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Oh yes. They have even teased the Tokyo 1973 (or 1975) video in "Electric Kind of Blue", as far as I remember. I really liked the idea of covering a whole year in the Bootleg Series. Especially years 1972 (covered only on this messy "Live ath Philarmonics").

Hell yeah. It would be great, if NoBussines pull out also Sam Rivers' box-set, just like those for Jemeel Moondoc and WIlliam Parker. Both good looking, with amazing books and tons of unreleased stuff.

That's true, although I always feel like the inclusion of whole "Get Up Wit It" was not necessery and I'd like just get more takes from previous sessions. But the "Jack Johnsonn" sessions are also neat. Yes, lots of repeatable stuff, but many jewels hidden, some great bonding between musicians withouth Miles. And both "The Mask" takes are brilliant, brutal jazz-rock pieces. Wonder if they're ever going to release those sessions from 1975-76 ("Minnie" from Complete On the Corner is the only 1975-1979 studio track ever released) and those strange from 1978 with Coryell and Masabumi Kikuchi (who was so into Miles, to say at least). But it seems like the Miles Legacy crew pulled the plug out from the vaults for a while.

The classic square-box complete sessions are back: https://www.milesdavis.com/news/the-miles-davis-series-available-again-in-limited-quantities/ It says it's limited. And I don't see it anywhere on Amazon, so it can be truth. The list of reissued boxes its: - On The Corner - Jack Johnson - Seven Steps - Miles Davis/Gil Evans - Miles Davis/John Coltrane - In A Silent Way - Quintet 1965-68 - Bitches Brew I don't see there Cellar Door Sessions though.

Thanks a lot!

@T.D. - can I get link to this "coming soon" section?

Wow, i didn't realise there are HAT reissues going one. Two Ayler's and Marion Brown are definitely being ordered right now! Thanks.

There's a new batch of Deep Jazz Reality - a collection of Tribe's albums, mostly Wendell Harrisons'. The most interesting is definatyle the 2CD "A Message From The Tribe". The second CD is full of alternate mixes (which is a bit of a bummer, as there are no outtakes or live tracks, but still - some 70's music was a bit too rough and new mixing could resurrect it, like Stanton Davis on "Isis Voyage") https://www.cdjapan.co.jp/product/OTLCD-2475?s_ssid=e323b45e94c0fecd0a

Wow, that sounds awesome! Really looking forward to this set and I hope it will be issuead also on CD (I hate this LP-only craze) But if anyone had missed, here're the released Sun Ra's albums from Egypt 1971. Available on separate CD's and in 8-CD box set with various 70's gigs. https://www.discogs.com/Sun-Ra-And-His-Solar-Arkestra-Horizon/release/1789865 https://www.discogs.com/Sun-Ra-And-His-Myth-Science-Solar-Arkestra-Nidhamu-Dark-Myth-Equation-Visitation/release/2189759

There's a funny story about this album - it was supposed to have lyrics, vocals and all this stuff, but - to Chrises surprise - there was just instrumental session released with no add-ons. And lucky us! Have you heard "Backwood Progression" or "The Only Lick I Know"? The first one is, well, let's say accetable, but the latter is just awful.

Oh, finally someone from my region :). I strongly recommend to watch what those guys are releasing! Fusion lovers - pick two album by Krzysztof Sadowski ("Na Kosmodromie" and "Three Thousand Points"), both with 20-minutes wicked suit with organs, synths, ring modulators, flutes and all those crazy things; Jazz Q "Live 1975" - supreme jazz-rock by Czech band and - surprisingly - one of the best live fusion recording that was oficially released! [Return To Forever/Jean-Luc Ponty style] Also both albums by Alex Band will suit all fans of jazz-funk in Brecker Bros/Crusaders/Ronnie Laws mood - fine grooves and nice soloing. "Bazaar" by Jerzy Milian is a classic Polish jazz LP, but also the "Semiramida" compilation is really kickin'! Too me it feels just like Charles Lloyd Quartet, with this slighlty free-jazz attitude. And for those who don't mind a bit of guitar-focused progressive rock playing, SBB "Warszawa 1980" is a real killer.

No. It's pirate label, probably another grown-again branch of a big company, that serves us plenty of boots. Look at the enlarged back cover on Amazon. This "Manufactured UNER[!] license...." phrase kills me

I just got Marion Brown's "Vista". Well - the album itself is brilliant and so is the sound quailty. Really, really classy, just what you can expect from the type of delicate, ambient music. It's also good to notice that the track "Bismillahi 'Rrahmani 'Rrahim" was one of the earliest pieces defining the ambient genre. Harold Budd (also present on "Vista") recorded/composed it in 1974 but it wasn't released until 1978. So "Vista" should be treated as one of the god-fathers of ambient music - and it was recorded by the "screaming", free-jazz/avant-garde Marion. What an irony!

I didn't have mine yet, but I listened to some stuff on Spotify. Well, I was mostly curious about the electric playing. Whereas the CD4 sound brilliant and is something fresh for me (from many 1971 shows I haven't heard this one), the CD3 is total disappointment - besides the previously released 1969 show, the Berlin show sounds too harsh. And i believe "Mtume" (which is a percussion interlude and doesn't fit to the rest at all) from 1975 was inserted only to have this 1955-1975 on the cover, instead of 1953-1973. I hope the memorabilia, photos and liner notes inside would be satisfying!

Larry wasn't singing on "Offering", it was "The Real Great Escape". And few previous. I don't have any bootlegs from 1972, but I believe it's purely instrumental playing. In fact "Offering" is one of his best LP's for me, hardcore spiritual jazz-rock playing. A pity Steve Marcus didn't play with Eleventh House, it could be a real dynamite.

It looks pretty neat - 1CD from 1972 and very underrated "Offering" period (I hope Steve Marcus is there), 1CD from solo gig in 1976 and last, and well, least, from 2012. Label is Cleopatra Records/Purple Pyramid, release date: 27.07 for US, 21.08 for EU http://www.amazon.com/Aurora-Coryellis-Larry-Coryell/dp/B00YOA7N48 The 1975 show by Most Promising Music from last year was also great, though not perfect technically. I've listened to many Coryell's concerts from 70s and its a great stuff, the same league as Mahavishnu or RTF. Larry deserves wider recognition of his jazz-rock period.

Isn't Hi Hat a purely pirate label? I've seen some fusion releases (Mahavishnu, RTF, Hancock) - covers looks like from classic bootlegs and reviewers complain about low sound quality.

Browse Amazon's shops. I've seen some CD's (that are OOP in Japan) still available at fair price.

Is there really a big sound difference between nicely remastered CD or SHM-CD and Blu-ray? A read something about pros of blue laser, but sounded to me like like classic audio-voodoo. Sorry if I didn't find a thread where this topic was discused through and through.

Wow, that extended tunafish line killed me. Unnecessary. As I wrote before, I'm aware that those kind of releases are not the official ones. I'm curious about sound quality, the edition quality and also if any of those are actually legal - it's not that obvious. Wounded Bird Records, for example, releases very cheap-looking CD's with great music, but as far as I know, they're buying rights to do that (mostly from Sony). So again - it's not that obvious. Just to make things straight - the reasons I started the topic are mentioned above, I don't encourage anyone to buy it or break a local law. Thanks AllenLowe - that's what I wanted to know.

"We (...) you" - that sounds pretty scary So that's as I though - unofficial crap not worth buying. I ordered one set just to check how it look and sounds, but cheap editions isn't anything fancy for me. But I'm rather disgusting seeing all those cult albums by Dexter Gordon, Miles or Coltrane laying around in shops. For sure many people will buy it without knowing something is wrong. Any really bad experience with sound quality of those pirate editions?

I just wanted to know what do you folks think about that kind of re-issues like from the image below. The market is full of 1, 2 and 4CD sets with 50s and early 60s sets. I guess some of them are pirate releases and some released when the copywrites expired (isn't it qute short in USA?). I'd like to have always best editions but damn, sometimes it's tempting to collect 8 albums for 10$ instead of buying each seperately. I don't have any knowledge about sound quality, source, covers and so on - any thoughts about that too?

Yes, "Bitches Brew Live" was audio only. For sure CD's aren't as important as they're two decades back, but... how about all those "Complete Sessions" boxes? Jack Johnson - 2003, OOP. Cellar Door - 2005, OOP. On The Corner - 2007, OOP (I feel like writing about KIA soldiers...). Not to mention a mammoth Bitches Brew set from 2013, which is now having a re-release in 4CD form. So the logic dictates that further boxes would also be out of print pretty fast. There must be a reason that all of those Led Zeppelin, Eric Clapton's and other rock stars have epic super deluxe editions. I know it's a dream, but a box set inspired by King Crimson's "Road to Red" would be an amazing thing.

tl;dr version: CD1 is '55 and 58' (previously released as "Newport '58") CD 2 is '66 and '67 CD 3 is '69 (all previousle released on "Bitches Brew Live"), '73 and '75 CD 4 is entirely '71 Well, strange move. I guess "Newport", as well as "Fillmore" is a better key word to sell a product than "Miles Live from 19xx" Obviously adding cuts from "Bitches Brew Live" (which is a must for a Davis maniac, and so as the bootleg series) is a very, very uncool move. As well as shrinking the '75 sets from a 2CD material to just one short track.... anybody remember disappointment with the great Montreux DVD boxes with only one track from the 70s? (possibly the weakest one). Of course the '71 set is fine, as well as the Berlin 1973, although a well known gig. I'm curious what they're waiting for with "unleashing the vaults"? For all older fans becoming old and deaf ? Why no more complete sessions boxes (all OOP), why no big live collections? This "Newport" key really makes me thing they want to target as many jazz fans as possible, vast Miles fans horde is not enough.