MILES DAVIS "E.S.P." 1965 UK CBS 1st *STEREO* PRESSING
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£ 37
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May 2, 2011
Sold Date
Apr 22, 2011
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£ 22
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MILES DAVIS "E.S.P." 1965 UK CBS 1st *STEREO* PRESSING
FRONT LAMINATED FLIPBACK, RARE MILES LP, GREAT SOUND
MILES DAVISE.S.P.
ORIGINAL UK CBS (SBPG 62577) FIRST *STEREO* PRESSING (November 1965) OF MILES DAVIS' CLASSIC "E.S.P." LP - IN GREAT CONDITION - ONE OF MILES' HARDER TO FIND ORIGINAL UK PRESSINGS - A FANTASTIC LP - ONE OF HIS FINEST (BUT AREN'T THEY ALL) AND VERY, VERY HIGHLY RECOMMENDED INDEED
PRESSED ON QUALITY HEAVYWEIGHT VINYL, THIS IS THE EARLIEST 1965 PRESSING WITH THE HEAVILY TEXTURED DEEP ORANGE CBS LABELS , '33' SPEED INDICATION AND *STEREO* BAR
MATRIX: SBPG 62577 - 1A-1 / SBPG 62577 - 1B-1
HOUSED IN THE ORIGINAL FRONT LAMINATED FLIP-BACK SLEEVE "Printed and made by Garrod & Lofthouse Ltd. Patents pending"
COMPLETE WITH THE ORIGINAL DIE-CUT CBS "THE SOUND OF ENTERTAINMENT" ADVERTISING INNER SLEEVE
ESP marks the beginning of a revitalisation for Miles Davis, as his second classic quintet -- saxophonist Wayne Shorter, pianist Herbie Hancock, bassist Ron Carter, and drummer Tony Williams -- gels, establishing what would become their signature adventurous hard bop.
Miles had been moving toward this direction in the two years preceding the release of ESP and he had recorded with everyone outside of Shorter prior to this record, but his addition galvanises the group, pushing them toward music that was recognisably bop but as adventurous as jazz's avant-garde.
Outwardly, this music doesn't take as many risks as Coltrane or Ornette Coleman's recordings of the mid-'60s, but by borrowing some of the same theories -- a de-emphasis of composition in favour of sheer improvisation, elastic definitions of tonality -- they created a unique sound that came to define the very sound of modern jazz.
Certainly, many musicians have returned to this group for inspiration, but their recordings remain fresh, because they exist at this fine dividing line between standard bop and avant. On ESP, they tilt a bit toward conventional hard bop (something that's apparent toward the end of the record), largely because this is their first effort, but the fact is, this difference between this album and hard bop from the early '60s is remarkable.
This is exploratory music, whether it's rushing by in a flurry of notes or elegantly reclining in Hancock's calm yet complex chords.
The compositions are brilliantly structured as well, encouraging such free-form exploration with their elliptical yet memorable themes.
This quintet may have cut more adventurous records, but ESP remains one of their very best albums.
Track Listing:
Side One: E.S.P. (5:29) / Eighty-One (6:14) / Little One (7:21) / R.J. (3:56)
Side Two: Agitation (7:45) / Iris (8:31) / Mood (8:49)
LABELS: The labels are clean, bright and unmarked with just a few light spindles - this copy has seen little play - EXCELLENT+
VINYL Visual: The vinyl surfaces retain their original deep, glossy sheen with just a few superficial light marks which have little audio consequence - the playback is superb - EXCELLENT
VINYL Audio: Great STEREO cut with a crystal clear, deep, rich and very warm sound - beautifully engineered and recorded. On playback at a loud volume the sound is EXCELLENT+ with little to fault - clean, sharp and bright with just the occasional (non-continuous) light click (very minor) - but no groove-wear and no sound distortion - sounds great and a very nice copy indeed
SLEEVE: The original front laminated flipback sleeve is bright, fresh and unmarked with a deep glossy sheen to the front laminate and a clean unmarked back with no damage to the flipback sections - EXCELLENT+
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