"Beyond the Corner": New Miles Davis Box Set

the blood sweat and tears song?

Yup

Was flipping through John Szwed's (highly recommended) Miles bio last night, and it says that Miles was indeed consciously riffing on "Spinning Wheel" (as well as one of Betty Davis' demos). So I guess that song's existence is finally justified.

< pats self on back>

(actually, I figure I must've heard that info somewhere before)

oh yeah, I hear it now. interesting.

It might be the best thing ever made (the box).

― Andy K, Wednesday, September 5, 2007 11:20 AM (fourteen years ago) bookmarkflaglink

OTMMM

"One and One (Unedited Master)" = peak music. It's hard to believe they had that in the can and it didn't make the original album. And "Mr. Foster" is maybe the single most beautiful electric Miles recording...except for this one, recorded at the same 1975 session as "Minnie" and unacceptably left off the box because Miles doesn't play on it:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BZobpwLTTow

I want that box so bad, but I'm not willing to pay $400+ for it. They've got the Bitches Brew, IASW and Jack Johnson boxes for sale on his official site but sadly not this one.

I paid $200 for my copy in 2016, which felt slightly insane at the time but which I don't regret at all. $400+ is beyond the pale though. I almost grabbed another one when it briefly became available again at list price a couple years ago, but it was either gonna sit on my shelf gathering dust or be predatorily flipped for profit, neither of which would have felt great.

Yeah, I missed that window when it became available again. I placed an order, but it got canceled, annoyingly. Guess the oversold that box. Fingers crossed it comes up again.

Agreed that the On the Corner set is one of the best ones in the series (In a Silent Way the perennial favorite, of course).

This outtake is stunning, J. Never heard it before. Have always thought Miles the balladeer was as alive and potent as ever in the fusion era, just not as prolific. Seems he was leaning on the organ a bit in this one, so even if he's not playing trumpet, I can't help but think there's still that undeniable haunting Miles quality to it.