I'm going to buy a turntable for Christmas. I have Miles Davis 'Kind Of Blue' on CD, but wondered which vinyl version I should buy. There seems to be so many versions. I am very new to vinyl and would appreciate some help.
Which LP of Miles Davis 'Kind Of Blue'?
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nopiano
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I see on Discogs there are 415 versions listed! That includes CD and SACD though, so probably only three hundred LPs! I heard a great one a few years ago at Oxford Audio’s anniversary bash, and it might’ve been a Mobile Fidelity remaster. I’m sure some folk will swear by mono!! Let’s see...
Al ears
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Some might say this is the best currently available:-
However it is very expensive and others would insist it has to be the mono version.
You pay your money and make your choice......
Mobile Fidelity - MFSL 2-45011 - 180 Gram Virgin Vinyl Box Set
AAA 100% Analogue - Numbered Limited Edition - Pressed at RTI
Pure Analogue Mastered by Kreig Wunderlich at MFSL
Half Speed Mastered on the Mobile Fidelity The Gain 2 Ultra Analog System
However it is very expensive and others would insist it has to be the mono version.
You pay your money and make your choice......
Mobile Fidelity - MFSL 2-45011 - 180 Gram Virgin Vinyl Box Set
AAA 100% Analogue - Numbered Limited Edition - Pressed at RTI
Pure Analogue Mastered by Kreig Wunderlich at MFSL
Half Speed Mastered on the Mobile Fidelity The Gain 2 Ultra Analog System
EricLeRouge
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Any edition with the car number CS 8163 can be bought in confidence, this is the original Columbia master which has been in press without interruption for >60 years.
This edition has always been considered an example of how a ‘cheap’ vinyl edition of a record would sound better than digital remasters.
You can decide later to get a more expensive version, I like the Classic Records 200g single LP but it sells for a high price.
One word of caution with the MOFI 2xLp 45 rpm. It is based on the ‘corrected’ speed master released in the 1990s.
It was discovered by some specialists that the tape used for mastering side 1 was at the wrong speed (at the time, record companies used two tape recorders to be on the safe side, and one of the tape recorders was set at the wrong speed by mistake, recording slower by 3% or 5%, I forget - in other words the version of Side 1 we all know is 3% too fast).
I could never figure out how tMiles Davis and the entire band, the producers, etc, could possibly have missed this, unless they deliberately decided to have a faster version.
Anyway: The bottomline is that the version of ‘So What’ is much slower than before, and that may be surprising at first.
One pressing by Classic Records has both versions of Side 1, slow and ‘normal’.
I have several SACD editions, and a high-res,PCM master, none of them sounds better than the ‘cheap’ original Columbia CS 8163, especially if you pick a Mint 180g press.
That’s my 02, hope this helps.
This edition has always been considered an example of how a ‘cheap’ vinyl edition of a record would sound better than digital remasters.
You can decide later to get a more expensive version, I like the Classic Records 200g single LP but it sells for a high price.
One word of caution with the MOFI 2xLp 45 rpm. It is based on the ‘corrected’ speed master released in the 1990s.
It was discovered by some specialists that the tape used for mastering side 1 was at the wrong speed (at the time, record companies used two tape recorders to be on the safe side, and one of the tape recorders was set at the wrong speed by mistake, recording slower by 3% or 5%, I forget - in other words the version of Side 1 we all know is 3% too fast).
I could never figure out how tMiles Davis and the entire band, the producers, etc, could possibly have missed this, unless they deliberately decided to have a faster version.
Anyway: The bottomline is that the version of ‘So What’ is much slower than before, and that may be surprising at first.
One pressing by Classic Records has both versions of Side 1, slow and ‘normal’.
I have several SACD editions, and a high-res,PCM master, none of them sounds better than the ‘cheap’ original Columbia CS 8163, especially if you pick a Mint 180g press.
That’s my 02, hope this helps.
daytona600
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I could never figure out how Miles Davis and the entire band, the producers, etc, could possibly have missed this, unless they deliberately decided to have a faster version.
Mofi also found on Santana Abraxas every version was out of phase for several decades ( L&R channels had been reversed )
they produced a version with the channels corrected
Mofi also found on Santana Abraxas every version was out of phase for several decades ( L&R channels had been reversed )
they produced a version with the channels corrected
myrrhman
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One pitfall I nearly fell into recently is buying cheap represses of classic out-of-copyright albums - there's a whole debate about this on the internet, some apparently are recorded from CDs, which somewhat defeats the object of buying a classic analogue-mastered LP.
In the specific case of 'Kind of Blue', the DOL version is one probably to avoid (available for example from Juno Records), Wax Time are another label which has attracted similar criticism.
In the specific case of 'Kind of Blue', the DOL version is one probably to avoid (available for example from Juno Records), Wax Time are another label which has attracted similar criticism.
daytona600
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only the premium audiophile labels use the mastertapes & work 100% in analogue ( AAA )
they also have a list of ingredients on the front cover
(1) Tour Electric Mastering's Vintage Stereo Cutting System With Sean Davies - YouTube
pure-analogue | Eine Vinylschallplatte entsteht (pure-analogue.com)
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they also have a list of ingredients on the front cover
(1) Tour Electric Mastering's Vintage Stereo Cutting System With Sean Davies - YouTube
pure-analogue | Eine Vinylschallplatte entsteht (pure-analogue.com)
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