Miles Davis - Bitches Brew - 2SACD

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Miles Davis - Bitches Brew - 2SACD
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Mobile Fidelity - UDSACD 2-2149 - SACD Hybrid Stereo 

Mastered by Kreig Wunderlich  at MFSL

Numbered Limited  Edition - Plays on All CD Players - Two Disc

Mastered on the Mobile Fidelity GAIN 2™ Mastering Technology for Ultradisc  SACD

Mobile Fidelity took on another kind of challenge: transferring a fragile, 45 year-old stereo master tape which included all of Macero's and Moore's cuts, original studio reverb and tape echo effects. Listening to that same master tape in 1999, engineer Mark Wilder and producer Bob Belden decided instead to remix and recreate the album from the 8-channel studio work tapes. For that reason, the two versions of "Bitches Brew" are not directly comparable. Teo Macero did not approve the remixing of the album or the issuance of unused session material on the "Complete Bitches Brew Sessions" box set. Those who have only heard the 1999 remix of "Bitches Brew" owe it to themselves to listen to the MoFi SACD. Drums are carefully set back in the soundstage; keyboards float across the stereo panorama; the horns emerge and blend back into the mix without stridency; and the Fender bass guitar and acoustic upright bass can be clearly distinguished.  The music on "Bitches Brew" still sounds vital 45 years after its appearance. Beyond the album's landmark historical importance, it is also one the last studio recordings of Miles Davis where his open bell trumpet playing can be heard at the peak of his technique and tone. After the early 1970 sessions that appeared on "Jack Johnson" and "Big Fun", Miles played with a combination of mute, wah-wah pedal and amplification that distorted his classic sound and curtailed much of its emotive beauty.  "Bitches Brew" offers a glimpse into a new direction that Miles himself would not follow - Sound 5/5 HR AUDIO

“Listen to This.” As the original working title for Bitches Brew, the instruction and invitation resonates to this day as the best way to approach a record that shattered conventions, altered music history, and, more than 40 years later, still sounds far ahead of its time. The aural Mount Rushmore of jazz fusion, Bitches Brew is rightly ranked by virtually every significant press outlet among the 100 greatest albums ever made in any genre. Sewn together with vibrant colors, voodoo textures, and ethereal moods, the 1970 landmark emerges with supreme detail and nonpareil feeling on Mobile Fidelity’s definitive SACD set. 
 
Mastered from the original master tapes, this collectable audiophile version of Bitches Brew joins the ranks of eleven other essential Miles Davis sets given supreme sonic and packaging treatment by Mobile Fidelity. Having established new possibilities for studio-recording techniques, the record can now be experienced to maximum degree by way of this analog edition 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 that were later spliced together by producer Ted Macero. Here, these distinct creations take shape with utmost realism. Mobile Fidelity’s double SACD envelops you in expansive warm tonal blankets. Compositions stretch across jet-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. 
 
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” on Bitches Brew. Central to his proposition is the presence of two (and sometimes three) drummers and two bassists, a tactical move that thrusts rhythms into a 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, charting 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 is Bitches Brew. 
 
All the composer would else likely want for open-minded listeners is for them to hear it at its full potential, a dream realized by Mobile Fidelity.
 
• Super Audio CD • SACD Stereo SACD Layer
• This Hybrid SACD contains a 'Red Book' Stereo CD Layer which is playable on most conventional CD Players!
• Numbered, Limited Edition
• Mastered From Original Master Tapes
 
Musicians:
 
Miles Davis, primary artist, trumpet
Dave Holland, bass
Harvey Brooks, bass, electric bass, bass guitar, electric guitar
Bennie Maupin, bass clarinet
Airto Moreira, cuica, percussion
Don Alias, congas, drums, percussion
Jumma Santos, congas, percussion, shaker
Jack DeJohnette, drums
Lenny White, drums
Billy Cobham, drums
Chick Corea, electric piano
Larry Young, electric piano
John McLaughlin, guitar, electric guitar
Joe Zawinul, organ, electric piano
Jim Riley, percussion
Wayne Shorter, soprano saxophone
 
1. Pharaoh’s Dance
2. Bitches Brew
3. Spanish Key
4. John McLaughlin
5. Miles Runs the Voodoo Down
6. Sanctuary
 
 
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Mobile Fidelity believes that mastering systems should be neutral and transparent. The essential idea is to unveil all the detailed musical information on the original master recording without adding deterioration, coloration or other sonic artifacts. 
 
It is worth noting that Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab stands out as one of few record labels that independently invests in research and development of audio technology. With proprietary innovations such as GAIN 2™, general music enthusiasts and audiophiles alike have reaped the benefit of a higher consumer audio standard without investing in costly new hardware. Mobile Fidelity is pleased to work with a variety of engineering legends and companies including Tim de Paravicini, Ed Meitner, Pass Labs, Theta Digital and Sony Electronics. 
 
Our joint efforts to seek out the ultimate audio experience, has resulted in significant advances for the technology of music reproduction. 
 
GAIN 2™ Mastering Technology for Ultradisc UHR™ Hybrid SACD and Ultradisc II™ 24kt Gold CDs 
 
For over twenty years, Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab has continually searched for the ultimate audio experience. During this search MFSL engineers and associates created The GAIN™ System, a proprietary mastering technology which brought warmth and ambience to the compact disc format. A few years ago - with higher resolution formats on the horizon - the vision of GAIN 2™ began. As it stands today, GAIN 2™ is one of the greatest technical advancements in analogue and digital technology in the last ten years. It consists of a series of critical modifications and new components to Mobile Fidelity's proprietary mastering chain. 
 
We feel that GAIN 2™ has come extremely close to meeting this goal. The key accomplishments of GAIN 2™ System are 1) the ability to extract all the musical information as possible through the Ultra High bandwidth analogue tape playback system with proprietary custom tape playback heads, reproducer electronics and 2) transparently capturing and storing that information with the Direct Stream Digital recording system. 
 
 

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