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Relaxin' With The Miles Davis Quintet - 1st

THE MILES DAVIS QUINTET Relaxin' (Historic 1958 UK first press 6-track mono LP pressed on heavyweight vinyl for Esquire with 'RVG' machine stamped in the run-outs, also starring John Coltrane, Red Garland, Paul Chambers & Philly Joe Jones. Comes housed in a unique front laminated flipback picture sleeve for the British market. See 'more info' for condition details for this Prestige-era masterpiece...)

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Release Year 1958 - 66 years ago
Condition Unless stated otherwise in the description above, all items are in at least excellent condition - so please read our descriptions carefully. We try to sell items as close to Mint condition as possible, and many will indeed be close to brand new and/or unplayed. Others may be 'used' - and all will meet our strict grading and are 100% guaranteed.
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Format vinyl LP album (LP record)
Record Label Esquire
Complete Stock List Go to Miles Davis
Product Catalogue No 32-068
Music Genre Male Solo, Jazz, Progressive
Country Comes from UK Comes from 'UK'
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Tracklisting & More Information

Tracklisting :-
If I Were A Bell
You're My Everything
I Could Write A Book
Oleo
It Could Happen To You
Woody 'N' You
Tracks 1-4 recorded October 26, 1956
Tracks 5-6 recorded May 11, 1956

Personnel :-
Miles Davis - Trumpet
John Coltrane - Tenor Saxophone
Red Garland - Piano
Paul Chambers - Bass
Philly Joe Jones - Drums

"I'll play it and tell you what it is later..." These are the famous words Miles utters at the start of this historic album. The impromptu nature of this set for Prestige is all there on the record, with little edited out. The Esquire pressing is the same high quality & well on a par with the expensive US original in terms of sound quality. Once you know the album & realise there are many different pressings out there, you'll naturally want to investigate the best. Bear in the mind the physical conditions of the original tapes. The 1/4" tape reels from these sessions were more than 40 years old when the 1996 remasters were prepared & were more than 50 years old when the set was prepared again in 2008. The tapes are known to be brittle, especially where they were spliced & oxide was pulled from the tape. They are saturated in places. Several dropouts are audible on the remasters & there are even jumps & some seconds missing in a number of tunes. This first issue British vinyl pressing from 1958 suffers none of this...

Condition :-

Obtained from a one previous owner collection of 1950s modern jazz rarities, this example has been kept under lock & key for over sixty years. The sleeve remains in Very Good Plus condition. There is no writing or seam splits & the flipbacks are firmly intact. There is some chipping/peeling to the laminate at the edges. Due to the flimsy nature of the design, there is some ring wear causing a faint crease. It's really as good as it gets!

The heavyweight vinyl still shines both sides & is remarkably clean looking. The vinyl grades Excellent & sound clarity is superb. This record has been played a couple of times in its lifetime & has no scratches or significant groove wear. A great find & recommended.


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Recording Artist Miles Davis
Product Title Relaxin' With The Miles Davis Quintet - 1st
Product Information Miles Davis Relaxin' With The Miles Davis Quintet - 1st UK vinyl LP album (LP record).
Language All tracks are sung in English, unless otherwise stated in our description.
Additional info Deleted - A deleted or out-of-print item is one that is no longer manufactured. However, we stock thousands of out-of-print formats and we specialise in tracking down out-of-print, deleted and hard-to-find releases.
Artists Related To Al Foster, Dave Holland, George Coleman, Jimmy Cobb, Kenny Garrett, Mike Stern, Paul Chambers, Philly Joe Jones, Red Garland, Ron Carter, Sonny Fortune, Steve Reid, Teo Macero, The Brass Ensemble, Tony Williams (Jazz), Wynton Kelly
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