Kind Of Blue Mobile Fidelity Vinyl Review
Mobile fidelity 180g 45rpm vinyl 2lp box set is definitive analog version and intended to be passed on to generations.
Kind of blue mobile fidelity vinyl review. The expressive warmth imaging clarity frequency extension and window on the world breadth afforded by this new edition places music lovers right in the studio with the sextet. This refers to the 2015 mobile fidelity 2 disc box set of kind of blue. Original master recording mfsl 2 45011 gain 2 ultra analog 45rpm 180g series mfsl 2 45011 format. The album doesn t need reviewing as far as musical content is concerned since it s unlikely that anyone will opt for this box set as their first copy of one of the all time classic and best selling jazz recordings so i ll just stick to the records and how they sound.
Miles davis kind of blue on numbered edition 180g 45rpm vinyl 2lp box set from mobile fidelity. Yes kind of blue is utterly inimitable. In 1997 sony was still being generous with its master tapes and so classic records was able to get for bernie grundman one of the two three. It s why our engineers took every available measure to transport listeners to the march and april 1959 sessions that parlayed modal jazz into mainstream.
Best selling album in jazz history receives the prestigious mobile fidelity treatment. Greg calbi used that mix to produce the lacquers for the 50th anniversary blue vinyl version and that is what mobile fidelity used here. Mobile fidelity sound lab mfsl 2 45011 columbia 88697943631 sony music commercial music group 88697943631 series. In our three decade plus history mobile fidelity has never been prouder to have the honor of handling efforts as important as davis key recordings.
Find many great new used options and get the best deals for kind of blue by miles davis vinyl oct 2015 2 disc set mobile fidelity sound lab at the best online prices at ebay. I own the original recording of this masterpiece from columbia records and a cd of same. But back to our regularly scheduled kind of blue reissue review. An audiophile favorite from the day it was issued kind of blue takes on nirvanic sonic proportions via mobile fidelity s reissue.
This original master rerecording of miles davis kind of blue from the mobile fidelity sound lab is wonderful. After kind of blue where the last track was flamenco sketches miles davis presented its new album sketches of spain in 1960 with arrangements by gil evans and now without john coltrane or cannonball adderley besides him a record that in some ways didn t stray too far from the cool sound characteristic of miles davis style at that time but now with the jazz vein more diluted as this is. The bass horns drums cymbals have a sonorous timbre which is pleasing. The sound quality on this recording has a very rich warm buttery sound.