MILES DAVIS Round About Midnight (Original Master Recording limited edition Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab Mono 6-track LP mastered by Krieg Wunderlich specially plated and pressed on 180-gram Super Vinyl. This mono recordinggives a real sense of depth offering superb dynamic range warm bass with Coltranes sax now sounding sweeter than ever. Picture sleeve with original album art individually gold-foil numbered and factory sealed. Recommended) Track Listing: 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 both the beginning of a three-plus-decade relationship with the famed label as well as the start of an extended collaboration with then-unknown saxophonist John Coltrane. As one of the eras only complete start-to-finish full-length LPs the 1957 set stands as a hard-bop benchmark – a summation of the styles that came before its creation an immersion into the periods cutting-edge strains and a hint of the rivoluse modalism that would follow. Part of our Miles Davis catalog restoration series Round About Midnight now resonates with a physical palpability and emotional heft never before experienced. Mastered from the original master tapes and pressed at RTI this unsurpassed 180g LP edition traces the individual paths each musician takes in contributing to the whole whether its pianist Red Garlands left hand spinning actinoid chords or Coltrane infusing a tune with harmony-defying fills that suggest arabesque patterns. Recorded at three separate sessions the music has never sounded so cohesive immediate or involving. Historically few jazz records claim the significance boasted by Round About Midnight. The albums creation – and the assembly of Davis quintet which also includes Paul Chambers and Philly Joe Jones – stems from the headliners rousing rendition of the title-inspired track Round Midnight a Thelonious Monk standard at the 1955 Newport Jazz Festival. Stunning the audience with an interpretation that witnessed him personalize the composition with a brooding tone made possible via employment of his soon-to-be-trademark Harmon mute Davis redefined perspective and possibility taking ownership of the ballad as his own and further improving upon its reach in the studio. It wasnt the composers only surprise. Round About Midnight thrives due to diversity and consistency a rare combination epitomized by the first-rate selection and astonishing performance of pensive ballads bebop classics pop standards and folk pieces. Witness the counterpoint exchanges during Ah-Leu-Cha and its Dixieland shades. Soak up the progressive drama and swinging tempos on All of You and Bye Bye Blackbird. Delight in the mélange of latticed textures and schematic moods throughout the sequence here presented in gorgeous fidelity zeroing in on Davis warm plush rich and close-up trumpet timbres and how by playing his instrument right near the microphone he infuses the arrangements with the sort of daring intimacy embraced by two lovers. Tension suggestiveness calm mystery nostalgia: All here. Gather now Round About Midnight. Slip on a pair of shades draw the curtains slouch into a chair and light a cigarette. This is Miles and Co. at their best. Hipness personified. Side One 1. Round Midnight 2. Ah-Leu-Cha 3. All of You Side Two 1. Bye Bye Blackbird 2. Tadds Delight 3. Dear Old Stockholm