Mark Stryker Posted February 23, 2013 Report Share Posted February 23, 2013 Does anyone know if the four moody ballads Miles recorded on July 9, 1955, for Debut -- "Alone Together," "Nature Boy," "There's No You" and "Easy Living" -- were originally issued as a 10" or 12" LP? I assume it would not have been an EP at that point, but the timing is very short at some 27 minutes. Here are other details: Miles Davis Quintet Miles Davis (trumpet) Britt Woodman (trombone) Teddy Charles (vibraphone) Charles Mingus (bass) Elvin Jones (drums) Audio-Video Studios, NYC, July 9, 1955 Nature Boy Debut DEB 120, (D) DEP 27, 12DCD 4402-2 Alone Together - There's No You Debut DEB 120, (D) DEP 28, 12DCD 4402-2 Easy Living - * Debut DEB 120; Fantasy LP 6001, LP 86001; Original Jazz Classics OJC 043, OJCCD 043-2; America (F) 30 AM 6051 Miles Davis - Blue Moods = Disques Swing (F) LDM 30035 Miles Davis = Prestige PR 24022 Miles Davis - Collector's Items * Debut 12DCD 4402-2 Charles Mingus - The Complete Debut Recordings * Debut (D) DEP 27 Miles Davis - Blue Moods, Vol. 1 * Debut (D) DEP 28 Miles Davis - Blue Moods, Vol. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted February 23, 2013 Report Share Posted February 23, 2013 (edited) http://www.holeinthe...hd/Debut1-2.htm In late 1955 Debut switched to the 12-inch LP. And the first release was a "sampler" laden with fourteen extraordinary tracks (mostly singles and unreleased pieces) recorded between April, 1952 ("Extrasensory Perception" by Lee Konitz with the Charles Mingus Quintet) and September, 1954 ("Portrait" by Thad Jones with Strings) – both Mingus compositions. The sampler was Autobiography in Jazz (DEB-198) and it originally carried a $1.98 price ("Fed. Tax Included") printed on its back cover. These days it’s valued at $60 to $150, depending on condition. In the mid-Eighties Fantasy reissued it (minus the printed price) as an Original Jazz Classic. The first regular release in the 12-inch album format was an important album, Miles Davis’s Blue Moods (DEB-120). Unfortunately, this – one of the best mid-Fifties albums Miles made – was originally recorded in July 1955 for release as a 10-inch album, and is very short, with only four tracks. For some reason the folks at Debut felt a bit uneasy about this and in an effort to reassure listeners told us "This recording was cut at 160 lines per inch (instead of the usual 210 to 260 lines per inch) making the grooves wider and deeper and allowing for more area between the grooves…." However, it appears that the album did see 10" issue in, at least, the UK: http://www.popsike.c...4048655915.html Edited February 23, 2013 by JSngry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Stryker Posted February 23, 2013 Author Report Share Posted February 23, 2013 (edited) Thanks for that -- appreciate it. Edited February 23, 2013 by Mark Stryker Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brownie Posted February 24, 2013 Report Share Posted February 24, 2013 Blue Moods came out as a twelve-incher on the Swing label in France (with the same cover as the british ten-incher!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidewinder Posted February 24, 2013 Report Share Posted February 24, 2013 However, it appears that the album did see 10" issue in, at least, the UK: http://www.popsike.c...4048655915.html Confirmed that my copy on UK Vogue is identical to that one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clifford_thornton Posted March 15, 2013 Report Share Posted March 15, 2013 Those UK Vogue pressings are nice - at least the ones I have. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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