Miles Davis
Bitches Brew (Legacy Edition)

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...according to our Brett on 26 August 2010.

So erm.. I don't think there's much I can really say about this record that hasn't already been said a hundred times before. I mean it's a total masterpiece and, as the LP that really brought fusion to the world at large, one of the most influential releases in the history of popular music. Even without Miles this thing'd be fucking insane: Wayne Shorter already had a few legendary releases of his own to his name by this point whilst the likes of John McLaughlin (Mahavishnu Orchestra), Chick Corea (Return To Forever) and Joe Zawinul (Weather Report) would all launch illustrious and long-lived groups off the back of these sessions.. To mention a few! Everyone involved totally smokes and contributes fully to the concoction of the heady, dense voodoo broth. You takes your choice of two versions, the double CD comes with a DVD of a 1969 Copenhagen concert while the vinyl set features all of the above plus an extra CD, giant booklet etc. etc. If you've not got this in your life then might I suggest that it could be time for that to change?

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Also Includes 24-page color booklet with Greg Tate's original essay, Producers' notes by the set's Co-Producers Michael Cuscuna and Richard Seidel, along with dozens of photographs and rare record label memos.

DVD - Copenhagen Live 1969:

   Directions
   Miles Runs The Voodoo Down
   Bitches Brew
   Agitation
   I Fall In Love Too Easily
   Sanctuary
   It's About That Time/The Theme

Tracklisting:     

 Disc 1

   1. Pharaoh's Dance
   2. Bitches Brew
   3. Spanish Key
   4. John McLaughlin

 Disc 2

   1. Miles Runs The Voodoo Down
   2. Sanctuary
   3. Spanish Key (Alternate Take)
   4. John McLaughlin (Alternate Take)
   5. Miles Runs The Voodoo Down (Single Edit)
   6. Spanish Key (Single Edit)
   7. Great Expectations (Single Edit)
   8. Little Blue Frog (Single Edit)