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·       MILES DAVIS - QUIET NIGHTS - ARRANGED AND CONDUCTED BY GIL EVANS ORIGINAL 1962 COLUMBIA RECORDS  STEREO LP CS-8906

 

·       ORIGINAL US PRESSING

 

·       ORIGINAL RED AND BLACK COLUMBIA LABEL “360 STEREO SOUND” IN BLACK LETTERS AT THE BOTTOM OF THE LABEL

 

·       THIS IS THE ORIGINAL, AUTHENTIC, FIRST U.S. PRESSING; THIS IS NOT A REISSUE, AN IMPORT, OR A COUNTERFEIT PRESSING.

 

·       ORIGINAL, THICK CARDBOARD COVER (AMERICAN STYLE)

 

·       THICK, HEAVY VINYL PRESSING

 

·       CLEAN, WEAR-FREE LABELS

 

·       MATRIX NUMBER IN TRAIL-OFF VINYL (DEAD WAX) ENDS WITH '-1E/-G'.  ON SOME LABELS,  SUFFIX '–1' DENOTES THE VERY FIRST, ORIGINAL PRESSING)

 

·       MACHINE-STAMPED MATRIX NUMBER IN TRAIL-OFF VINYL (DEAD WAX) OF THE RECORD

 

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Quiet Nights was the fourth and last record where Miles gave the arrangements and orchestrations in the hands of Gil Evans. Miles' producer, Teo Macero, released the album before the maestro found it ready for release.

 

Obviously, the success of their last collaboration, Sketches of Spain convinced them to have another go at it. This time, however, it took them three years before the record was finished to be released. By that time, the world had changed more than a bit: Cool Jazz was ebbing away, The Beatles had begun to turn popular music upside down creating Pop Music as we know it today, and the American president had just been assassinated. And although Miles may have been the first US-American musician to decide to record that new wave from Brazil, Bossa Nova, in the USA, by the time Quiet Nights was finally released, Stan Getz had already enjoyed his first hit with Desafinado, a Bossa Nova song, (on Jazz Samba). So, Miles lost out on the novelty effect.

 

The music on Quiet Nights is illustrated by its title. It's quiet, nocturnal music. There isn't a fast song. The songs are all treated with those elaborate arrangements by Gil Evans (with the exception of Summer Nights). Naturally, everybody compared Quiet Nights with Sketches of Spain and found the earlier record more exciting. That criticism had some element of truth. There were signs of wear. Those who expected constant revolution from Miles were likely to be disappointed.

 

Gil Evans' arrangements are quite beautiful, nonetheless, the mood is romantic, and Miles plays his horn to melt away.

 

And then, there is the last track, Summer Nights, a hint at the upcoming album, Seven Steps to Heaven. It's without the Evans treatment and it captures Victor Feldman, Frank Butler, and Ron Carter, who would stay and become a member of the legendary second Miles Davis Quintet. Summer Nights is yet another ballad and so, it stands hardly out. But it's one of Miles' most beautiful ballads.

 

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·                               CONDITION:

 

·                               THE RECORD

 

(IMPORTANT NOTE: unless otherwise noted, ALL records are graded visually, and NOT play-graded!; we  grade records under the strong, diffuse room light or discrete sunlight)

 

(a)          WE GRADE THE VINYL AS NEAR MINT. The original luster is very much intact, and the vinyl shines and sparkles almost like new.

 

(b)          The record is pressed on a beautiful, thick, inflexible vinyl, which was usually used for the first or very early pressings. Usually, the sound on such thick vinyl pressings is full-bodied, vivid, and even dramatic. Do not expect to obtain such a majestic analog sound from a digital recording!

 

(c)           The record is STILL in its original inner, perforated plastic baggy, which has - apparently with success - shielded the record from the harmful impact of elements over many years!

 

(d)          Of course, this is a full-bodied ANALOG recording, and not an inferior, digital recording!!!

 

 

·                               THE COVER

 

THE COVER IS NICE --- ABOUT VERY GOOD++ (VG++).

 

The following flaws or imperfections are noted on the cover:

 

-         The cover has 2 long, perpendicular razor-like line (cut) on the front panel, as if someone attempted to cut away the shrink wrap with a razor, but inadvertently left the mark on the cover as well. The paper slick is intact and no part is missing, but the razor line is visible.

 

-        Minor water stain noted on the back panel  (less than 2 square inch in size)

 

-        Cover has some light ring wear (nothing significant); On the scale from 1 to 10 (1 being the least, and  10 being the most severe), we assess the severity of ring wear as 3  (front side) and 2 (back side)

 

-         Cover shows JUST A HINT of yellowing on back side, apparently from aging.

 

-        Cover has a few tiny wrinkles along the spine

 

-        Visible shelf wear noted on the bottom seam

 

-         Cover has two corners slightly dinged (nothing significant)

 

 

NO OTHER VISIBLE FLAWS OR IMPERFECTIONS ON THE  COVER

 

 

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