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USED Miles Davis - Seven Steps to Heaven (Numbered 180g SuperVinyl LP)

USED Miles Davis – Seven Steps to Heaven (Numbered 180g SuperVinyl LP)

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All Used Vinyl is Visually Inspected as NM to VG+ With Satisfaction Guaranteed. We Ship the Discs Outside of the Jacket in a Protective MoFi Archival Outer Sleeve. Pricing and Availability Are Subject to Change Without Notice.The Vibrant Bridge Between Miles Davis First and Second Great Quintets:Seven Steps to HeavenTeems with Originality, Expressivity, Cohesiveness, and BeautySourced from the Original Analog Master Tapes and Pressed at RTI: Mobile Fidelity 180g 33RPM SuperVinyl LP Plays with Superb Clarity, Detail, Tone, and Definition1/4 / 15 IPS / Dolby SR analog remix master to DSD 256 to analog console to latheSeven Steps to Heavenarrived at a crucial junction in Miles Davis career. Recorded at two separate locations in spring 1963, it served as Davis first release in more than a year a layoff that was then unprecedented for the jazz visionary who had issued at least one LP a year since debuting in the early 50s. Equally notable,Seven Steps to Heavenmarks the point at which the core of Davis Second Great Quintet started to assemble. The twice Grammy-nominated effort is also Davis final studio record to blend standards with originals. And it happens to be one of the expressive, well-played albums in the jazz canon.Sourced from the original master tapes, pressed at RTI, and housed in a Stoughton gatefold jacket, Mobile Fidelitys 180g SuperVinyl 33RPM LP ofSeven Steps to Heavenadds yet another step (or more) towards the bliss suggested by the album title. Playing with standout clarity, detail, tone, and balance, this audiophile reissue pulls back the curtain on the instrumentalists. Afforded the tremendous advantages of SuperVinyl including a nearly inaudible noise floor, dead-quiet surfaces, and superb groove definition this numbered-edition version presents Davis and Co. amid a wide, deep soundstage whose dimensions and solidity help bring the records historical importance and musical merit into focus. Warm, organic, and present, the SuperVinyl LP ofSeven Steps to Heavenis what great-sounding hi-fi is all about.And theres nary a passage on this 1963 landmark that isnt great. That Davis manages to make it feel so cohesive and seamless is a testament to the inspired performances and engaging compositions. Davis didnt draw it up the way it unfolded. No matter. He held trump cards that stayed up his sleeve for the next three decades: A drive to be nothing less than superb, a refusal to settle for mediocrity, and standards to which nearly no other composer or player could match. The toughest critic I got, and the only one I worry about, is myself, Davis wrote in the liner notes. The music has to get past me.Davis demanding approach partly explains why he switched up his band between the first and second sessions and underscores how fast his mind was racing with new ideas.Seven Steps to Heavenacts as the stable bridge between the transitional period that followed the dissolution of his First Great Quintet and formation of the Second; without it, Davis perhaps doesnt invite then-23-year-old Herbie Hancock and a still-teenage Tony Williams into the fold. The trumpeter not only got his men he preserved in amber for the only time (well, magnetic tape anyway) the chemistry and vibe he achieved with pianist Victor Feldman, drummer Frank Butler, tenor saxophonist George Coleman, and bassist Ron Carter.That lineup gels for half of the six songs onSeven Steps to Heaven. Captured in Los Angeles April 63, the quintet stretches out on a luxurious reading of the late 20s New Orleans staple Basin Street Blues; lays on the romance for a candlelit stroll through the 40s standard I Fall in Love Too Easily; and explores the rounded contours and melodic crevices of the early blues Baby Wont You Please Come Home. The performances are refined, elegant, emotional; the band lets the feelings linger and giv
Track Listing

  1. Basin Street Blues
  2. Seven Steps to Heaven
  3. I Fall in Love Too Easily
  4. So Near, So Far
  5. Baby Wont You Please Come Home
  6. Joshua

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