MILES DAVIS "Miles Ahead" 1966 UK 1st CBS *MONO* PRESS

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  MILES DAVIS "Miles Ahead" 1966 UK 1st CBS *MONO* PRESS FRONT LAMINATED EJ DAY COVER, 33 LABELS, GREAT COPY
MILES DAVIS
Miles Ahead

ORIGINAL 1966 UK FIRST CBS *MONO* PRESSING (62496) OF MILES DAVIS' 1957 MASTERPIECE "Miles Ahead" - IN GREAT CONDITION DELIVERING SUPERB AUDIO (ON MY SYSTEM - AT A LOUD VOLUME) - CRYSTAL CLEAR AND BEAUTIFULLY RECORDED

PRESSED ON QUALITY HEAVYWEIGHT VINYL WITH THE FIRST ISSUE MATT, TEXTURED ORANGE CBS LABELS (with 33 speed indication)
FIRST PRESS *MONO* MATRIX: 62496 A1 / 62496 B1
THE RECORD IS HOUSED IN THE ORIGINAL FRONT LAMINATED SLEEVE “Printed and made by Ernest J. Day & Co. Ltd., London W1. Patent Pending”
AND COMES COMPLETE WITH THE ORIGINAL CBS 'THE SOUND OF ENTERTAINMENT' DIE-CUT ORANGE INNER SLEEVE

This album is perhaps most significant for the process it set in motion — the collaboration between Gil Evans and Miles Davis that would produce Porgy and Bess and Sketches of Spain, two of Davis' best albums.
That said, this album is a miracle in itself, the result of a big gamble on the part of Columbia Records, who put together Evans and Davis, who hadn't worked together since recording the critically admired but commercially unsuccessful sides that would later be issued as The Birth of the Cool.
Columbia also allowed Evans to assemble a 19-piece band for the recordings, at a time when big bands were far out of fashion and also at a time when the resulting recordings could not be released until two years in the future (because of Davis' contractual obligations with Prestige).
Davis was also expected to carry the album as its only soloist, and manage not to get lost among a cast of supporting musicians that included a huge horn section. To a large extent, he succeeds.
Evans' arrangements in particular are well-suited to the format, and he and Davis formed a deep and close partnership where ideas were swapped back and forth, nurtured, and developed long before they were expressed in the studio.
Davis gets off to a great start, with the hyper-kinetic "Springsville," which seems to almost perfectly embody Evans' and Davis' partnership with its light, flexible exchanges between soloist and orchestra.
He is strongest on the ballads, though, where his subdued and wistful tone rises high above the hushed accompaniment, especially on "Miles Ahead" and "Blues for Pablo" (which foreshadows the bluesy, Latin-tinged sound of Sketches of Spain).
The upbeat "I Don't Want to Be Kissed (By Anyone but You)" is another strong song, but shows the weakness of the format as Davis intersperses a charming, bright, technically challenging solo with a blasting horn section that occasionally buries him.
It is a fine end, however, to an album that gave a hint of the greatness that would come as Evans and Davis fine-tuned their partnership over the course of the next several years.

Track Listing:
Side 1: Springsville / The Maids Of Cadiz / The Duke / My Ship / Miles Ahead
Side 2: Blues For Pablo / New Rhumba / The Meaning Of The Blues / Lament / I Don't Wanna Be Kissed (By Anyone But You)

LABELS: The labels are clean, bright and unmarked with light spindles (please see close-up photos)
VINYL Visual: The vinyl surfaces still retain their original deep, glossy sheen. There are some light pressing blemishes within the vinyl itself and some superficial brush marks but these have little audio consequence - the playback is excellent
VINYL Audio: Superb MONO cut with a crystal clear, deep, rich sound - beautifully recorded with a great dynamic range and Miles' trumpet ringing out loud and clear. On playback at a loud volume (which is how I always listen to my LPs prior to listing) there are no scratches, no sticks or jumps, just a couple of clicks/pops (nothing major) and some very light, low level background noise most evident on the quiet sections and track divisions (but nothing I found at all intrusive). The whole LP plays extremely well throughout to a very high standard with no distortion, no groove-wear, sounds superb and is very critically graded EXCELLENT for audio - a sensational piece of work
SLEEVE: The original front laminated EJ DAY sleeve is also in EXCELLENT condition. The front laminated surface has a deep, glossy sheen with no rubbing and just a couple of half-moon creases towards the opening edge. The untreated back is very clean with just a little ring marking and the edges and spine and crisp and sharp with little wear - all text on the spine is clear and bold

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