Hello; I wonder what you consider the best sounding edition of this album; independent oor not matter what kind of format(reel to reel,lp,cassette,cd,sacd etc) PS. this reel to reel seems to have all the stereo tracks in right speed? https://www.discogs.com/Miles-Davis-Kind-Of-Blue/release/5945124

You very nicely summed up Kind of Blue, in my experience as well. Are there warts, sure, are they a distraction not for me. The DSOTM allure I get as most were exposed to it at an early stage in our audio journey in an altered state. I’ll never forget my first listen to DSOTM at a friend’s house on his father’s tube stereo, not sure what it was, McIntosh possibly. At times we return to the music of our youth for various reasons. My one guilty pleasure to this day is Supertramp’s Crime of The Century. I have a love hate relationship with it, and can no longer listen to it straight through, both sides.

DSOTM and Crime of the Century are two stellar albums…and albums I listen far more often than “Kind of Blue”. Of course, I am a bigger fan of late 60’s and early 70’s classic and prog rock than I am of jazz…

I’ve had a copy of MoFi’s Crime of the Century LP ever since it was issued in the '70s, and I still enjoy it for both the music and the sound (after all these years it remains one of the best-sounding non-classical recordings I have). But as much as I like it, I can’t seem to muster similar musical enthusiasm for the group’s other albums, even the ones most people talk about as being “just as good” as CotC, namely Breakfast in America and Even in the Quietest Moments. Sometimes I think we’re inclined to be open to certain works of art because of the times and our personal circumstances, and as we move on with our lives we still cherish those works, but have no interest in other contemporary works that for whatever reason we just hadn’t explored at that time. Though I’ll add that in my own case, Breakfast suffered from vastly too much radio play for me to want to listen to it on record. Kind of like Dave Matthews. :wink:

[image] Craig_Burgess: Sometimes I think we’re inclined to be open to certain works of art because of the times and our personal circumstances, and as we move on with our lives we still cherish those works, but have no interest in other contemporary works that for whatever reason we just hadn’t explored at that time. I could not have said it better, yes a fine sounding LP for its day, but more than likely overplaying it when I first purchased it has warn my enthusiasm for it.

Breakfast in America is another album I love to listen to do.

Thanks for sharing. A don’t think I’ve even seen a few of these until now.

High Definition Tape Transfers just released this. Unfortunately there are no details about the provenance of it. [image] Miles Davis - Kind Of Blue (Pure DSD) Artist(s): Trumpet – Miles Davis Tenor Saxophone – John Coltrane Alto Saxophone – Julian Adderly Bass – Paul Chambers Drums – James Cobb Piano – Bill Evans, Wynton Kelly (Track 2) Recording Info: Recorded At Columbia 30th Street Studio, New York... Price: USD 8.99

I’m getting it. I enjoy my other HDTT 256 files so this is a must for me! Btw the price is $26 for the downloads not $8.99

The $8.99 version is for the “budget compact disc” version that does not even contain a jewel box. The “corrected pitch”, according to a review, is NOT corrected in this version. I currently have (and only have) the corrected pitch version, so will want to hear the difference in pitch. The resolution is, according to a review, the best digital version they have heard.

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