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Miles Davis - Kind Of Blue (Original Columbia Records Cl 1355 6-Eye Mono Wlp 24-96 Needledrop)(Superfuzz)

Track listing:
  1. So What 9:14
  2. Freddie Freeloader 9:37
  3. Blue In Green 5:27
  4. All Blues 11:36
  5. Flamenco Sketches 9:26

Notes


Miles Davis
"Kind Of Blue"

1959 Columbia Records CL 1355 (mono)
original US pressing
white label promo
matrix/deadwax info (machine stamped):
XLP47324-1D
XLP47325-1G

originally released August 17, 1959

tracks:
A1 - So What
A2 - Freddie Freeloader
A3 - Blue In Green

B1 - All Blues
B2 - Flamenco Sketches

note: all original pressings had the B side track titles reversed on the label and back of jacket

musicians:
Miles Davis - trumpet
John Coltrane - tenor saxophone
Julian "Cannonball" Adderley - alto saxophone
Bill Evans - piano (except A2)
Paul Chambers - bass
Jimmy Cobb - drums
Wynton Kelly - piano on A2 only

note: Cannonball Adderley's last name mispelled on cover and back of jacket

recorded at Columbia Studios (30th Street), NYC, March 2 and April 22, 1959

vinyl LP transfer at 24-bit 96khz

transfer info:
Nitty Gritty 1.5 RCM
Music Hall MMF 9.1
sticky hand stylus cleaning
Grado Master Reference 1 cartridge
Graham Slee Era Gold Reflex phono preamp
Mytek Stereo192 ADC (analog to digital converter)
cork platter mat, Blue Jean LC-1 interconnects, KAB super record grip Mk2
software used: Soundforge 9.0, ClickRepair 3.0.1 (in manual mode), Flac frontend 1.7.1
transferred March 2010
note: channels summed after manual declicking process, then one channel picked to create single-channel mono files

flac fingerprints:
A1 - So What.flac:6fc147e6cb283e015b40576c2b2f1b7d
A2 - Freddie Freeloader.flac:1079078a13202193d9c673cb7babb7fc
A3 - Blue In Green.flac:19967ccb62ceaa747f0691f7d836768b
B1 - All Blues.flac:9a621723ac8fea930252f8a4230d6e93
B2 - Flamenco Sketches.flac:bdf7faec1248e4d954b0763acf412df0