MILES DAVIS classic 1970 Bitches Brew double album; McLaughlin, Shorter, Corea

LP record album —
jazz-rock fusion:

Miles Davis
Bitches Brew

This is the groundbreaking 1970 double LP that was one of Miles Davis’s biggest commercials successes. It blended elements of psychedelic rock with the trumpet of the legendary jazz artist.

The album covers show some rubbing and wear (see photos). From visual inspection* the two vinyl disks appear to be in excellent condition, with only light usage.

The album is in stereo on the Columbia label, with a catalog number of GP26. It has extensive liner notes provided by the respected jazz critic and journalist Ralph Gleason.

Among the musicians joining Davis were luminaries Wayne Shorter, soprano sax; Chick Corea, electric piano; John McLaughlin, electric guitar; Jack DeJohnette, drums; Harvey Brooks, Fender bass; etc.

The titles on these disks are:

Record 1, side 1:
Pharoah’s Dance

Record 1, side 2:
Bitches Brew

Record 2, side 1:
Spanish Key
John McLaughlin

Record 2, side 2:
Miles Runs the Voodoo Down
Sanctuary

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* BACKGROUND INFO: This album comes from my own personal collection. I began buying records while in the high school in the mid 1960s, when I regularly scoured bargain bins for LPs in the rock/folk/blues/soul/jazz categories. In the early 1970s I transferred the bulk of this music onto cassettes, and put the disks away. When buying albums after this, I generally only played them briefly on the phonograph in the process of recording their contents to cassette tape.

After moving entirely to tape, I put all the LPs into storage (packing them upright, in sturdy boxes). So the record I’m offering here has not been played at all for over 30 years. I haven’t even had a turntable for a couple, so it is graded from a visual inspection for scratches or other obvious wear. (While some of my records got heavy usage long ago, many stayed nearly pristine.)  625 (GS 6.9.7 (625))