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50th Anniversary Kind of Blue | 
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| Artist: Miles Davis
Label: Sony BMG
Category: Music
List Price: $109.98
Buy New: $69.99
You Save: $39.99 (36%)
New (13) Used (1) from $69.99
Avg. Customer Rating:  13 reviews
Sales Rank: 740
Format: Collector's Edition
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 4
Shipping Weight (lbs): 4.8
Dimensions (in): 12.9 x 12.2 x 1.3
MPN: 733552
UPC: 886973355220
EAN: 0886973355220
ASIN: B001D08SK0
Release Date: September 30, 2008
Shipping: Eligible for Super Saver Shipping
Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
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| Tracks:
Disc 1
| • | So What | | • | Freddie Freeloader | | • | Blue In Green | | • | All Blues | | • | Flamenco Sketches | | • | Flamenco Sketches (alternate take) | | • | Freddie Freeloader (Studio Sequence 1) | | • | Freddie Freeloader (False Start) | | • | Freddie Freeloader (Studio Sequence 2) | | • | So What (Studio Sequence 1) | | • | So What (Studio Sequence 2) | | • | Blue In Green (Studio Sequence) | | • | Flamenco Sketches (Studio Sequence 1) | | • | Flamenco Sketches (Studio Sequence 2) | | • | All Blues (Studio Sequence) |
Disc 2
| • | On Green Dolphin Street | | • | Fran-Dance | | • | Stella By Starlight | | • | Love For Sale | | • | Fran-Dance (alternate take) | | • | So What |
Disc 3
| • | So What (vinyl side A) | | • | Freddie Freeloader (vinyl side A) | | • | Blue In Green (vinyl side A) | | • | All Blues (vinyl side B) | | • | Flamenco Sketches ((vinyl side B) |
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Album Description
Incredible super deluxe packaging comes with a gatefold media carrier that contains a 180 gram single-LP pressing on blue vinyl, two discs complete with previously unreleased tracks along with a bonus DVD (NTSC/Region 0). Also included is a 60-page 12x12 book, memorabilia envelope, and large fold out poster.
Album Description
Incredible super deluxe packaging comes with a gatefilding media carrier that contains, a 180 gram LP pressing on blue vinyl, two discs complete with previously unreleased tracks and previously released in authorized form along with a bonus DVD (NTSC/Region 0). Also included is a memorabilia envelope and large fold out poster.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 8 more reviews...
 Kind of Great November 23, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Much has been said about the Miles Davis' "Kind of Blue." The album is the subject of two books and any Miles Davis bio worth picking up devotes several pages to it's development and musical importance. The record is known for its simplicity and improvisation, as the sextet of jazz masters use a minimum amount of chords to create a mood that's profound, yet accessible. The original album consists of five tracks recorded in two days. Now, a half a century after its creation, there's a lot more.
The musical paleontologists at Epic/Legacy have given this superior work the full treatment, expanding the music onto two CDs, with more Miles on a DVD, which includes a documentary on album and a rare television appearance of Miles and his band, from 1960. The box set also includes four essays, session transcripts and a 60-page book.
The documentary, which is described as "newly produced," obviously isn't a recent as you might expect, as the late Ed Bradley comments on the influence of the album along with Bill Cosby, Herbie Hancock, Carlos Santanna and Q-Tip. The late Jackie McClean also it appears, making this the only element of this reissue of a 1958 record that could be called dated. A rare television appearance of Miles and the band is also included, catching Miles in his prime, living up to his legend even when he's smoking cigarettes in the background as his band plays.
The songs on "Kind Of Blue" were believed by many to have been recorded in one take, but among the "new" music is an alternate take of "Flamenco Sketches," along with shorter versions of album's five tracks and one false start. Jazz nerds are given further insight into the recording process through the brief dialogues between Davis and the record's producer and engineer, between the takes. This banter is transcribed and followed by analysis in the accompanying book. On the second disc is another session with the same musicians, which were first released together in 2000, and a 17 minute live version of the album's opener "So What."
The voluminous criticism, discussion and the additions to this essential album threaten to overwhelm a work known for it's lack of complexity. The music authorities may have tried to drown the public with data and transcriptions, but they've provided the ultimate life preserver in the box set: A 180-gram blue vinyl version of the album. - Craig Belcher
 How Many Times Are They Going To Release This Album? November 22, 2008
2 out of 4 found this review helpful
I have 3 versions of "Kind Of Blue." I have the MD version, the old Columbia Masterpiece remaster, and the newly Columbia remaster with added alternate takes. I think something like this is a huge waste of money even from a collector's standpoint. If you didn't have "Kind Of Blue," then I can see something like this being a good investment, but take it from a pure jazz collector like myself, it's not worth $70. It's worth maybe $25 or $30. I'm disappointed that Columbia continues to put this album out. I mean it's like we get the idea already. It's a groundbreaking album, but how many times does it have to be released?
Columbia seems to do this a lot and totally ignore other jazz legends that recorded for them like Thelonious Monk and Dave Brubeck. The attention to Thelonious Monk's discography on Columbia isn't that great. I have all the re-issues of his albums and the attention to Dave Brubeck is even less. Miles wasn't the only jazz musician that mattered on that label. Wake up Columbia! Pay attention to the people, like myself, who think you should start releasing out-of-print Dave Brubeck Quartet albums like the rest of the "Time" series, "Gone With The Wind," etc.
As I mentioned, if you already have different versions of "Kind Of Blue," then I don't see any reason why you should buy this, unless you like throwing money away. To those who don't have this album and want to explore the album that made Miles a legend, then you might want to pick it up, but you can buy the individual album so much cheaper and still get the same quality. Thumbs down, Columbia!
 great music, mostly good packaging, HORRIBLE packing from Amazon November 9, 2008
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
Like the subject says, the music speaks for itself. The packaging gets a point off for the way they slide the CDs & DVD into slits in the LP cover.
But the WORST part about all this is the way it gets packaged by Amazon for shipping. NO PADDING WHATSOEVER. My order came in an oversized box with the Kind of Blue box just floating around inside. Luckily, there was only minor damage to one of the corners (if I returned it for that, the replacement could arrive in worse condition, so I'm gonna live wiith it - it's not THAT bad, but still...).
I'm not sure why Amazon does this with vinyl orders, but it's something to keep in mind if you're planning on ordering any vinyl from them. I just received the new Ryan Adams release on vinyl from them - same thing, no padding at all. Luckily that one arrived safely.
Buyer beware if you're purcahsing vinyl from Amazon......
best de luxe reissue ever seen November 1, 2008
2 out of 6 found this review helpful
I have many thousands of 78s, cassettes, CDs, open reel tapes, just name it, but I have never seen such a perfect reissue. The music, we know it, but the package, rare photos, unissued takes makes this one simply the best reissue I have ever seen (and I have seen many of them). Enjoy it, like I have done.
Beautiful package, but not much new music October 30, 2008
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
First off, the packaging of this set is flat out gorgeous. From the blue vinyl... to the book... to the photographs... to the reproduced artifacts... to the slipcase, this release truly is a collector item. So if you REALLY love the album (and by that I mean not just the music but everything about it from the artwork to Bill Evans' liner notes on down), you will not be disappointed.
That said there is not much in the way of new material here. The false starts and studio dialog really add nothing for the casual-to-mid-level listener. There is a cool live take of "So What", but it's not worth dropping a Benjamin for. I haven't watched the dvd yet, but it sounds like from other reviews that it may be the same one included with the DualDisc version. So if you REALLY need to hear new material to justify the purchase of this set, you will be disappointed.
In summary I would recommend buying this if:
a) you read and enjoyed Ashley Kahn's book about the album
b) you have a turntable.
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