Davis, Miles - Birth of the Cool Test Pressing
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ID no. 9007064 Title: Birth of the Cool Test Pressing Artist: Davis, Miles Product Condition: SS Cover Condition: M Description: This auction is for a STILL SEALED single LP Test Pressing marked (A/B) of the Classic Records 200gram reissue of Miles Davis' "Birth of the Cool" with jacket. These highly collectible test pressings are from the first stamper and less than 20 exist. Test pressings reflect the closest you can get to the lacquers and hence have a special collectible value and store of value. So dubbed because these three sessions two from early 1949, one from March 1950 are where the sound known as cool jazz essentially formed, The Birth of the Cool remains one of the defining, pivotal moments in jazz. This is where the elasticity of bop was married with skillful, big-band arrangements and a relaxed, subdued mood that made it all seem easy, even at its most intricate. After all, there's a reason why this music was called cool; it has a hip, detached elegance, never getting too hot, even as the rhythms skip and jump. Indeed, the most remarkable thing about these sessions arranged by Gil Evans and featuring such heavy-hitters as Kai Winding, Gerry Mulligan, Lee Konitz, and Max Roach is that they sound intimate, as the nonet never pushes too hard, never sounds like the work of nine musicians. Furthermore, the group keeps things short and concise (probably the result of the running time of singles, but the results are the same), which keeps the focus on the tones and tunes. The virtuosity led to relaxing, stylish mood music as the end result the very thing that came to define West Coast or "cool" jazz but this music is so inventive, it remains alluring even after its influence has been thoroughly absorbed into the mainstream Stephen Thomas Erlewine. The Classic Reissue was cut from the original 30 ips mono master tapes using our all tube mono cutting system at Bernie Grundman Mastering. This is as good as it will ever get! Jacket in mint condition.
Grading Scale: SS still sealed these are original factory seals and not rewraps M mint hardly played but open M- mint- played some but not much, no visible marks from handling VG+ very good+ played but taken care of excellently VG very good played and may show some light wear VG- very good- played and may have some very light surface scratches G+ good+ played and probably shows some wear and scratches G good to the point of well played and shows wear and scratches G- good- getting to a lot of play and poor handling F+ fair+ heavy wear and scratches but probably doesn´t skip F fair heavy wear and surface noise, with scratches F- fair- heavy wear and scratches that will probably cause skips P poor you are buying this record for its rarity, not sound quality* *We care not to have poor records unless they are so scarce that it is worth it. No returns on Test Pressings. Please check out our other auctions for classic records, audiophile vinyl, collectible, used vinyl, record albums, hard to find, collectible, rare music, buy music, hard to find music, out of print music, rare vinyl.
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