Miles Davis - enormous Boxset due

Found this on Pitchfork:

On November 10, Columbia/Legacy will release The Complete Columbia Album Collection. The box will include (seriously) 70 CDs and one DVD, and somehow it's that one DVD that makes the whole thing look like overkill.

The DVD is Live in Europe '67, which will be on DVD for the first time ever with this set. The set will also include a previously unreleased live recording of Davis's performance at the 1970 Isle of Wight Festival.

According to Legacy, the CDs will all come in "Japanese-styled mini LP jackets", which sounds cool. The CDs will include bonus tracks that have been tacked on to Davis reissues over the years. There will also be a 250-page book.

The whole massive brick of a thing will be available exclusively from Amazon, and it'll run you $369.98, which is kind of a bargain. That's about five bucks a disc!

As big as this is, I think I found a Christmas present. Or at least something I'd be wanting to invest in.

I've already picked up a huge amount of Miles' Columbia stuff, some in deluxe complete sessions versions, starting with Bitches Brew.  Sounds sweet.  Particularly the mini LP sleeves. 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miles_davis_discography#Columbia.2C_1955-1975

There must be a large number of live albums too or something, because that's only about half of what the boxset says it includes...


Edited by LiquidEternity - August 22 2009 at 10:40

^I've got Kind of Blue, Bitches Brew and On the Corner and inspired by this piece of news I've been giving each of them a listen yesterday and today. And I like them a lot more now than I did before, sometimes things just click on a certain moment  If I was still working full time I'd probably just order that box when it comes out of mad curiosity, but now that I'm studying again money is tighter... We'll see what happens.

Whoa, mama! 
That must be more Miles Davis CD's than my grandpa owns!

I'd buy that sucker in a second.  Expensive...yes.  Whatever, put it on the credit card...I'm an idiot.  But I'm sure I've spent that on the Zappa collection.  And to have it all...wow.  Hell, I spent $100 on the On The Corner sessions, so to have the entire output for $300+, no brainer.

The thing is,I don't necessarily like EVERYTHING he ever recorded.His early period is not my cup of tea.I tend to prefer is late 60's 70' rocked up period...

http://www.amazon.com/Compleet-Columbia-Collection-Amazon-com-Exclusive/dp/B002EOF7U8/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1251139596&sr=1-1

Plankowner wrote: http://www.amazon.com/Compleet-Columbia-Collection-Amazon-com-Exclusive/dp/B002EOF7U8/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1251139596&sr=1-1   Looks like Amazon is already taking pre-orders, would like to see the description first, jeez...

THE COMPLETE MILES DAVIS COLUMBIA ALBUM COLLECTION
(Columbia/Legacy 88697 55852 2)
CDs
# Title Rec. Rel. Catalog
01. In Paris Festival Int'l De Jazz May, 1949 - 1949 1977 SRCS 9724 
02. 'Round About Midnight - 1955-1956 1957 CK 85201 
03. Circle In The Round - 1955-1970 1979 C2K 46862 
04. Miles Ahead - 1957 1957 CK 65121 
05. Milestones - 1958 1958 CK 85203 
06. 1958 Miles - 1958 1974 C6K 65833 
07. At Newport 1958 - 1958 1964 CK 85202 
08. Porgy And Bess - 1958 1959 CK 65141 
09. Jazz At The Plaza - 1958 1973 CK 85245 
10. Kind Of Blue - 1959 1959 CK 64935 
11. Sketches Of Spain - 1959-60 1960 CK 65142 
12. Directions - 1960-70 1981 SRCS 9761/2 
13. Someday My Prince Will Come - 1961 1961 CK 65919 
14. In Person Friday Night At The Blackhawk, 1961 - 1961 C2K 87097 San Francisco - Complete 
15. In Person Saturday Night At The Blackhawk, - 1961 1961 C2K 87100 San Francisco - Complete 
16. At Carnegie Hall - 1961 1962 C2K 65027 
17. Quiet Nights + "Blue Xmas (To Whom It May Concern)" and "Devil May Care" - 1962 1963 CK 65293 
18. Seven Steps To Heaven - 1963 1963 CK 93592 
19. In Europe - 1963 1964 CK 93583 
20. My Funny Valentine - 1964 1965 CK 93593 
21. "Four" & More - 1964 1966 CK 93595 
22. Miles In Tokyo - 1964 1969 CK 93596 
23. Miles In Berlin - 1964 1965 CK 93594 
24. E.S.P. - 1965 1965 CK 65683 
25. At Plugged Nickel - V. 1 1965 1976 18AP 2067 
V. 2 1965 1976 18AP 2068 
26. Miles Smiles - 1966 1967 CK 65682 
27. Sorcerer - 1967 1967 CK 65680 
28. Nefertiti - 1967 1968 CK 65681 
29. Water Babies - 1967-68 1976 CK 86577 
30. Miles In The Sky - 1968 1968 CK 65684 
31. Filles De Kilimanjaro - 1968 1969 CK 86555 
32. In A Silent Way - 1969 1969 CK 86556 
33. Bitches Brew - 1969 1970 C2K 65774 
34. Big Fun - 1969-72 1974 C2K 63973 
35. A Tribute To Jack Johnson - 1970 1971 CK 93599 
36. Live At The Fillmore East (March 7, 1970): It's About That Time - 1970 2001 C2K 85191 
37. Black Beauty: Miles Davis At Fillmore West - 1970 1973 C2K 65138 
38. At Fillmore - 1970 1970 C2K 65139 
39. # Isle Of Wight - 1970 2009 - 
40. Live/Evil 1970 - 1971 C2K 65135 
41. On The Corner - 1972 1972 CK 63980 
42. In Concert - 1972 1973 C2K 65140 
43. Dark Magus - 1974 1977 C2K 65137 
44. Get Up With It - 1972-74 1974 C2K 63970 
45. Agharta - 1975 1976 C2K 46799 
46. Pangaea - 1975 1975 C2K 46115 
47. The Man With The Horn - 1980-81 1981 CK 36790 
48. We Want Miles + 3 bonus tracks from Miles!, Miles!, Miles! - 1981 1982 SICP 1235/6 
49. Star People - 1982-83 1983 CK 38657 
50. Decoy - 1983 1984 CK 38991 
51. You're Under Arrest - 1984-85 1985 CK 40023 
52. Aura - 1985 1989 CK 45332 
DVD
Miles Davis Quintet: Wayne Shorter, Herbie 10-11/67 2009 - Hancock, Ron Carter, Tony Williams / Live In Europe '67