MILES DAVIS
ASCENSEUR POUR L'ECHAFAUD
180 GRAM VINYL  2LP RELEASE ALL NEW & SEALED
 
 

Ascenseur Pour L'échafaud is a 1958 French film directed by Louis Malle.
It was released as "Lift to the Scaffold" in the UK.
The film was nothing special, but it did accomplish one thing: it proposed a new ideal of cinematic realism, a new way to look at a woman.
Jean-Paul Rappeneau, a jazz fan and Malle's assistant at the time, suggested asking Miles Davis to create the film's Soundtrack.
He showed Davis a screening of the movie, and afterwards Miles knew exactly how to portray the smoky hazed or frantic scenes through sonic imagery.

On December 4 1957, he brought four French Jazzmen (Barney Wilen / tenor saxophone, René Urtreger / piano, Pierre Michelot – bass and Kenny Clarke – drums) to the recording studio "Le Poste Parisien Studio" without having them prepare anything.
Davis only gave the musicians a few rudimentary harmonic sequences he had assembled in his hotel room.
Eventually "Ascenseur Pour L'échafaud" has become a great achievement of artistic excellence.

For the first time since its original release in 1958, Music On Vinyl combined the original soundtrack and the additional recordings and created an essential 2LP set with the original artwork.

• 180 grams audiophile vinyl
• Glossy Gatefold Sleeve
• Exclusive Edition; Original '58 Soundtrack + 16 bonustracks

Tracklisting:

A1 Générique
A2 L'Assassinat De Carala
A3 Sur L'Autoroute
A4 Julien Dans L'Ascenseur
A5 Florence Sur Les Champs-Élysees

B1 Dîner Au Motel
B2 Évasion De Julien
B3 Visite Du Vigile
B4 Au Bar Du Petit Bac
B5 Chez Le Photographe Du Mot

C1 Nuit Sur Les Champs-Élysées (TAKE 1)
C2 Nuit Sur Les Champs-Élysées (TAKE 2) 
C3 Nuit Sur Les Champs-Élysées (TAKE 3)
C4 Nuit Sur Les Champs Elysees (TAKE 4) 
C5 Assassinat Visite Du Vigil
C6 Assassinat Julien Dans L'ascenseur
C7 Assassinat L'Assassinat De Carala
C8 Motel
 
D1 Final (TAKE 1)
D2 Final (TAKE 2)
D3 Final (TAKE 3)
D4 Ascenseur 
D5 Le Petit Bal (TAKE 1)
D6 Le Petit Bal (TAKE 2) 
D7 Séquence Voiture (TAKE 1)
D8 Sequence Voiture Sur L'Aut (TAKE 2)

Catalog # : MOVLP419
Barcode : 0600753356630
Format : LP, 180 gram
Sleeve : Gatefold
Releasedate : 2011-09-26