LEGENDARY 1970 SPACE JAZZ PSYCH VOODOO 2xLP CLASSIC

1970 ORIGINAL 360 Sound Columbia

MILES DAVIS

Bitches Brew

USA - 360 Sound Columbia Records - GP 26

BOTH RECORDS double LP are minty CLEAN

Super SCARCE pressed with 360 Sound labels Original 1970 first pressing classic TWO LP 2XLP SET of thee incomparable Miles Davis in the legendary stellar performance of BITCHES BREW, a sprawling turned-on affair ... on the highly sought 360 Sound Columbia label

You NEVER see this cover in original factory shrink wrapper WITH the original 2 Record Set sticker on outer cellophane

For every few copies of this album that turn up over the years -- you might see one on the 360 Sound Columbia label ...or maybe only one in a hundred even the red Columbia pressing is now hard to find and grabbed up quickly

but, on the 360 Sound Columbia label ? -- forget it

Includes both original Columbia printed inner sleeves....

A sprawling turned-on affair by the incomparable Miles Davis in the legendary stellar performance of BITCHES BREW, Issued on the cusp of Columbia Records label design changeover, most all copies were pressed on the red non-360 label...

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Thought by many to be the most revolutionary album in jazz history, having virtually created the genre known as jazz-rock fusion for better or worse and being the jazz album to most influence rock musicians, Bitches Brew is, by its very nature, mercurial. This vintage double LP included only six cuts and featured up to 12 musicians at any given time, most of whom would go on to be high-level players in their own right: Joe Zawinul, Wayne Shorter, Airto, John McLaughlin, Chick Corea, Jack DeJohnette, Dave Holland, Don Alias, Benny Maupin, Larry Young, Lenny White, and others. Originally thought to be a series of long jams locked into grooves around one or two keyboard, bass, or guitar figures, Bitches Brew is anything but. Producer Teo Macero had as much to do with the end product on Bitches Brew as Davis. Macero and Davis assembled, from splice to splice, section to section, much of the music recorded over three days in August 1969. First, there s the slow, modal, opening grooves of Pharaoh s Dance, with its slippery trumpet lines to McLaughlin s snaky guitar figures skirting the edge of the rhythm section and Don Alias conga slipping through the middle. The keyboards of Corea and Zawinul create a haunting, riffing groove echoed and accented by the two basses of Harvey Brooks and Dave Holland. The title cut Bitches Brew was originally composed as a five-part suite, though only three were used. Here the keyboards punch through the mix, big chords and distorted harmonics ring up a racket for Davis to solo over rhythmically outside the mode. McLaughlin is comping on fat guitar chords, creating the groove, and the bass and drums carry the rest for a small taste of deep-voodoo funk. Side three opens with McLaughlin and Davis trading funky fours and eights over the lock-step groove of hypnotic proportion that is Spanish Key. Zawinul s trademark melodic sensibility provides a kind of chorus for Corea to flat around, and the congas and drummers working in complement against the basslines. This nearly segues into the four-and-a-half minute John McLaughlin, with its signature organ mode and arpeggiated blues guitar runs. The end of Bitches Brew, signified by the stellar Miles Runs the Voodoo Down, echoes the influence of Jimi Hendrix with its chuck-and-slip chords and lead figures and Davis playing a ghostly melody through the shimmering funkiness of the rhythm section, it literally dances and becomes increasingly more chaotic until about nine minutes in, where it falls apart. Yet one doesn t know it until near the end, when it simmers down into smoke-and-ice fog once more. The album closes with Sanctuary, a previously recorded Davis tune that is completely redone here as an electric moody ballad reworked for this band, but keeping enough of its modal integrity to be outside the rest of Bitches Brew s retinue. Thus Bitches Brew retains its freshness and mystery long after its release.

Pharaoh s Dance 20:06
Bitches Brew 26:59
Spanish Key 17:32
John McLaughlin 4:22
Miles Runs the Voodoo Down 14:01
Sanctuary 10:56

CONDITION: The Cover: collection worthy VG Thick cover is strong all over, looks very collectible, and usually always has a lot of shelf wear - a survivor here the cover is usually very hard to find without shelf wear ... no split seams, no bends, no writing, no delete marks ...NICE COLLECTION COPY

The Vinyl: all 4-sides are highly shiny, smooth clear. Rated: M- TOP COPY expect to play enjoyable clean all through both sides... and has 4 clean Columbia labels...

A cool addition to anyone s music library

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All imperfections are noted both cover record

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