MILES DAVIS - Bitches Brew (Mobile Fidelity UltraDisc One-Step Numbered Edition) - 2LP - Deluxe 180g Vinyl [APR 25]

2LP - Strictly limited to 5,000 numbered copies: 55th anniversary Edition. Mobile Fidelity Ultradisc One-Step 180g 33RPM 2LP set demands you heed call to 'listen to this'.

Bitches Brew still sounds ahead of its time: Miles Davis' landmark 1970 double album ignores convention, pursues funk and rock directions.

Strictly Limited to 5,000 Numbered Copies: 55th Ann. Ed. Mobile Fidelity UltraDisc One-Step 180g 33RPM 2LP set demands you heed call to 'Listen to this'  

1/4" / 15 IPS analog master to DSD 64 to analog console to lathe. Pressed at Fidelity Record Pressing in California.

“Listen to This.” As the original working title for Bitches Brew, the instruction and invitation remains to this day as the best way to approach a record that shattered conventions, altered music history, and, 55 years later, still sounds far ahead of its time. The template for jazz fusion, Bitches Brew is rightly ranked by virtually every significant outlet among the 100 greatest albums ever made. Sewn together with vibrant colors, voodoo textures, and ethereal moods, the 1970 landmark emerges with supreme detail and nonpareil feeling on Mobile Fidelity’s UltraDisc One-Step 180g 33RPM 2LP vinyl set.

Sourced from the original master tapes, strictly limited to 5,000 numbered copies, and pressed at Fidelity Record Pressing in California, this definitive-sounding 55th anniversary reissue enhances every element of a double album that established new possibilities for studio recording techniques. You’ll hear wide and deep soundstages, separation between instruments, and an extremely broad dynamic range. If ever a jazz album can be said to have gone to outer space and back, this is it. 

Sourced from the original master tapes and pressed on dead-quiet vinyl at Fidelity Record Pressing, this numbered-edition version of Bitches Brew joins the audiophile ranks of other essential Miles Davis sets given definitive reissues by Mobile Fidelity. Having established new possibilities for studio-recording techniques, the record can now be experienced to maximized degree by way of a pressing that widens and deepens the soundstage, opens up separation between instruments, and broadens the dynamic range. If ever a jazz album can be said to have gone to outer space and back, this is it.

Davis conceived Bitches Brew by having the musicians stand in a semi-circle, where he pointed at them with vague directions for tempo, solos, and cues. The collective improvisation and interplay spawned a galaxy of melodies and grooves later spliced together by producer Ted Macero. On this reissue, these creations take shape with utmost realism. Compositions stretch across black backgrounds and paint abstract canvasses on par with those of Axis: Bold As Love and Abraxas. Juxtaposed percussion, loose jams, and melodic segues explode with impressionistic verve.

And "verve" defines Bitches Brew. Gathering a Hall of Fame-worthy lineup of musicians and tweaking it according to his desires, Davis follows through on his idea to "put together the greatest rock and roll band you ever heard." Central to his proposition is the presence of two (and sometimes three) drummers and two bassists, a tactical move that thrusts rhythms into central focus. Akin to the futuristic album cover art, the drum-driven suites head toward distant universes and uncharted territories. At once hypnotizing and grooving, they chart maverick adventures with quixotic rock, funk, and R&B elements.

Conceptually, Davis described Bitches Brew as "a novel without words" and "an incredible journey of pain, joy, sorrow, hate, passion, and love." The vast psychedelic expanses of warped echoes, liquid reverb, and tape loops confirm such ambitious contrasts of light and dark, fear and hope. Yet the most absolute characteristic of this watershed effort lies in how it resists definitive interpretation and encourages free thought — the very principles with which Davis conceived the everlasting beauty and fascination that remain Bitches Brew.

More About Mobile Fidelity UltraDisc One-Step and Why It Is Superior:
Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab’s UltraDisc One-Step (UD1S) technique bypasses generational losses inherent to the traditional three-step plating process by removing two steps: the production of father and mother plates, which are created to yield numerous stampers from each lacquer that is cut. For UD1S plating, stampers (also called “converts”) are made directly from the lacquers. Since each lacquer yields only one stamper, multiple lacquers need to be cut. Mobile Fidelity's UD1S process produces a final LP with the lowest-possible noise floor. The removal of two steps of the plating process also reveals musical details and dynamics that would otherwise be lost due to the standard multi-step process. With UD1S, every aspect of vinyl production is optimized to produce the best-sounding vinyl album available today.

Tracklist: 

A.        Pharaoh's Dance [20:07]

B.        Bitches Brew [27:00]

C1.        Spanish Key [17:30]
C2.        John McLaughlin [4:23]

D1.        Miles Runs The Voodoo Down [14:03]
D2.        Sanctuary [10:54]