unusual Miles Davis "DIG" 45rpm

[chewy-chew-chew-bean-benitez]

it looks almost like a south american pressing, but id be wary to go that far,- very crude.  cursive prestige logo on dark blue, no vangelder stamp as far as i can tell, unusal lip "deep groove" style by the spindle hole, and even more unusal very heavy-stamped crude number matrixes that i havent seen since old 30s rca victor 78s.  you know what im talking about.  anyways. i hope thats enough info.  it is certainly not an issue from time of release but i suppose an early 60s issue, but from where i dont know

[Big Beat Steve]

Upload a picture of the label and the experts might be able to go from there.

[chewy-chew-chew-bean-benitez]

 

 

 

 

 

 

[clifford_thornton]

weird. That's not even in the Prestige 7" catalog on jazzdisco.org.

there's an edited version (I think) that came out presumably a bit later:

https://www.discogs.com/Miles-Davis-Dig-Its-Only-A-Paper-Moon/release/8501591

[Dmitry]

It's an original 45 7" single, ca.1951-52.

[chewy-chew-chew-bean-benitez]

definetly dont see rvg stamps, my thing was oh its like a 45 of the sidewinder: hella popular so they cut it to lower quality control.  i have one clearly recut only side 2 of the single.  anyways thanks for your imput.   so an original huh.  it seems like if its an orig could it be a batch of records at a plant they didnt normaly use?  its so odd!  thanks u guys

[Big Beat Steve]

Don't drool to much. It's not that odd, it seems: "The Prestige Book" (the book in the (Japanese) Jazz Critique series, No. 3, 1966), for example, lists "Dig" Pt. 1 and 2 (Prestige 777) quite normally under the "single-play" releases on the Prestige label. There were quite a lot of them - the releases ran from no. 301 to 304 and then 701 to 921 (and there was another 900 series), including quite a few that probably never made it to LP. And the recording dates tie in with the date given by Dmitry above.  Google shows other Prestige 45s with that script logo.

[chewy-chew-chew-bean-benitez]

hmm.....

[corto maltese]

There's even a Discogs entry for this record: 

https://www.discogs.com/Miles-Davis-And-His-Band-Dig-Part-One/release/8791948

The 7" 45rpm and the 10" 78rpm have the same catalogue number (prefix 45- added for the single).

[l p]

yes, but do you have this from 2014 rsd

http://www.plosin.com/milesahead/Disco.aspx?id=RSD-Enigma

 

 

plosin now has to list 2 first takes of kelo and enigma, and i think that this conundrum will drive him crazy eventually.

http://www.plosin.com/milesahead/Sessions.aspx?s=530420

1	Kelo (take 1) (J.J. Johnson)	3:13
2	Kelo (take 1) (J.J. Johnson)	3:22
3	Kelo (take 2) (J.J. Johnson)	3:15
4	Enigma (take 1) (J.J. Johnson)	3:38
5	Enigma (take 1) (J.J. Johnson)	3:22
6	Enigma (take 2) (J.J. Johnson)	3:19

[clifford_thornton]

huh. Dunno why I couldn't find 45-777 before when I was hunting around.

[chewy-chew-chew-bean-benitez]

IT JUST DAWNED ON ME

 

 

its like w/ the albert ammons we were talking about.  its PRE RVG, right?  isnt that it?  this IS an orig prestige 45 that is prior to rvg- no?

[JSngry]

I would reckon so.