003cbr\u003e2. 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