•  180g 33RPM SuperVinyl Mono LP

  HIPNESS PERSONIFIED:
 MILES DAVIS' 'ROUND ABOUT MIDNIGHT FEATURES FIRST GREAT 
 QUINTET WITH JOHN COLTRANE PLAYING MEMORABLE HARD BOP AND 
 BALLADRY

 SOURCED FROM THE ORIGINAL MASTER TAPES:
 180 GRAM 33RPM MONO SUPERVINYL LP PRESENTS THE 1957 ALBUM 
 WITH ENGROSSING TRANSPARENCY, PRESENCE, IMAGING, AND FOCUS.

Miles Davis’ first album for Columbia, ‘Round About Midnight, represents both the beginning of a three-plus-decade relationship with the famed label as well as the start of an extended collaboration with the then relatively unknown saxophonist John Coltrane. One of the era’s only complete full-length LPs and Davis’ introduction into the mainstream, the 1957 set 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 soon follow.

Part of Mobile Fidelity’s Miles Davis reissue series, ‘Round About Midnight resonates with newfound palpability and emotionalism on the label’s 180g mono 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.

Recorded at three extended sessions that took place over an 11-month span and chosen from a multitude of takes, 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. Playing with the lowest-possible noise floor as well as sublime transparency, dead-quiet surfaces, and superb groove definition, Mobile Fidelity’s SuperVinyl profile conveys those highly desired traits and captures the true character of the quintet.

PERSONNEL:

Miles Davis - (trumpet)
John Coltrane - (tenor sax)
Red Garland - (piano)
Paul Chambers - (bass)
"Philly Joe" Jones - (drums)

TRACKS:

A1.'Round Midnight
A2. Ah-Leu-Cha
A3. All Of You

B1. Bye Bye Blackbird
B2. Tadd's Delight
B3. Dear Old Stockholm