Miles Davis Steamin' Original LP RVG NJ Prestige 7200 DG Mono Van Gelder Yellow

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Miles Davis

Steamin' with the Miles Davis Quintet

Prestige 7200

Welcome!  This auction is for the original issue of Miles Davis's "Steamin' with the Miles Davis Quintet on Prestige Records.   This copy has the original yellow and black prestige label with the Bergenfield, NJ address.  It also has Rudy Van Gelder's RVG stamp on both sides of the lp.   Includes the original inner advertising other prestige lps (one tiny beginning of a split on the side).

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Vinyl Condition:  VG (This is a very conservative grade.  The vinyl is very clean and you have to look closely to see minor scuffing and normal wear.  There are no audible marks.  I can also see some wear around the spindle, but the hole is not misshapened in any way.  I think most would grade this lp higher.  I played portions of the lp and it played very nicely with only minor background noise in quieter areas.  This noise disappeared almost entirely when I pushed the mono switch.)   I think you would have to pay substantially higher than the buy it now price to upgrade, and remember, satisfaction guaranteed.

Jacket Condition:  VG++ (Beautiful cover with no issues.  Some minor aging on the back paste over sheet, but just very minor wear overall)

This album was released by Prestige records in 1963.  Here is the 5 star review from Allmusic.com

Review

by Lindsay Planer

Although chronologically the last to be issued, this collection includes some of the best performances from the tapes which would produce the albums Cookin', Relaxin', Workin', and ultimately, Steamin'. A primary consideration of these fruitful sessions is the caliber of musicians -- Miles Davis (trumpet), Red Garland (piano), John Coltrane (tenor sax), and Philly Joe Jones (drums) -- who were basically doing their stage act in the studio. As actively performing musicians, the material they are most intimate with would be their live repertoire. Likewise, what more obvious place than a studio is there to capture every inescapable audible nuance of the combo's musical group mind. The end results are consistently astonishing. At the center of Steamin', as with most outings by this band, are the group improvisations which consist of solo upon solo of arguably the sweetest and otherwise most swinging interactions known to have existed between musicians. "Surrey With the Fringe on Top" is passed between the mates like an old joke. Garland compliments threads started by Davis and Coltrane as their seamless interaction yields a stream of strikingly lyrical passages. There are two well-placed nods to fellow bop pioneers Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie on a revision of their "Salt Peanuts." Philly Joe Jones' mimicking cymbal speak -- which replicates Gillespie's original vocals -- is nothing short of genius. This rendition is definitely as crazy and unpredictable here as the original. Thelonious Monk also gets kudos on "Well, You Needn't." This quintet makes short work of the intricacies of the arrangement, adding the double horn lead on the choruses and ultimately redefining this jazz standard. Although there is no original material on Steamin', it may best represent the ability of the Miles Davis quintet to take standards and rebuild them to suit their qualifications.

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