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50th Anniversary Kind of Blue | 
| Artist: Miles Davis
Label: Sony BMG
Category: Music
List Price: $109.98
Buy New: $63.08
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Rating:  19 reviews
Sales Rank: 992
Format: Collector's Edition, Extra Tracks
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 4
Shipping Weight (lbs): 4.8
Dimensions (in): 12.9 x 12.3 x 1.3
MPN: 733552
UPC: 886973355220
EAN: 0886973355220
ASIN: B001D08SK0
Release Date: September 30, 2008
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Condition: All products brand new and factory sealed.
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| Tracks:
Disc 1
| • | So What | | • | Freddie Freeloader | | • | Blue In Green | | • | All Blues | | • | Flamenco Sketches | | • | Flamenco Sketches (alternate take) | | • | Freddie Freeloader (Studio Sequence 1) | | • | Freddie Freeloader (False Start) | | • | Freddie Freeloader (Studio Sequence 2) | | • | So What (Studio Sequence 1) | | • | So What (Studio Sequence 2) | | • | Blue In Green (Studio Sequence) | | • | Flamenco Sketches (Studio Sequence 1) | | • | Flamenco Sketches (Studio Sequence 2) | | • | All Blues (Studio Sequence) |
Disc 2
| • | On Green Dolphin Street | | • | Fran-Dance | | • | Stella By Starlight | | • | Love For Sale | | • | Fran-Dance (alternate take) | | • | So What |
Disc 3
| • | So What (vinyl side A) | | • | Freddie Freeloader (vinyl side A) | | • | Blue In Green (vinyl side A) | | • | All Blues (vinyl side B) | | • | Flamenco Sketches ((vinyl side B) |
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Album Description
Incredible super deluxe packaging comes with a gatefold media carrier that contains a 180 gram single-LP pressing on blue vinyl, two discs complete with previously unreleased tracks along with a bonus DVD (NTSC/Region 0). Also included is a 60-page 12x12 book, memorabilia envelope, and large fold out poster.
Album Description
Incredible super deluxe packaging comes with a gatefilding media carrier that contains, a 180 gram LP pressing on blue vinyl, two discs complete with previously unreleased tracks and previously released in authorized form along with a bonus DVD (NTSC/Region 0). Also included is a memorabilia envelope and large fold out poster.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 14 more reviews...
 Great collection of material but bad packaging... September 30, 2008
L. Griffin
48 out of 53 found this review helpful
Most people know what is included in this box set so I won't get into details on that. The hardback book is great, the six 8x10 photos are nice, and the blue vinyl is outstanding!
So why two stars?
Both cds and the dvd are scratched beyond belief because of the horrible packaging. The record and discs are both held in the record gatefold. Opening the gatefold, the inside left side is designed like the back of the record jacket and the record is held in that side of the gatefold. On the right hand inside are three slits in the cardboard that hold the discs. The bottom half of the discs slide into the cardboard while the top half is exposed. I cringed when I saw this. Taking all three discs out as carefully as I could, all three have deep scratches on them. To get discs in this quality from a brand new $75+ set is not right. No care was taken into protecting these discs at all.
This is probably going to be a common problem so I hope Sony will give out replacement discs but you'll still have to keep them in seperate jewel cases if you want to keep them protected from damage.
 Ripp-Off October 2, 2008
Patto53 (Lawson, NSW Australia)
17 out of 33 found this review helpful
Another rip-off reissue! How many more times can they repackage this classic? : (1.) original off-pitch LP with miss-titled tracks (All Blues/Flamenco Sketches) , (2.) off-pitch LP with miss-titles corrected (except in Europe!), (3.) off-pitch CD issue, (4.) correct pitch CD reissue, (5.) CD digital remaster with bonus out-take, (6.) Davis/Coltrane box set, (7.) SACD, (8.) HQ LP.
Now a reissue which includes (5.) & (8.) plus a (9.) CD in session order including breakdowns and studio chat. This latest CD has been available as a bootleg for years - it is really only for obsessives (like me) and is not particularly interesting except that it shows how quickly they created this masterpiece. But why an LP and CD? Any music listener with a quality sound system and good ears will always prefer CDs despite the variable remastering. LPs are for retro listeners who prefer the sound of vinyl. The markets do not overlap! Every time I put on an LP to transfer to digital I wince at the noise - clunk-shoop-shoop-shoop-crackle-shoop-click- music-click-music-crackle etc etc.
Do not buy this - get the boot of the full session from the net and listen for interest. Issue (5.) has great sound and if you have a SACD player and surround sound sound system get the SACD to listen to a transfer of the 3 channel master recording (turn off the rear channels).
The DVD has also been around for many years in much less expensive issues and only includes 'So What'! Hardly 'Kind of Blue Live'
 Kinda spensvie October 3, 2008
J. Thomas (Out on the Lost Highway)
13 out of 17 found this review helpful
Hey, this disc is only going to be 50 years old once and not really until next year, the same year I will be 50. The two audio CD's sound fantastic. The 58 Sessions stuff sounds better than the KOB disc and that is saying something. I could do without the false starts and studio chatter but it is I guess a historic document that adds something to the package but not necessarily to the audio experience. The DVD is an interesting addition. I had seen the interview part of the disc on TV some time ago. The performance segment is also worth watching. How would you like to have been one of those cats sitting in the folding chairs getting paid union scale to back up Miles and Trane. Great stuff.
The discs aren't scratched as one reviewer put it (maybe his were) but the way they are packaged scuffs the discs with a mark that does not affect the playback or sound of mine. One star off for cheaping out on the jewel boxes.
The photos are a nice touch. Suitable for framing? Not quite. The bound book is interesting but I have not gotten around to reading it. The poster does nothing for me and I don't have a vinyl rig anymore so can't comment on the sound quality of the LP other than to say it's BLUE VINYL.
A curious combination of items to be sure. Would I have done it differently, definitely. Is it worth the money, hard to say but it is a very special package of a very special group of jazz musicians that put down some classic tracks that will be listened to for the next 50 years. Would make a great birthday gift for a jazz lover turning 50 this year or next and Xmas is right around the corner.
5 stars for content and sound quality. 4 stars for everything else.
Miles Davis-Kind of Blue-50th Anniversary Edition October 1, 2008
Stuart Jefferson (San Diego,Ca)
12 out of 13 found this review helpful
Everyone who loves good jazz or music in general will know this album,so just a quick note on the quality of the discs. Perhaps I was lucky but my three discs were all right. The DVD had a slight mark in one spot,however it too was ok. The audio discs were fine. However I can't believe that the brains at Sony couldn't find a better way to package the three discs,instead of slipping them bare into a half cardboard sleeve. My 180 gram vinyl record was also in good shape. I have transferred the three discs into traditional plastic cases for protection. The book is very handsome and is well done. The poster is ok-nothing to get excited over. The photo reprints are nice as is the copy of the hand written album notes by Bill Evans. I still think this set is a bit on the expensive side,considering that this album has reaped a ton of profit. For Davis and jazz collectors it will be a "must buy". For everyone else,maybe the price will come down in the future.
How Many Times Are They Going To Release This Album? November 22, 2008
J. Rich
9 out of 12 found this review helpful
I have 3 versions of "Kind Of Blue." I have the MD version, the old Columbia Masterpiece remaster, and the newly Columbia remaster with added alternate takes. I think something like this is a huge waste of money even from a collector's standpoint. If you didn't have "Kind Of Blue," then I can see something like this being a good investment, but take it from a pure jazz collector like myself, it's not worth $70. It's worth maybe $25 or $30. I'm disappointed that Columbia continues to put this album out. I mean it's like we get the idea already. It's a groundbreaking album, but how many times does it have to be released?
Columbia seems to do this a lot and totally ignore other jazz legends that recorded for them like Thelonious Monk and Dave Brubeck. The attention to Thelonious Monk's discography on Columbia isn't that great. I have all the re-issues of his albums and the attention to Dave Brubeck is even less. Miles wasn't the only jazz musician that mattered on that label. Wake up Columbia! Pay attention to the people, like myself, who think you should start releasing out-of-print Dave Brubeck Quartet albums like the rest of the "Time" series, "Gone With The Wind," etc.
As I mentioned, if you already have different versions of "Kind Of Blue," then I don't see any reason why you should buy this, unless you like throwing money away. To those who don't have this album and want to explore the album that made Miles a legend, then you might want to pick it up, but you can buy the individual album so much cheaper and still get the same quality. Thumbs down, Columbia!
*Special update to potential buyers: Columbia will be releasing a special two-disc version of the 50th Anniversary of "Kind Of Blue" in January, so save your money and just buy this edition as it will contain the unreleased material from this box set.
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