Miles Davis - The Last Word: FLAC Version

As requested, here is the lossless version of The Last Word box set. I got this from the green demon a long time ago although I believe it's still online there too.

There are some important details I want to note about this post though, most importantly this isn't a truly lossless release. The person who originally posted it said they got the first three discs from one source and the fourth elsewhere. The fourth disc looks purely lossless while the first three look compressed above the 16k line in their spectral data. That said, the compressed data goes all the way to the 22k line so it's better compression than I'm used to seeing on MP3s, especially older ones, so that fact could lend credence to the warning that appears on the inlays included with the original CDs: This is a work CD-R. Master tapes were not available at the time this CD-R was made. It was recorded from available disc sources and may not include all the material; the quality does not in any way reflect that of the final released product. Keep that in mind when listening to these, they're nice but in no way perfect.

Another important detail is that I've retagged all the files so you'll find the metadata to be very complete when compared to the green demon version.

Finally, the whole thing is split into eleven files that are connected to each other, so you must get all the pieces before you try to unzip it. If anyone has problems with any specific files please let me know and I'll re-up those individual files, though there is a recovery archive included in the .rar you can attempt to use to correct any potential problem.

Enjoy!


Miles Davis - The Last Word: The Warner Bros. Years download links


UPDATE: Just in case anyone had problems with the track Maze, here is a link to individually download it in FLAC format.

Miles Davis - Maze

Miles Davis - The Last Word: The Warner Bros. Years

Despite the title, I don't have much to say about this because it's already been said elsewhere, but here are the important details. It's a four disc box set that Warner Bros. prepared for release in 2001 that was supposed to contain remastered versions of every Miles album they released, several soundtracks, multiple guest appearances and a healthy helping of unreleased studio and live recordings. Somewhere along the way though everything went to hell in a handbasket. It started with the set originally being six discs and including three Prince composed recordings, one co-performed by Prince. Prince, being the mind-bendingly confusing person that he is, decided to withhold permission for Warners to use those recordings. Other problems followed with Miles' estate and despite promos of the six disc version having been sent out the whole thing was edited down to four discs and the process began again. Warners pulled the plug on the box set for unspecified reasons and it ended up in limbo until someone leaked the whole thing a few years back, though Warners apparently was still trying to release some kind of lengthy retrospective of the portion of Miles' career they owned. That eventually happened last year when they issued a two disc collection named Perfect Way: The Miles Davis Anthology - The Warner Bros. Years, though it's essentially a two disc edit of the four disc version of The Last Word. Messy eh? Nonetheless, despite Miles' WB catalog never approaching the status of anything from his Columbia decades, it's really unfortunate that all those recordings were remastered and the majority will likely never see the light of day, at least not officially. With that said, below you'll find links to several important articles which will tell you everything you ever wanted to know about this collection, links to download the four disc version in V0 MP3 and a listing for where each track is taken from. I'll post this in lossless sometime next week, although I hadn't originally planned to do so since some of the material doesn't look purely uncompressed. It may be that this material was traded in MP3 and then compressed, though the quality of the source is still better than most MP3s. Nonetheless, this should keep you entertained for the weekend! The unreleased tracks are rather good too! Enjoy!


Rhino Records Press Release for The Last Word, dated June 21, 2001

Paul Tingen's introduction

Paul Tingen's unused liner notes for the six disc version of The Last Word

The track listing for the six disc version of The Last Word

A deleted blog post from Bethlehem Records on the box set

Details on a cd-r bootleg of the box set

An All About Jazz article about the box set from 2002


Miles Davis - The Last Word: The Warner Bros. Years

Disc 1: Tutu + Previously Unreleased Studio Recordings

01 Tutu
02 Tomaas
03 Portia
04 Splatch
05 Backyard Ritual
06 Perfect Way
07 Don't Lose Your Mind
08 Full Nelson
Tracks 1-8 Tutu

09 Maze
10 Rubber Band
11 See I See
Tracks 9-11 1985 Rubber Band sessions, Previously Unreleased

12 Digg That
Track 12 1987 Previously Unreleased

13 Street Smart Cues
Track 13 1986 Previously Unreleased recordings for Street Smart soundtrack


Disc 2: The Soundtrack Albums

01 Lost In Madrid Part I
02 Siesta / Kitt's Kiss / Lost In Madrid Part II
03 Theme For Augustine / Wind / Seduction / Kiss
04 Submission
05 Lost In Madrid Part III
06 Conchita / Lament
07 Lost In Madrid IV / Rat Dance / The Call
08 Claire / Lost In Madrid Part V
09 Afterglow
10 Los Feliz
Tracks 1-10 Siesta soundtrack

11 We Three Kings Of Orient Are
Track 11 Scrooged soundtrack

12 Murder (Edit)
13 Coming To Town
14 Bank Robbery
Tracks 12-14 The Hot Spot soundtrack

15 The Arrival (with Michael Legrand)
16 Concert On The Runway (with Michael Legrand)
17 The Departure (with Michael Legrand)
18 Trumpet Cleaning (with Michael Legrand)
19 The Dream (with Michael Legrand)
20 Paris Walking II (with Michael Legrand)
21 Going Home (with Michael Legrand)
Tracks 15-21 Dingo soundtrack


Disc 3: Amandla + Studio Guest Appearances

01 Catembe
02 Cobra
03 Big Time
04 Hannibal
05 Jo-Jo
06 Amandla
07 Jilli
08 Mr. Pastorius
Tracks 1-8 Amandla

09 The Struggle Continues
Track 9 from 1985 Artists United Against Apartheid - Sun City

10 Don't Stop Me Now
Track 10 from 1986 Toto - Fahrenheit

11 In The Night
Tracks 11 from 1988 Cameo - Machismo

12 Big 'Ol Head
Track 12 from 1989 Kenny Garrett - Prisoner Of Love

13 Capri
Track 13 from 1989 Paolo Rustichelli - album unknown

14 You Won't Forget Me
Track 14 from 1991 Shirley Horn - You Won't Forget Me


Disc 4: Doo-Bop + Previously Unissued Live Performances

01 Mystery
02 The Doo-Bop Song (with J.R., A.B. Money & Easy Mo Bee)
03 Chocolate Chip
04 High Speed Chase
05 Blow (with Easy Mo Bee)
06 Sonya
07 Fantasy (with Easy Mo Bee)
08 Duke Booty
09 Mystery (Reprise)
Tracks 1-9 Doo-Bop


10 Opening Medley: Theme From Jack Johnson / Speak / That's What Happened (Live)
11 Time After Time (Live)
12 Portia (Live)
13 Tutu (Live)
14 Mr. Pastorius (Live)
15 Hannibal (Live)
Tracks 10-15 Previously Unissued Live Performances, Dates Unknown


BONUS TRACK: Prince & Miles Davis - Can I Play With U? (Long Version)
This is the long version which leaked last year. It would have appeared on the six disc version of The Last Word and it is assumed to have been leaked by a Miles trader who had a test cd-r of that version of the box, although it sounds like it might have been processed via tape somewhere along the way.

PS - I "borrowed" the post photo from here. It's a painting of an Anton Corbijn photo. Pretty damn sweet!

Let us speak of Prince, Jungle Brothers, Valentines Mixtapes and such...

I've been so busy in my personal life recently that a number of important things have been piling up. We're going to deal with a few of those things here and now, all of which are specific to you my readers!

I haven't given a schedule for the Prince Homemade Deluxe Editions because I've been kinda playing it be ear, but I've decided to get this down so I have a path to follow. Here is a tentative schedule for the IFM Records releases you can look forward to:

IFM0000004: Prince and The Revolution - Parade
IFM0000005: Prince - Prince
IFM0000006: Prince - Lovesexy
IFM0000007: Prince - Controversy
IFM0000008: Prince and the Revolution - Around The World In A Day
IFM0000009: Prince - For You
IFM0000010: Prince - Batman
IFM0000011: Prince - Graffiti Bridge
IFM0000012: Prince and The NPG - Diamonds and Pearls
IFM0000013: Prince and The NPG - O-+->
IFM0000014: Michael Jackson - The Thriller Companion
IFM0000015: Beastie Boys - The Paul's Boutique Companion V4

Those releases should take me through the summer, after which I'll start working on Prince's side-project releases, but only select albums. The following is not an order of releases, just the ones I intend to do:

The Time - The Time
The Time - What Time Is It?
The Time - Ice Cream Castles
Vanity 6 - Vanity 6
Appolonia 6 - Appolonia 6
Sheila E. - In The Glamorous Life
Sheila E. - In Romance 1600
The Family - The Family
Jill Jones - Jill Jones
Madhouse - 8
Madhouse - 16

There may also be a few bonus discs done up for the Prince albums with additional bonus tracks. I think I have enough good tracks for a third Purple Rain disc, though that's not on my priority list at the moment.


Next up, I've got an incredible interview which I'll be posting either next week or the week after. David Williams, one of the main producers if not THE MAIN PRODUCER for the Jungle Brothers' Crazy Wisdom Masters and J.Beez Wit The Remedy albums was cool enough to answer some of my questions and we're going to talk a little more before I write up the article, but it will answer a lot of questions about his involvement with the JB's, the album in general and lots of other things. David is a super cool guy and I'm sure everyone will be knocked out by how many details he's revealing!

Third, I received an interesting e-mail today from a British merchandising website. Apparently they're having a contest where 200 music blogs were chosen to make a Valentines mixtape. I'm not going to mention the website's name yet because this is unique for me. They want me to make this mixtape and if I get the most comments about it I can supposedly win some very nice prizes. Normally I'm not interested in taking part in such promotions but the prizes are VERY nice. That said, I'd like to know what the people who visit my website think about this. Would it be cool to participate? Could I beg you all to leave an obscene amount of positive comments and ask your friends to leave comments too? Would I be a complete heel for doing this? Seriously, if it doesn't sound good I won't take part but I want your opinions, so please leave me a comment here or send me an e-mail with your thoughts.

Finally, tomorrow I'll be posting three more discs worth of Head Automatica demos and roughs for their second album, Popaganda, and I'll be closing out the week by posting the unreleased, four disc Miles Davis box set Warner Bros. had intended for release in 2001, The Last Word. I was only going to post the unreleased tracks initially, but the entire set was remastered and those new masters haven't been released and may not be, so the whole thing is worth a look. Personally, I don't care for most of Miles' WB catalog, but the unreleased live tracks are nice and the Rubber Band tracks are rather good! WB didn't want him releasing that album and I kind of understand since I can't remember the last edgy jazz record WB has released in over thirty years (seriously, name one!), but in a strange way these tracks are very funky.

So please drop me a line, share your thoughts with me and I'll respond. Oh, one more thing, the above image is the cover I made for the HDE Purple Rain. I'm going to do a post eventually where I just post all the covers for anyone that wants to grab them all.


QUICK UPDATE: Thanks for all the positive responses guys! I've decided I'm not going to take part in their competition because certain things seem iffy. That said, I'll probably make a Valentine's Day mixtape anyway. It won't be anything mindblowing but it'll be my take on sweet songs to play for your loved one. Again, thanks to everyone for your responses! I really appreciate it!

Miles Davis - 1978 Session

I have been waiting for this for such a long time! Thanks to dino000 at Dime for this gem!

The infamous 1978 supposed "comeback" session with Miles on organ, Larry Coryell on guitar, George Pavlis and Masabumi Kikuchi on keys, T.M. Stevens on electric bass and Al Foster on drums. For details about the session, you should drop by Miles Ahead and read Peter Losin's notes.

Regarding the tracks featured here, they're all multiple takes of a piece registered as Miss Last Summer although Miles and/or his friend Eleana Steinberg wanted to name it Amanaura. Who knows why it didn't happen that way, but at least we've got this to listen to. As hinted by my note that Miles is on organ here, he plays no horn during this session, but that doesn't make it any less interesting. So, I hope you enjoy this fascinating set of recordings and again I want to extend credit to dino000 for sharing the files and Peter Losin for providing details. Now dig in!


Miles Davis - 1978 Session


PS - Thanks to The Last Miles which is where I got the image from. It's from the actual session. Teo Macero is clearly visible on the far right.

Miles Davis - Kind Of Blue: 1959 Mono Version

So a friend brought this to my attention and hooked me up with a copy, and boy is it nice! Someone on one of those fancy, private trackers posted a 24 Bit, 96 khz rip of an original 1959 mono vinyl pressing of Miles' Kind Of Blue! On top of that, it's from a Demonstration copy, better known to us as a promo, and it was in near perfect shape, so now we have the rarely seen mono mix of the album to listen to! Of course, the version posted here is a standard, 16/44 MP3, but that shouldn't discourage you from checking this out, it still sounds incredible!

To that individual, sorry I didn't ask your permission but I wanted to share the wealth, and you've done a wonderful job of transferring this too! I've left your original notes and artwork intact and included them with these MP3s.

UPDATE: Big shock! :) The DMCA made me remove the links. Sorry guys.

Miles Davis - Kind Of Blue: 1959 Mono MP3 Version

Miles Davis - Kind Of Blue: 1959 Mono FLAC Version

01 So What
02 Freddie Freeloader
03 Blue In Green
04 All Blues
05 Flamenco Sketches

Miles Davis - The (almost complete) Kind Of Blue Sessions

If you know anything about jazz, you've almost certainly heard Kind Of Blue, the album generally considered one of the best in the history of jazz and looked at by many as Miles Davis' tour-de-force. Yeah, it's great. Don't get me wrong, it's a fantastic work but it's simply not my favorite Miles' record, but that's beside the point. The point is it is beloved by fans and critics throughout the world, which makes it an exception to the unspoken rule that critics and fans alike can't have the same opinion across the board. For this reason, it's also beloved by Columbia Records, the label which owns the album and continues to reissue it in varying formats throughout the years. The album's wikipedia reference counts at least thirteen official issues, although the discography at Miles Ahead lists a few additional versions. This is important because several of the releases have seen significant revisions regarding the actual recordings, mostly correcting slight pitch issues on the first side of the album but also going so far as to include an alternate take of Flamenco Sketches as a bonus track on some versions. While this is nice for fans of the album, Sony, Columbia's parent-label, continues to reissue the album every few years with some new kind of twist intended to make fans break their banks, and the most recent of those reissues was the deluxe, 50th Anniversary Box Set which included a two-disc reissue of the album, a blue vinyl edition of the album and a DVD with interviews and such. The two-disc CD version of the album saw a separate release a few months after the box was issues in September of 2008, but it was a thorn in the side of many collectors. It included lots of new liner notes, most of which can be ignored, unrelated sessions included because of the similar line-ups of Miles' band, a live set from this era (this part is pretty nice) and another remaster of the original album with unreleased excerpts from the recording sessions. The sessions are where I get upset though.

If you've followed my other posts about Miles, you probably know that I'm a big fan of his electric years. I've got the "complete" sessions box sets for Bitches Brew, In A Silent Way, Jack Johnson, On The Corner and the Cellar Door Sessions. All of these releases are thoroughly misleading because none of them are truly complete, although the Cellar Door, Silent Way and Jack Johnson boxes at least focus specifically on those sessions. The Bitches Brew and On The Corner boxes contain material completely unrelated to the sessions in question and leave out significant recordings for unspecified reasons. None of this is to say that the boxes aren't nice, as they are rather amazing! There are tons of previously unreleased recordings, alternate versions, fantastically detailed liner notes and lots of session and discographical (is this really a word?) details. They are amazing releases, but labeling them "complete" is a bald-faced lie, and judging by the fact that the On The Corner box had not been labeled complete when it was tentatively announced, it seems clear the individuals organizing it knew better but were most likely usurped by their superiors from the label. And it's worth noting that Teo Macero, Miles' long-time producer, was furious when the Bitches Brew box was released for these same reasons and because it contained newly remixed versions of everything in the box.

Now, all of this said, the "complete" box sets are still fantastic releases, simply misleading in their titles, but Kind Of Blue is a different story. The truly complete Kind Of Blue sessions are apparently less than eighty minutes in their entirety, making it possible to issue them on one CD or, if the label wants to be greedy, two discs, likely one for each date of the sessions. Instead though, they've been satisfied to ignore the majority of those sessions until 2008, and then only issue small excerpts. One can argue that there isn't much music left from the sessions that hasn't already been issued, and there is a lot of truth there as there are only six complete takes from the Blue sessions and all of them are available on the standard single disc version of the album, but if you're going to include some of the additional content why not include all of it? Are they waiting for the absolute death of the CD to make these recordings available? The 75th Anniversary? The 100th Anniversary? Whatever they are waiting for, the bootleggers beat them to it as there have been excellent quality versions of the complete sessions circulating for several years now, most likely leaked during the remastering process in the early nineties which led to the album being issued for the first time completely at it's correct pitch.

Now, and this is very important, what I'm sharing here today is NOT the complete Kind Of Blue sessions, but it's close. I wasn't able to find a complete lossless version of the sessions but did find a seventy-three minute version which is very close to complete. I've also found MP3s of the additional recordings, but as I'd already edited the seventy-three minute version into separate tracks, I decided not to chop up the MP3s. At some point, hopefully I'll have a complete lossless version of the sessions to source clean MP3s from and post for you, but until then, this is pretty damn close. Also, I want to give credit to Miles Ahead for their fantastic database of session information and Ashley Khan's book, Kind Of Blue: The Making Of The Miles Davis Masterpiece, which also reviewed the sessions in detail, both of which I used as resources to make certain I was cutting the files into the appropriate pieces.

All in all, I hope you find this as entertaining as I do, with it's incredible performances and content. There is something about hearing the musicians in the studio, which included Bill Evans, Wynton Kelly, Jimmy Cobb, Paul Chambers, "Cannonball" Adderly and John Coltrane, chatting back and forth, occasionally making a mistake or joking about something while Teo or an engineer counts off a take. I'm sure the label thinks these things are inessential to the average consumer, and they're probably right, but a true jazz lover is not the average consumer and they're missing point by the ignoring these fabulous recordings.


Miles Davis - The (almost complete) Kind Of Blue Sessions
UPDATE: No real shock that the DMCA made me take down the links. Sorry guys.


01 Freddie Freeloader (Take 1, False Start)
02 Freddie Freeloader (Take 2, Incomplete)
03 Freddie Freeloader (Rehearsal)
04 Freddie Freeloader (Take 3, Incomplete)
05 Freddie Freeloader (Take 4, False Start)
06 Freddie Freeloader (Take 4)
07 Freddie Freeloader (Piano Solo Insert)
08 So What (Take 1, False Start)
09 So What (Take 1, Incomplete)
10 So What (Take 2, False Start)
11 So What (Take 2, Incomplete)
12 So What (Take 3, False Starts)
13 So What (Take 3)
14 Blue In Green (Take 1, Incomplete)
15 Blue In Green (Take 2, Incomplete)
16 Blue In Green (Take 3, False Start)
17 Blue In Green (Take 3, Incomplete)
18 Blue In Green (Take 4, False Start)
19 Blue In Green (Take 5)
20 Flamenco Sketches (Take 1)
21 Flamenco Sketches (Take 2, Incomplete)
22 Flamenco Sketches (Take 3, Incomplete)
23 Flamenco Sketches (Take 4, Incomplete)
24 Flamenco Sketches (Take 5, Incomplete)
25 Flamenco Sketches (Take 6)
26 All Blues (Take 1, False Start)
27 All Blues (Take 1)



So, who wants to place bets as to how fast this post gets taken down by the DMCA?

Important Information/Liz Phair - Phairities

Hey folks, just wanted to drop you a line and let you know some things that are kinda important that I've hinted at here.

First off, the thing I mentioned a few days ago, the first (maybe?) annual Unheard Music get-together thing, I want to re-create the Flaming Lips' Parking Lot Experiments. I didn't get a lot of responses, which is probably because I didn't come right out and say what I was talking about, but what I got was very promising. I really want to try this and hope to pull it off in early June if I can get an appropriate number of people to participate. There will be no fee to participate and I am not asking for funds or donations of any sort, just to be 100% clear. I don't have all the details about where this will occur worked out yet, and I'm trying to contact the Flaming Lips to get their permission to use tracks from Zaireeka for the event. Hopefully, since there is no money involved, it won't be a problem, but until I hear back you never know. So, if anyone is interested in participating, let me know and we can discuss adding you to the list of participants. Apart from that, this project has quite a ways to go before it's ready for prime time. I'm going to post flyers at several of the colleges in my area, try to hype the event to college radio stations in the area, and there will be a website for further details when they start to solidify.

Second, Imaginary Records, the "sister" site to the Unheard Music, is going on hiatus after four posts. Yeah, I know, kinda lame, but it's not working out. It may eventually return, but for now it will no longer be updated.

Third, I haven't actually gotten around to posting any videos like I talked about at the beginning of the year (or was it the end of the year?), but I still hope to do that, I've simply been very busy, so don't give up hope, it will happen!

Fourth, lots of things I've been holding back will appear in March, including Beck, the last Zappa post for a while, a WaxTrax! Records retrospective, and the triumphant return of Miles Davis! The Miles post is going to be crazy as it contains the near-complete sessions for one of the greatest jazz recordings in history and some interesting details surrounding the pseudo, incomplete, and totally unneccesary reissue of them since it's missing TONS of content, but at least it didn't claim to be "COMPLETE" this time! There are a bunch of other things I'll be posting, but those three are pretty cool so be on the lookout!

Finally, this is the last Liz Phair post, at least for now. I have exhausted my findings so now we have to wait until some lucky soul (hopefully me!) gets to interview Liz and ask her about the third Girly-Sound tape. This collection though features lots of rarities and non-album tracks and has been named Phairities by some clever collector(s). Unfortunately, my copy, which I've had since who knows when, comes with little information about the track sources, so apart from what I know and can confirm, some of the stuff here is a bit of a mystery, but I'm sure you'll find it quite enjoyable regardless. You know, this might not be the definitive last Liz post for now as I have an upgrade of two tracks from this collection that I should post, and I may post that in March, but this will most likely be the last CD-length post for the known future. And hey, it's always a good excuse to post more sexy photos of Liz!


Liz Phair - Phairities

01 White Babies (Answering Machine Version)
02 Rocket Boy (from the Stealing Beauty soundtrack)
03 If I Ever Pay You Back (Live)
04 Hurricane Cindy (Live on KCRW)
05 Wasted (Live)
06 Carnivore (a-side of the Carnivore single)
07 Never Said (Live, 120 Minutes)
08 Beginning To See The Light (Live)
09 Don't Have Time
10 Oh My God
11 Shirley MacLaine (with Ashtray Boy)
12 Infidel (with Ashtray Boy)
13 Divorce Song / Emotional Rescue
14 Six Dick Pimp (from the Kids In The Hall: Brain Candy soundtrack)
15 Sometimes A Dream (Live)
16 Ride (Live)
17 Mesmerizing (Live)
18 6'1 (Live, 120 Minutes)
19 Away With The Pixies (Ben Lee cover)
20 I'll Get You High (Live)
21 Support System (Live)
22 Fuck and Run (Live)
23 Carnivore (Raw) (b-side of the Carnivore single)
24 You Have No Idea (Live)
25 Wasted (Live on KCRW)
26 Combo Platter (Girlysound) (b-side to Supernova)


And now for more sexy photos of Liz!












Okay, now I do feel a little perverted. Too many hot pics of Liz? Promise, this won't become a standard of the site! Enjoy the music!

December 2009 Mixtape

This mix consists mostly of things I've featured here on the site before. I thought it would be nice to do a quick review of the year's posts for anyone who doesn't dig through every single one. There are a few new tracks in here, but they all relate back to things previously featured here.

I've got a lot of stuff planned for January and I've got my interview wish list all set up, so there will be a lot of stuff coming up soon! On top of that, I'm looking into writing a book, albeit a short one. I've got a few projects in mind that could be very big, but that short book would be the starting point. I'll say more when there is more to say :). For now, enjoy the mix and have a Happy New Year!


The Unheard Music - December 2009 Mixtape

01 Lou Reed - Metal Machine Music (excerpt)
My love of this album may be questioned by some, but I swear it's legitimate. For those that would rather not give it a full listen (or download), here is thirty seconds to either whet your appetite or confirm your fears.

02 Queen - Tie Your Mother Down (Trent Reznor Remix)
Shoulda woulda coulda been released, but it was done for Hollywood Records, and we know how creatively open-minded Disney generally is.

03 Juliana Hatfield - Mountains Of Love
In a perfect world, God's Foot would be available at the very least for download via Amazon or iTunes. On top of that, Juliana Hatfield would get the credit she's due.

04 Crustified Dibbs - Every Record Label Sucks Dick
I wouldn't say EVERY record label, but I know what Dibbs aka R.A. The Rugged Man is saying.

05 Miles Davis - Untitled Original 760330a (Unheard Edit)
This is my own little concoction. I didn't do much to the original sources, just a little snip towards the end of one take and the beginning of the other to put them together. They simply felt far too short on their own. Miles plays organ on this one but no horn. By the way, there will be another Miles post in the near future, but it'll focus on a significant point a little earlier in his career.

06 Team Sleep - Natalie Portman
I wish Team Sleep releases weren't nearly as infrequent as they are, but I'm glad to have their self-titled and unreleased Lovers albums. Awesomely mellow track that doesn't seem to have anything to do with the awesome Natalie Portman.

07 John Oswald - dab
This is the original version of dab from the plunderphonic album. This also includes that album's short intro, btls.

08 Soul Coughing - A Murder Of Lawyers
Great leftover from early in the Cough's career. Good for showing off their less-than-friendly side.

09 Takeshi Muto - Ntak
Romulo Del Castillo and the Schematic crew are in the house!

10 Resident Alien - Ooh The Dew Doo Man
Prince Paul is on my interview wish list. I wouldn't say the Resident Alien album is as good as the De La Soul albums of the same era, but it deserves to be heard and is just as essential. Russell Simmons is why it'll probably never get an official release.

11 Beastie Boys - And What You Give Is What You Get
I don't know that I'll get to talk to The Dust Brothers or Matt Dike any time soon, but they're on that wish list too. As much as I want to talk with EZ Mike and King Gizmo, Matt Dike is the least publicly known and that's simply a crime. There will be a post of some of his best available tracks sometime soon.

12 Prince - Batdance (Original Version)
I think this is the third time I've posted this track. On top of that, this is yet another version from a different source. All the same though, I'll never get tired of this one and it's just another example of how brilliant Prince used to be. Yeah, I said used to, what you gonna do about it?

13 Jungle Brothers - Troopin' On The Down Lo
Goddamnit I want this album to get an official release! The full album isn't as crazy as this track, but it's so deserving to be heard. Props to Skiz, Dan LeRoy, Matt Stein (for that single conversation), David Williams (waiting for that response man! please come through!) and everyone else who has helped me in my search for more details about the lost gem that is Crazy Wisdom Masters!

14 The KLF - What Time Is Love? (The Moody Boys vs. The KLF)
I'd love to write a book about The KLF, but I'd be more than happy to simply read one. These guys are so insanely wonderful. If you're unfamiliar, find the ridiculously large posts I did about them for, in my opinion, a pretty good overview of their career, albeit far from complete.

15 Outro (More Metal Machine Music)
'Nuff said.

Prince Week, Day Three: Madhouse

All of the writing on my blog, unless noted otherwise, is done by myself. I genuinely enjoy writing my own content and consider it important that I don't use other people's writings without making it clear who did the work. That said, most of today's post is taken from wikipedia's Madhouse reference. Now, I am very familiar with the Madhouse story and know all the details to put in such a post, but after reading the wikipedia page, apart from a minor detail or two, whomever wrote that article hit the nail on the head as good, if not better, than I believe I could have written such a post. So, I have to give respect to the original contributors to that wikipedia page and I'm going to link it here for all to see. As I noted, there is a minor correction or two that I've added to the original text and I'm also including links for all the albums, making my post more complete, but the original writers have done a fantastic job and I want to give them the credit they are due.


Prince had considered the idea of an instrumental jazz-funk album ever since he recorded his first tracks with Eric Leeds for his 1985 side-project, The Family. In late 1985-early 1986, he recorded hours of instrumental music with Leeds and other musicians from his band, Sheila E. and musicians from her own band, as well as members from Wendy & Lisa's families. From these sessions, Prince compiled an album called The Flesh, supposed to be released by an eponymous pseudo-band, but the project was abandoned and its concept lightly modified to become Madhouse.

All instruments on "8", the first Madhouse album, were performed by Prince except for the saxophone and flute parts which were performed by Eric Leeds. The album consists of instrumental jazz-fusion tracks. A remix of the track "Six" was released alongside with the b-side "Six & 1/2", composed by Leeds and featuring Atlanta Bliss on trumpet.

"16", the second Madhouse album, featured contributions by Eric Leeds on saxophone and flute, Sheila E. on drums and Levi Seacer, Jr. on bass guitar (the three of them co-composed a few tracks besides playing on the album.) "Doctor" Matt Fink (keyboards) and John Lewis (drums) are also credited in the album's booklet but their participation to the recording is more than uncertain (though both were part of the short-lived live-version of the band.) "16" features more aggressive and minimalist jazz funk tracks than its predecessor. Two singles were released, "Ten" and "Thirteen", with the title tracks remixed and two b-sides.

The most unusual thing about each of the albums is that the title of each song is also its numerical designation on the record (e.g., the third song on the first album is titled, “Three”). Cover art for both albums featured a voluptuous Maneca Lightner playing with a small dog, reminiscent of a 1940s pinup photograph. The videos from "16" were 1940s gangster-themed. The cover of "16" features the subtitle "new directions in garage music", which is an homage to Miles Davis' Directions In music series (in 2002-2003, Prince would dub a jazz album series of his own "New Directions In Music") The only vocals on either album consisted mainly of choice snippets of audio lifted from the first two Godfather films, clips of sped up phone conversations which would be used later on The Black Album and samples of Vanity simulating an orgasm (from the Vanity 6 outtake "Vibrator", later used on Prince's own song "Orgasm" from Come.) There is also a short unreleased movie, featuring Madhouse, named "Hard Life", also from 1987.

In 1987, Madhouse served as an opening act for Prince’s headlining tours, with each of the musicians heavily disguised in baggy cloaks and sunglasses, to be removed for the final set. Prince himself often guested with Madhouse, incognito.

At least two other Madhouse albums were later recorded and remain unreleased to this day, both being named "24". The first was recorded in 1988, mostly by Prince and Eric Leeds. Only one track eventually emerged, severely edited, on Eric Leeds' 1991 solo-album, Times Squared, and only bootlegged copies of the whole album are available. This album was more "electronic" than the first two, with a lot of drum programming, samples and keyboards.

The second album was recorded in 1993 with a line-up consisting of Prince (keyboards), Eric Leeds (saxophone), Levi Seacer, Jr. (guitar), Sonny T. (bass) and Michael B. (drums). Only two tracks were officially released, "17 (Penetration)" as "17" on the "1-800 New-Funk" 1994 compilation and on the cd-single "Standing At The Altar", the other one "Asswoop" (or "Asswhuppin' in a trunk") in 2001, via Prince's website. There was also a confidential release on a promo cassette named The "NPG Sampler Experience", which contains excerpts from 3 tracks from this album: "Asswoop", "Ethereal Seque" and "Parlour Games". The "NPG Sampler Experience" was handed out during "The Gold Experience" tour in 1995. The whole album has been circulating on bootlegs too and it features more sophisticated arrangements than the first three albums.


Pretty good article, eh? I want to add that Miles was very much the inspiration for these works and rumors abound about his involvement. For instance, it has long been rumored that Miles performs on the B-Side, 6 and 1/2, although this is most likely Atlanta Bliss. Prince also, offered the 1988 version of 17 to Miles. He did record it, but it remains unreleased and is not circulating between collectors.

The film mentioned in the above article, Hard Life, never gained an official release, yet it did somehow end up online. Prince directed it and you can view it here. It's not great, hell, it's not really that good, but it is kinda funny and enjoyable.

The only other thing that came of the Madhouse project was that the 1988 version of 19 was considered for use in the 1989 Batman movie. An early trailer for the film features it playing in the background as well as another unreleased Prince song, We Got The Power. I've even seen it listed online as The Batman Theme, but that's kind of ridiculous.

So, for your listening enjoyment, here are links to all the available Madhouse studio recordings. This includes their first two albums, 8 and 16, both versions of 24, and all the remixes and B-Sides that were released. In my opinion, this is some of Prince's best work outside of his regular persona. It's also the best jazz oriented music he's ever done, far better than any of his other attempts at jazz, like the NEWS album. Be forewarned though, as much as I love 8, 16, the 1988 version of 24 and the B-Sides, they 1993 version of 24 is a completely different beast. It's basically Prince with The NPG and Eric Leeds making generic jazz funk, and, at least to me, it's totally forgettable. The 1988 version of 24 was a masterpiece, so I have no idea why he would record schlock like the 1993 version, but it happened, so while it's worth listening to, apart from it being named a Madhouse record, I wouldn't consider it one.


Madhouse - 8

Madhouse - 16

Madhouse - 24 (1988 Version)

Madhouse - 24 (1993 Version)

Madhouse - Non-Album Tracks


NOTE: Updated Madhouse 8 and the 1993 version of 24 for anyone having problems with the files. Also, here is Rootie Kazootie from the 93 version of 24 if you don't want to re-download the album again. Enjoy!

Miles Davis - More Seventies Sessions

Man, this one was supposed to happen a while ago. I actually included one of these tracks in the earlier Miles Sessions post I did, but regardless, I think you'll find this post very interesting.

I received these tracks as two separate collections, one marked Jabali Sessions and the other 11/6/74, although there was a text file included which also listed them as October 74 sessions. The text file showed that these tracks had all been traded together at one point or another, so I put them back in the order they were originally presented and tried to figure out which takes were which and what the correct dates were. This wasn't easy and some information is still missing, but Peter Losin at Miles Ahead cleared some things up. The first seven tracks are definitely the Jabali sessions, although apart from takes 4 and 11, it's unclear what takes or rehearsals the other tracks represent. As for the last six tracks, they are untitled originals from April 1973. None of these, apart from Take 4 of Jabali, have been posted on the site prior to this, so enjoy some interesting Miles goodies.

By the way, I do have to apologise for the awful editing on these tracks, but I cannot claim responsibility. Apart from having retagged the files I have not altered these tracks in any way, including leaving the empty sounding ninth track in. As I said to Peter and he later restated to me, "whomever released this seems to have chopped up the start points rather badly". Sad but true.


Miles Davis - More Seventies Sessions

01 Jabali session
02 Jabali session
03 Jabali session
04 Jabali session
05 Jabali (Take 4)
06 Jabali session
07 Jabali (Take 11)
08 Untitled Original 730424a (Take 2)
09 (nothing?)
10 Untitled Original 730424a (Take 3)
11 Untitled Original 730424b (Take 1, Part 1)
12 Untitled Original 730424b (Take 1, Part 2)
13 Untitled Original 730424b (Take 1, Part 3)

August 2009 Mixtape

LOVE IS A DONUT...uh, it's time for another Unheard Music mixtape! The last one was a bit era-specific but this episode is more in the vein of how these posts will usually be. Enjoy!


The Unheard Music - August 2009 Mixtape

01 Liz Phair - Chopsticks
I love Liz Phair. She gets shit for having a more commercial sound these days but she doesn't seem to care. She's said several times that she has to pay the bills and it's hard to be an indie star like she used to be when you're raising a family in the suburbs. This is from her second full-length, Whip-Smart, and is kind-of the last stand for her more indie specific styles. I'll be doing a post about her beautiful, early demos in the near future. If you're not familiar with her, you should get Exile In Guyville. It's a very honest record and you don't have to be a woman for it to change you.

02 Hrvatski - Vatstep DSP
More Hrvatski for those who enjoyed his album. This was created as a remix for kid606 although it only features a few very small samples making this more an original track than anything else. You couldn't generally call Hrvatski's music happy, but this track is as close to happy as he gets. Lotta fun!

03 Greg Phillinganes - Behind The Mask
This is kind-of the missing link when it comes to Michael Jackson's Thriller. As the story goes, Quincy Jones was obsessed with the Yellow Magic Orchestra's song, Behind The Mask, and decided he wanted to make a version with proper lyrics. He asked Michael to write the new lyrics, and together they created an incredible pop song. For reasons unclear though, Michael's version has never seen the light of day, although Greg, Michael's keyboardist through most of the eighties, recorded the MJ version and released it as a single. For all we know this might sound exactly like the MJ version, but no one has said anything so who knows. All I can say is this song is a slept-on eighties classic!

04 DJ Mink - Hey! Hey! Can U Relate? (feat. The K.I.D. & Carruthers)
This sounds more like an old-school hip-hop track than something from the early nineties. Initially released on the British FON label, it was licensed by Warp and became a popular underground hit. Hip-Hop heads know this track well but this was never a commercial hit, so check this shoulda-been number one jam.

05 Venice Shoreline Chris - All-Nite Dinah
Also known as Chris Murray, Venice Shoreline Chris recorded his album, The 4-Track Adventures Of Venice Shoreline Chris, all by his lonesome, but you'd never guess it by how fun the album sounds. Check out his site for more info and samples from some of his other records.

06 Beck - Satan Was Way Cool
From a demo tape recorded during his early, weird years, this is Beck recording new vocals over King Missle's Jesus Was Way Cool. Funny as hell! I'm gonna do a post on Beck earlier, folkier and way-weirder days sometime in the near future. I probably would have done it already but he's got so much stuff to choose from!

07 Mochipet - They Might Be Giants vs. Lyrical Giants (Get Crunked!)
Oh yeah! Mochipet is well-known for his dancey releases, but this is from Combat which he released on kid606's Violent Turd Records. Great record that clocks in around a half hour, it entertains for a long time afterward. This is an easy highlight from that record.

08 Miles Davis - Willie Nelson (Insert 1)
This is from the Complete Jack Johnson Sessions box-set that Sony released a few years ago. A small portion of several takes of Willie Nelson was included in the completed Jack Johnson album, but the additional takes are awesome. This one includes Sonny Sharrock doing some seriously fucked-up echoplex soloing. Awesome record!

09 John Oswald - Anon
This is from the 69/96 compilation which sorta came out. You can buy it digitally via iTunes or Amazon and physical copies are, or were, available, although there was never an Oswald sanctioned release, or at least that's the official story. The truth is that Negativland is responsible for the US release of this compilation which features remastered and cleaned-up versions of most of the Plunderphonic album and other gems from throughout Oswald's career. They were able to release it after Oswald sent them digital copies of the masters, artwork and liner notes, but Oswald did try to get this released on his own. Unfortunately, the CRIA would not allow him to do so even if he were to get permission for all samples, so he took matters into his own hands and let Negativland help out. This track is a reworking of a Tim Buckley song and was originally part of the Elektrax/Rubaiyat EP which was a promotional release on Elektra Records. You can get the whole EP here at the excellent Music Hertz, among many other great things! Check them out!

10 Foetus - Clothes Hoist
JG Thirlwell is THE MAN! This is from the Hole album which he released as Scraping Foetus Off The Wheel. As most of his releases are under a variation of the name Foetus, I'm just gonna stick with foetus for simplicity's sake. Get creeped out and rock out to this, and if you're feeling it grab the Hole album!

11 The Stick Men - Caged Sex
The Stick Men were incredible. Coming out of Pennsylvania, they bare a resemblance to James Chance and The Contortions, although they're quite a lot more fun in my humble opinion. If you like this you need to get their album, Insatiable. It's such a shame when stuff as unique and crazy as this falls victim to the perils of history and location.

12 Miles Davis - Willie Nelson (Insert 2)
Another take with Sonny Sharrock, but this one also features John McLaughlin. Wild stuff!

13 Bob Dylan - Get Your Rocks Off
From the infamous Basement Tapes, this unreleased track is a gem. There are so many awesome recordings from this era in Dylan's career. I might post some Basement Tapes goodness eventually, it's just that there is so much stuff to choose from. I feel like I should post everything I've got, but that's nearly a gigabyte of stuff, so I'm just gonna give it some time.

14 Vernon Reid - What's My Name
No question mark in the title, so does that make it a statement or a typographical error? either way, Vernon and his band, Masque, along with producers Prince Paul and Teo Macero, bring the action. This is from Vernon's Mistaken Identity album. Most of the album isn't this intense but, if you like electric Miles, you'll enjoy the whole album. Really good stuff!

15 Randy Newman - Political Science
I remember Mr. Newman complaining that this is one of his most timeless recordings. I understand why, but I love it all the same. Sarcasm, a sick sense of humor and maybe even a little honesty, just don't take it too seriously.

16 Jimi Hendrix - Stars That Play With Laughing Sam's Dice
I only heard this for the first time very recently. This is up there with Hendrix's best in my humble opinion. It starts off innocently enough before it literally leaves the planet.

17 Whale - I'll Do Ya
Whale are one of the great unknown bands of the mid-nineties, at least in the US. They started with a joke single and video featuring a sexy little thing with braces and a lollipop teasing a number of shirtless men only to release a funky, druggy, in-joke of an album that sounds like the soundtrack to a really insane weekend. This song should have been huge! If they ever played it live I hope to god that it was incredible. PLAY IT LOUD!!!!!

18 John Oswald - Case Of Death (Part One, Chapters 1-16)
More Oswaldian goodness, this is also from the 69/96 compilation. If you like his stuff you should really support him by purchasing the comp. Mind melting stuff.

Miles Davis - Sessions UPDATE

Damn! Just as I was ready to publish this post, I got even more unreleased Miles stuff! I was intending for this to be my last post of unreleased Miles for a while but now it looks like I will have to do a few more. So, while this one is probably the largest one you'll see here, keep your eyes opened for even more!

For those familiar with bootleg Miles recordings, there is a series of releases known as the Unknown Sessions compilations. They cover studio material from 1970 through 1976, although they're not known for detailed session information. Using their details as well as those of the aforementioned Miles Ahead, I've taken every track featured in those collections that has not been officially released and I'm including them here. Everything from the original post is included in these files so I'm deleting those links from the initial post. There are now roughly three hours of unreleased material which has been, to the best of my knowledge, accurately labeled and dated. Of course, I'm not claiming to be a Miles Davis expert, I'll give that credit to the Miles Ahead folks, but I definitely love his music, especially his seventies recordings, and I hope you enjoy these recordings as much as I do. Oh, and if you need another reason to visit Miles Ahead (as if I haven't pushed you in that direction firmly enough), I'm not going to list the line-ups for all these recordings. It took a long time the first time and it'll take forever this time, so please forgive my laziness but I'm sure you'll enjoy these recordings regardless.

There are other recordings I've since acquired which I thought about posting here, but they are available elsewhere and I'd like to give credit to someone who has been rather helpful in my search for Miles goodies, so I'd like to refer you to JR Heat Warps' excellent blog, The Heat Warps. There you will find a plethora of jazz and fusion goodies, but you will also find volumes one and two of the Deep Brew compilations which feature unedited recordings from the actual Bitches Brew sessions! I love Bitches Brew and the box-set dedicated to it's source material, but it's name, The Complete Bitches Brew Sessions, is terribly misleading. None of the unedited session recordings are featured on it and they are fascinating, so snatch this up over at The Heat Warps and and some spice to your brew!


Miles Davis - Sessions
Part One
Part Two
Part Three
Part Four

01 So What (incomplete take, 3/20/70)
02 Untitled Original (unknown take, 4/7/70)
03 Jabali (Take 2, 7/12/72)
04 Billy Preston (unknown take, 12/8/72)
05 Untitled Original A (Take 2, 4/24/73)
06 Untitled Original A (Take 3, 4/24/73)
07 Untitled Original B (Take 1, 4/24/73)
08 Big Fun (Take 1, 7/26/73)
09 Peace (Remake Take 3a, 7/26/73)
10 Peace (Remake Take 3b, 7/26/73)
11 Dominique (Take 1, 6/20/74)
12 Sound (Take 2, 11/6/74)
13 What They Do (Take 13, 11/6/74)
14 Turn Of The Century (unknown take, 2/27/75)
15 Minnie (Takes 3 and 4, 5/5/75)
16 Minnie (Take 6, 5/5/75)
17 Minnie (Take 6 Remix, 5/5/75)
18 Minnie (Take 7, 5/5/75)
19 Minnie (Take 7 Remix, 5/5/75)
20 Untitled Original (Take 2, 5/5/75)
21 Untitled Original (Take 3, 3/30/76)
22 Untitled Original (Take 5, 3/30/76)
23 Song Of Landa (Take 2, 3/30/76)
24 Song Of Landa (Take 6, 3/30/76)
25 TDK Funk (incomplete take, 12/27/76)


...And for those who want a brief preview of what they'll be getting themselves into, here are a few sample tracks for your listening enjoyment.
TDK Funk
Sound (Take 2, 11/6/74)
Untitled Original (Take 2, 5/5/75)

Miles Davis - Panthalassa

Okay, this isn't unreleased, but it's kinda slept on and you should definitely check it out, especially if you enjoyed the other Miles stuff I posted. Also, Bill Laswell is the man!

Sorry for not being around this week. I've been looking at cars, buying a car, arguing about cars, returning the car, getting crap about how large my payment is, getting crap about how I won't get approved anywhere else by an angry salesperson, giving crap about the return of my money and just plain being tired of thinking about cars. Also, "Cars" was the worst Pixar movie but "UP" and "WALL-E" are both excellent. None of that has anything to do with "Panthalassa", but that shouldn't make you wait to download it, so grab it and enjoy!

There will be another Jungle Brothers and CWM-related post real soon. No new music, sorry, but some information that I think everyone will find very interesting.

Oh, one more thing. I'm not going to go on any rants about "I do so much work but don't get any thanks" or any stupid crap like that. I think if you're gonna run a site then you should post your stuff and be happy if people come to check it out. I don't wanna put ads on here and I don't want to put anyone through any crap when downloading the stuff I post. That said, if anyone would like to let me know if they download stuff and what they think about it, I would really appreciate that. Essentially, I just want to know what stuff people have enjoyed and if they found it interesting. I love my readers and truly appreciate your input, so if you've got a hot minute to spare I'd really love it if you'd let me know what you think of some of the stuff that's posted. Also, I do take requests if I have them or can get them, so feel free to ask!

Miles Davis - Panthalassa: The Music Of Miles Davis 1969-1974

01 In A Silent Way / Shhh/Peaceful / It's About That Time
02 Black Satin / What If / Agharta Prelude Dub
03 Rated X / Billy Preston
04 He Loved Him Madly

Miles Davis - 70's Sessions

I love Miles' stuff from the seventies. This isn't to say that I don't like his earlier stuff, but I've always found his electric period to be the most fulfilling. Miles' electric era stems from 1968 through 1976, the year he took an extended break/early retirement. At the time, many people said that Miles was out of his comfort zone and didn't know what he was doing, but time has brought a lot of the naysayers around realizing that he really was on to something and clearly inspired in doing so.

It's easy enough to say that you can take "Bitches Brew" as an introduction to electric Miles, but "Panthalassa", a Bill Laswell conceived compilation covering this era, is far more accurate. Laswell took the original masters and remixed them to make them as clear as possible without losing the vibes of the original releases. He did this brilliantly, even including a few unreleased pieces from the "On The Corner" sessions, but best of all he didn't try to modernize the sound by including any techno or drum'n'bass sounds. There was a companion remix album to "Panthalassa" which did just that, bringing in Jamie Myerson, Doc Scott and King Britt, among others, to make more "club-friendly" tracks, which was an utter failure, but at least an additional Laswell production was included making it worthwhile for the extra fifteen minutes of "On The Corner" extracts.

If you're not familiar with Miles in the seventies, go get the two albums I mentioned above and see how much further you want to explore. For me, I wanted to dive in as deep as I possibly could, which meant spending a lot on expensive imports, at least until Columbia started issuing their beautiful box-sets covering the periods of "Bitches Brew", "On The Corner", "In A Silent Way", "A Tribute To Jack Johnson" and the "Cellar Door Sessions" which were used for "Live-Evil". These sets normally feature the word "Complete" in their names which is generally inaccurate. Don't get me wrong, they're great sets, but when you have to include six or seven discs in a set surrounding an album which was created from sessions upon sessions where the tracks are essentially remixes of these recordings, it becomes really hard to feature everything. It's a shame as these already incredible sets would be beyond belief if they did contain every take, mix and edit created, but it's hard to get people to pay three or four hundred dollars for a set of that size. It sounds like an argument in favor of a digital subscription service where you pay a yearly flat-fee for all the downloads you could want, but until someone can get me a meeting with Rick Rubin I'm sure this won't go anywhere. That said, there are some really nice unreleased recordings from all of these eras in circulation among fans and traders which are as good as it gets until an official release may occur, which is great if, like me, the six or seven discs of each individual box-set isn't enough Miles for you.

It's hard to include everything I've found, which is a lot, especially since some of the material has been released elsewhere, so I've compiled a disc's worth of recordings which have not been officially issued as of yet. Alternate takes of some of the tracks have been issued here and there, but everything in today's post is completely unavailable through standard, official sources, so prepare to get your Miles-fix!

Before I go any further, I want to give a shout to the fabulous Miles Ahead website which has been the source for session dates and band line-ups featured here for each of the tracks. If you want to learn more about Miles, what releases may contain versions of some of these tracks or about some of the available bootlegs featuring unreleased sessions, you definitely want to pay them a visit.

One last note, if you have any additional Miles session recordings and would like to discuss or share them, please drop me a line as I would love to hear from you. I'm especially interested in hearing the complete 1976 recordings and 1978 comeback sessions.

Miles Davis - 70's Sessions
PART ONE
PART TWO
NOTE: The original files have been deleted since they're included in a much larger post located HERE.


March 20, 1970, Columbia Studio, New York
01 So What (incomplete take)
Miles Davis (Trumpet)
Steve Grossman (Soprano Saxophone)
John McLaughlin (Guitar)
Herbie Hancock (Organ)
Dave Holland (Electric Bass)
Lenny White (Drums)

April 7, 1970, Columbia Studio, New York
02 Untitled Original
Miles Davis (Trumpet)
Steve Grossman (Soprano Saxophone)
John McLaughlin (Guitar)
Herbie Hancock (Organ)
Michael Henderson (Electric Bass)
Billy Cobham (Drums)

November 6, 1974, Columbia Studio E, New York
03 Sound (Take 2)
04 What They Do (Take 13)
Miles Davis (Trumpet, Organ)
Sonny Fortune (Soprano Saxophone, Tenor Saxophone, Flute)
Pete Cosey (Guitar, Drums, Percussion)
Reggie Lucas (Guitar)
Dominique Gaumont (Guitar)
Michael Henderson (Electric Bass)
Al Foster (Drums)
James Mtume Forman (Conga, Percussion)

February 27, 1975, Columbia Studio B, New York
05 Turn Of The Century
Miles Davis (Organ)
Sonny Fortune (Soprano Saxophone, Tenor Saxophone, Flute)
Pete Cosey (Guitar, Percussion)
Reggie Lucas (Guitar)
Michael Henderson (Electric Bass)
Al Foster (Drums)
James Mtume Forman (Conga, Percussion)

May 5, 1975, Columbia Studio B, New York
06 Minnie (Takes 3 and 4)
07 Minnie (Take 6 Remix)
10 Untitled Original (Take 2)
Miles Davis (Trumpet, Organ)
Sam Morrison (Tenor Saxophone)
Pete Cosey (Guitar, Percussion)
Reggie Lucas (Guitar)
Michael Henderson (Electric Bass)
Al Foster (Drums)
James Mtume Forman (Conga Percussion)

March 30, 1976, Columbia Studio, New York
08 Untitled Original (Take 3)
09 Untitled Original (Take 5)
11 Song Of Landa (Take 6)
Miles Davis (Organ)
Sam Morrison (Soprano Saxophone, Alto Saxophone, Flute)
Mark Johnson (Electric Piano)
Pete Cosey (Guitar, Percussion)
Michael Henderson (Electric Bass)
Al Foster (Drums)

December 27, 1976, Unknown Studio
12 TDK Funk (incomplete take)
Miles Davis (Organ)
Pete Cosey (Guitar, Percussion)
Michael Henderson (Electric Bass)
Al Foster (Drums)
NOTE: This session was for a TDK commercial, hence the track's name although it's most-likely a fan or bootlegger attributed name. The trumpet solo is from the issued version of "Calypso Frelimo" recorded September 17, 1973. The rhythm track is an excerpt of "What They Do", take 14, from November 6, 1974. Miles may not have been directly involved in the session that created this track.



NOTE: I erroniously listed track ten as Mother, Dearest Mother, a track from a 1976 session. It is actually an untitled piece from May of 1975, the same session which Minnie is taken from. I haven't changed the file's info but I did correct it on this page, so if you're wondering why track ten is listed out of order here, that's why. It'll be further corrected in a future post which will be expanding upon this topic.