Miles Davis – 'Round About Midnight LP Original Master Recording

Miles Davis - 'Round About Midnight

COLUMBIA RECORDS DEBUT HIGHLIGHTS DIVERSE PALETTE AND FAMED QUINTET

1/4" / 15 IPS analog master to DSD 64 to analog console to lathe

Miles Davis’ first album for Columbia, ‘Round About Midnight, represents the beginning of a three-decade-plus relationship with the famed label and the start of an extended collaboration with saxophonist John Coltrane. It stands as a hard-bop benchmark — a summation of the styles that came before its creation, an immersion into the period’s cutting-edge strains, and a hint of the modalism that would follow. The record remains ageless, its fundamental cool epitomized by first-rate arrangements and astonishing performances of pensive ballads, bebop classics, and pop standards. Part of Mobile Fidelity’s Miles Davis SuperVinyl reissue series, ‘Round About Midnight resonates with newfound palpability and emotionalism on the label’s 180g 33RPM SuperVinyl LP. Sourced from the original master tapes and housed in a Stoughton jacket, this numbered-edition collectible traces the individual paths each musician takes in contributing to the whole — from pianist Red Garland’s left hand weaving counter-melodic chords to Coltrane infusing a tune with forward, harmony-defying patterns to the extent that iconic pianist Cecil Taylor declared “Coltrane’s what you hear on that record” the first time he heard the album. Indeed, the music sounds cohesive, immediate, and involving. Ballads are warm, lush, gentle, illuminated; upbeat pieces bounce, snap, and energize. The high ceilings at Columbia’s 30th Street Studio doubtlessly add to the sonic awe. This is hipness personified.

Tracklist:
1. Round Midnight
2. Ah-Leu-Cha
3. All of You
4. Bye Bye Blackbird
5. Tadd S Delight
6. Dear Old Stockholm

Label: Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab
Released: 1957/2024