Miles Davis "Directions" CBS ?88514 A1/B1/C1D1 UK 1st 2xLP g/fold 1981
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Miles Davis ? "Directions" CBS ?88514 UK 1st press 2 × Compilation Vinyl, LPs, housed in a gate-fold sleeve and released in 1981.
both albums appear to have been lightly played and are in lovely condition. They played through beautifully, with no hop, stick or jump. They are housed in a gate-fold sleeve, which has minimal signs of wear, with no rips or writing. The cover still has a promotional sticker on the front. The spine is intact and legible. Matrix / Runout Side 1 : CBS S 88514 A1 Matrix / Runout Side 2 : CBS S 88514 B1 Matrix / Runout Side 3 : CBS S 88514 C1 Matrix / Runout Side 4 : CBS S 88514 D1
"Directions" is a compilation album by American jazz musician Miles Davis, released in 1981 by Columbia Records. It collects previously unreleased outtakes that Davis recorded between 1960 and 1970. "Directions" was the last of a series of compilation albums - mostly consisting of, at that time, previously unreleased music - that Columbia released to bridge Davis' recording hiatus that ended with "The Man with the Horn" in July 1981.
"Directions" features previously unreleased outtakes recorded over a 10-year period by Davis. Apart from "Song of Our Country" from the recording sessions for Sketches of Spain (1960), a 1961 recording of "'Round Midnight", and "So Near, So Far" from 1963, the album's songs are from Davis' transitional period during 1967 to 1970, when he was experimenting with a fusion of jazz and rock. They feature sidemen such as saxophonist Wayne Shorter, guitarist John McLaughlin, and keyboardists Herbie Hancock, Joe Zawinul, and Chick Corea.
Reviewing in Allmusic, critic Scott Yanow believed some of the tracks "rambled on a bit too long" but the music was nonetheless "mostly quite fascinating" and "highly recommendable to collectors with an open ear toward fusion."
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