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Background on this Ebay Listing:
***Our ONLY COPY of this super rare audiophile title.
Recorded shortly
after the blistering IN PERSON, FRIDAY / SATURDAY NIGHT AT THE BLACKHAWK,
SAN FRANCISCO, VOLUMES 1 & 2 (but released first), SOMEDAY MY PRINCE
WILL COME captures Miles Davis and his second great rhythm section at
the peak of their collective interplay. By March 1961, the rhythm team
of Wynton Kelly, Paul Chambers and Jimmy Cobb had attained a finger
snapping level of relaxation and swing that was equal parts grit and
grace (check out their soulful blues vamp on "Pfrancing"). They had
become so attuned to each other during their tenure with Miles that they
left in tandem to form the Wynton Kelly Trio--forcing Miles to search
for new conscripts, precipitating his boldest period of exploration.
Miles'
had a penchant for turning offbeat standards and show tunes into
personal jazz classics, and certainly few songs have come to be as
closely identified with an artist as "Someday My Prince Will Come." From
the rhythm section's evocation of a clock striking midnight and Kelly's
big band-styled comping, through Miles' famous muted rendition of the
theme and the contrasting tenor styles of laid-back Hank Mobley and a
testifying John Coltrane, this is a defining moment in the history of
jazz and the pop song form.
The title tune tends to
overshadow the understated power of Miles' muted horn on such
exceptional ballad performances as "Old Folks," "I Thought About You"
and the trumpeter's own "Drad-Dog." But it's "Teo," an extra funky,
Spanish flavored vamp (shades of "It Ain't Necessarily So") that elicits
the most heat from each improviser, particularly Mr. Coltrane, only
months away from his own epic Iberian "Ole."
MFSL,
also known as MOFI, properly known as MOBILE FIDELITY SOUND LAB was the
grandfather of all audiophile labels. Their LPs and CDs are highly
sought after by audiophiles, because, quite simply, they were the best
available at the time. It's true that not all their issues were great
successes (sonically or commercially), but more often than not, they
did hit the correct mark with their software.
Unfortunately
the original MFSL company no longer exists. Thankfully, others have
taken up the audiophile gauntlet, using the MFSL name to issue high
quality, great sounding CD product...this is one such title.
This ebay listing is for a very rare, long out of print audiophile CD title, this is an OPEN, NEAR MINT CD, PRESSED and ISSUED by the MFSL {MOFI} company, of a highly collectible title from their CD catalog - a superb title featuring -
Miles Davis, trumpet
Hank Mobley, John Coltrane, tenor saxophones
Wynton Kelly, piano
Paul Chambers, bass
Jimmy Cobb, Philly Joe Jones, drums
MFSL CD Title -
Some Day My Prince Will Come
Track Listings:
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1. Someday My Prince Will Come 2. Old Folks 3. Pfrancing 4. Drad-Dog 5. Teo 6. I Thought About You |
The CD is from the ultra-rare MFSL series of audiophile CDs (long out of print).
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CD catalog # MFCD 828
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CD made in the USA
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Recorded at 30th
Street Studio, New York, NY on March 7, 20 & 21, 1961.
Originally released on Columbia (8456). Includes liner notes by Ira
Gitler and Eddie Henderson.
Digitally remastered by Teo Macero at CBS in New York.
The CD, JEWEL CASE and INSERTS are all in NEAR MINT condition!! The CD may have a slight mark or two on the reflective side of the disc (although we could not see anything under strong light). We play tested this item on our audio system and it performed PERFECTLY!!
This CD is an audiophile quality pressing
(any collector of fine MFSL, half speeds, direct to discs, Japanese/UK
pressings etc., can attest to the difference a quality pressing can
make to an audio system).
Don't let this rarity slip
by!!!
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