Miles & Gil Promo "Interviews" Disc

[JSngry]

Found today - MILES DAVIS & GIL EVANS: THE HISTORIC COLLABORATION IN WORDS AND MUSIC (CSK 8751), excerpts from the Miles/Gil box and some pretty lengthy interview segments w/Miles, Gil, Mulligan, Jarrett, Walter Bishop, Jr., Bob Belden, Phill Schapp, Roberta Flack, Frances Davis, etc.

Haven't listened to it yet, and am expecting nothing at all revelatory, just radio-ready soundbites aimed at furthering the Miles Mystique And Resultant Sales, but it seemed like a neat thing for a geek like me to have, so I bought it at regular used prices. I'm just wondering if these promo items were widely (as far as this sort of thing goes) distributed by Sony, or if it's a true rarity (which does not mean it's valuable, I know).

Anybody seen one of these things?

[ghost of miles]

I saw one come through Borders when the set came out, but some other jazz-lovin' employee made off with it, and I never got to hear it.

[Chuck Nessa]

IIRC, Tower was giving these away with the Sony/Gil/Miles box.

[jazzbo]

I had one, sold it.

This was also being given away by Columbia to the first 300 people or so who responded with a postcard included in the Davis/Evans seet, you could chose a lithograph of the cover image or a copy of this cd. I went with the lithograph. Probably should have gotten the cd: the lithograph ended up costing me 250 dollars because my wife had it framed to that tune!

Edited February 22, 2004 by jazzbo

[Rooster_Ties]

I've got one. Neat disc. Most of the audio "interview" clips are from "The Miles Davis Project" - which was an 8-hour long Miles radio-only documentary that was broadcast back around 1992 (plus or minus, I forget the exact year).

Still, a pretty nice item. I think I got mine on eBay for about $8, $10 tops.

[Pete C]

I got mine when I bought the box--perhaps at Tower.

[Parkertown]

I have promo samplers from most of the box sets, but didn't know about this one. But I do recall that postcard from the box. I didn't detach mine though.

I have promo samplers from:

The Columbia Years

Miles/Gil box

2nd Quintet box

Bitches Brew singles

Miles/Trane box

Plugged Nickel-Sampler, not Highlights disc

I think that's all...