Peter Posted May 5, 2008 Report Share Posted May 5, 2008 Am considerring updating my very old copies of "'Round About Midnight", "Milestones", "Kind of Blue". Seems to be at least two remasters currently in print, 20 bit & 24 bit. 24 bit seems to be the older of the two. Recommendations please? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jazzhound Posted May 6, 2008 Report Share Posted May 6, 2008 Am considerring updating my very old copies of "'Round About Midnight", "Milestones", "Kind of Blue". Seems to be at least two remasters currently in print, 20 bit & 24 bit. 24 bit seems to be the older of the two. Recommendations please? all I can say is my Miles cds of the Quintet produced before that digital maniac operating out of Sony Studios in NYC got his hands on the masters sound much better that the later remasterings. (you know the ones with the bonus tracks). so maybe upgrading won't give you much improvement. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jazzbo Posted May 6, 2008 Report Share Posted May 6, 2008 Well, my experience differs. For "Round About Midnight" get the two cd deluxe version that includes the Pasadena show. Win win there. I find the SACDs of the Miles titles to sound very good (I don't have them all but I do have some) if you have an appropriate player. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
captainwrong Posted May 6, 2008 Report Share Posted May 6, 2008 I've never been a big fan of upgrading, but I had all of those in the old "Columbia Jazz Masterpiece" versions (the covers had a blue border, Kind of Blue had a completely wrong cover.) I bought the speed corrected KOB when it first came out and it was a tremendous improvement. The other two, I have as part of the Miles & Coltrane set and, again, they sound a million times better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
porcy62 Posted May 6, 2008 Report Share Posted May 6, 2008 I've never been a big fan of upgrading, but I had all of those in the old "Columbia Jazz Masterpiece" versions (the covers had a blue border, Kind of Blue had a completely wrong cover.) I bought the speed corrected KOB when it first came out and it was a tremendous improvement. The other two, I have as part of the Miles & Coltrane set and, again, they sound a million times better. The 'Columbia Jazz Masterpiece' was the biggest attempt to destroy jazz, since Hitler banned 'negro muzik' in the late thirties. If you won't go for vinyl, (the titles you named are easily available as originals and later reissues at cheap price, I would reccomend the german and dutch pressings of seventies, over here you can get them at cd price or less) any other digital reissues are preferable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Claude Posted May 6, 2008 Report Share Posted May 6, 2008 The remastered individual albums were released shortly after the relevant box sets. I don't know about two different remasters (20bit and 24bit), but the reissues are a huge upgrade over the intitial CD versions, which are among the worst jazz CD reissues ever. Some find Mark Wilder's remastering a bit cold sounding, but we're talkung about nuances and preferences here, whereas the first CD reissues were a disgrace. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jazzhound Posted May 6, 2008 Report Share Posted May 6, 2008 The remastered individual albums were released shortly after the relevant box sets. I don't know about two different remasters (20bit and 24bit), but the reissues are a huge upgrade over the intitial CD versions, which are among the worst jazz CD reissues ever. Some find Mark Wilder's remastering a bit cold sounding, but we're talkung about nuances and preferences here, whereas the first CD reissues were a disgrace. Wilder remixed many of the Miles cds, if not all, adding further manipulation and processing to the original masters which Teo supervised the mixing of. that is a major refry and is not about nuances. any listen to the digital refry of Miles Ahead should hear the poor results. I believe the versions I prefer are the original masters simply transferred to digital on most occasions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AllenLowe Posted May 6, 2008 Report Share Posted May 6, 2008 I'm waiting for the 25 bit versions - Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Claude Posted May 6, 2008 Report Share Posted May 6, 2008 Wilder remixed many of the Miles cds, if not all, adding further manipulation and processing to the original masters which Teo supervised the mixing of. that is a major refry and is not about nuances. any listen to the digital refry of Miles Ahead should hear the poor results. I believe the versions I prefer are the original masters simply transferred to digital on most occasions. In that case, your best option would be the first japanese CD reissues (35DP series), but they are hard to find and can be very expensive. http://servercc.oakton.edu/~larry/miles/ma...ssonyjapan.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jazzbo Posted May 6, 2008 Report Share Posted May 6, 2008 Blame Phil S for Miles Ahead not Wilder. (I actually like the results, I was never that attached to the lp version). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave9199 Posted May 6, 2008 Report Share Posted May 6, 2008 I'm always amazed at how quiet the Evans/Davis box is. The box was remastered right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Posted May 7, 2008 Author Report Share Posted May 7, 2008 I'm always amazed at how quiet the Evans/Davis box is. The box was remastered right? Yup. 20 bit I believe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shrdlu Posted May 9, 2008 Report Share Posted May 9, 2008 I'm waiting for the 25 bit versions - Yeah, babe!! Made my day!! [Just finished saying, in another thread, "how many more times are they going to reissue stuff".] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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