Miles Davis Kind of Blue (CS 8163) Stereo 360 Sound 2-Eye Labels  Davis (t) with Julian Adderley (as); John Coltrane (ts); Bill Evans or Wynton Kelly (p); Paul Chambers (b); and Jimmy Cobb (d).
Recorded, in New York City, on 2 march and 22 april 1959. This release 1967.

This Issue: Front cover: Photo and text layout (album title and musicians' names), and colors of lettering same as on original. "STEREO <--> FIDELITY" at top center. "CS 8163" top left. Columbia logo above album title. In small print, laid out vertically, at right edge: "(R) 'Columbia', (Lp), [Columbia eye], Marcas Reg. Printed in U. S. A. PHOTO: JAY MAISEL".
Back: Same layout, text, and photo as on original. "CS 8163" in upper-left corner. In upper right: "CS 8163" with, underneath, Columbia logo (including 'eye' with black background) and, below it, "Lp" in a circle and a box. At very bottom: "THIS COLUMBIA STEREO [stylized, in black and white] <----> FIDELITY RECORDING IS DESIGNED FOR USE ON 331/3 ​RPM STEREOPHONIC REPRODUCERS." In extreme lower-right corner: "2"

Note: Order of track titles on side 2 are reversed on back of album; they're listed correctly on label.

Center Labels and Runouts:
Red label. In large white letters, at top, in semi-circle: "COLUMBIA". Underneath, in black capital letters, is album title and, below it, artist's name. Left of center hole, in black letters: "CS 8163". Right of hole, in black letters, on two lines: "Side 1" (or "2") and "XSM 47326" (or "47327").

Two Columbia 'eyes', in white, at left and right edges opposite center hole. Between them, in semi-circle: "<-- '360 SOUND' STEREO '360 SOUND' -->". Underneath, at bottom edge: "(R) 'Columbia', [Columbia eye] MARCAS REG. PRINTED IN U. S. A.".

Side 1: [stamped] XSM-47326-1CA : [etched, stylized] P [stamped] [stray symbol] 2 C [etched] [stray symbol; loop?] Side 2: [stamped] XSM-47327-1CF : [etched, stylized] P [etched, stray mark] [stamped] B  [etched] [stray symbol; unidentifiable]
Condition of Record: VG+. A little spindle wear; record has been played some. Stray marks appear, more on side 1 than on 2, with a blemish on the third track of side 1. There's a little dust scattered about, more on 1 than on 2. Will VPI clean if requested.
Condition of Cover: Front has small smudges, a few white spots and a slight, general greying. Photo and text have held up well (only the last letters of Adderly's name are marred) (correct spelling: "Adderley", btw). Slight ringwear at bottom. A near-inch of bottom-right corner is bent. Back text and photo fine given the age of the album. Upper-right corner has small yellow spot where a sticker had been; bottom-right corner has a small, blue-ink stamp. Previous owner wrote his name, in small letters, at left edge, in top quarter of face. Along bottom, below last line of text, some greying.

Spine very fine, text perfectly clean, no splits. Corners, minor bumps; open-end corners, only bottom one bumped. Horizontal edges: no shelfwear, top; bottom has shelfwear and a two-inch split.

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N A record known to have never been played. A CD that has never been removed from its jewel case.

NM A record or CD known or assumed to have been played. LP may have a surface fingerprint smudge or other minor blemish; it may have slight spindle wear. CD might have been played, but it and its booklet, and its case (or box), show little if any wear. Otherwise, item appears same as N in all respects.
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