Kind Of Blue

Artist: Miles Davis
Label: Sony
Category: Music

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Format: DualDisc
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1

UPC: 827969088722
EAN: 0827969088722
ASIN: B00067189O

Release Date: 2005-02-08

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Tracks:

So What
Freddie Freeloader
Blue In Green
All Blues
Flamenco Sketches
Flamenco Sketches- alternate take

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Customer Reviews:

Format is Fine - What's all the complaining about?.......2006-10-29

I traded my old AAD copy of Kind of Blue to get this. I don't know what all the complaints are about. It plays just fine on my MAC and in my DVD player. No complaints with it in any CD player I've popped it into. I don't know about the software download alledged by one reviewer. I've heard of this sort of thing, I don't think I've played this on my Windows machine other than the one at work and again, no problems. If it had tried to install a program, my machine at work would have caught that due to strict admin controls (I'm a software developer by trade). I was able to rip the disc and play it all the time when I'm at work, so the complaint below that you can't rip this edition is simply not true.

I found the extras on the DVD side enjoyable, especially seeing Jimmy Cobb, the sole surviving member of the ensemble that created this music. It was also fun hearing Miles giving direction on the session tapes and the interviews with Bill Evans (radio) were great.

I really think that those who are rating this less than 5 stars must be audiophiles of the highest order. I love the Dual Disc format. As far as not being SACD as one reviewer claimed, I turned the packaging over inside and out and could find no claim as to this being SACD. If you want SACD quality, you have to buy it. As far as Sony pulling the plug on SACD, I hardly think a review of Kind of Blue is the place to air such complaints and then misinform those reading the review that this release is something that was falsely advertised.

If you want to see the interviews, buy the dual disc. If you don't care about the interviews, by the 24 bit remaster. it's that simple people.

Great album, but DualDiscs SUCK! SACD is the way to go!!!.......2006-01-10

I have a Super Audio CD player and I love the format. But I got this DualDisc as a present and was willing to give it a go since I've always wanted "Kind of Blue" on a high resolution format.

First of all, Dual Discs are NOT a high resolution sound format! The DVD side's sound is merely Dolby Digital or PCM encoded information and no better than any soundtrack on a feature film that is released on DVD! And the sampling rates are very very similar to CD anyway! You basically get a two sided disc that HOPEFULLY works on one of your players.

As I said, I own a SACD player, a rather expensive Denon that also plays DVD-Audio mind you. And it can't read the CD side of ANY dual discs because Dual Discs don't conform to CD standards. But it will play the DVD side just fine. But what is the point? If you're not going to invest in a SACD player than buy the regular remastered Audio CD version.

Also, I've had no problems with copy protection software because I used a program called CD-EX to get my bought music onto my iPod which can rip anything! Download it!

Excellent Music - Terrible Format - Don't Buy!.......2005-09-22

There is a reason this recording is the best selling jazz album of all time. The music is magical - I loved it when I was a teenager in the early 70's (despite being a "rock" fan), and it's still special 35 years later. I highly recommend getting the pure CD format.

This disc is not a pure CD - it is a special new format called DualDisc, with "CD Audio"* on one side, and DVD video content and 5.1 audio on the other side. Seems like a great idea, a great way to get people to buy CD's instead of downloading them. NOT! Notice that asterisk next to "CD Audio"? There is a warning on the outside of the disk that it does not comply with the strict CD-Audio format, and it may not play on some CD or DVD players. If that was the only problem with this disc I say fine - the risk is worth the possible reward.

But no. Despite the added content of the DualDisc format with various extras, the DualDisc format is treacherous, very treacherous. If you want to play this "CD" (DualDisc - CD side) on a computer, on a Windows machine it installs a small hidden piece of software on your machine altering the driver for your CD or DVD drive reducing the CD/DVD's functionality. I have not yet been able to reverse the damage this disc has done to my machine's software despite reading many posts about methods to do this. I never agreed to any software installation (I never would have), and yet my CD/DVD drives have lost the ability to do DMA. And to add insult to injury, the DualDisc - CD side will not play on my computer - I cannot even listen to it where I spend many hours a day. Outrageous. I've wasted so much time on this DualDisc that I haven't had the time to watch the DVD side content. Unbelievable that I paid for this abuse - this is the way the publisher Sony/BMG - Columbia treats a legitimate customer? I don't have enough words to describe my loathing for the purveyors of this current DualDisc product. This DualDisc seems to violate the first rule of customer relations - "treat your customers with respect."

review based on sound quality only.......2005-06-28

stay away from this overhyped crap offering from sony, the 5.1 channel mix is dolby digital, no advanced resolution, not even close to dvd audio, and by the way, an inside source at sony told me they pulled the plug on sacd, so much for there hi-res format, sony is like the whiny little brat that couldnt get his way, so they release poor quality crap in hopes of hurting a format that they didnt start. lets just hope that universal stays the course and continues to offer a dvd audio layer on there releases.

Not Worth Buying Again.......2005-05-18

Extras on here are nice, but not nice enough to buy again if you already own a copy. If you don't already own this and were planning to buy it anyway, then it may be worth $1 or $2 extra, but it's not worth an extra $15 if you already own an earlier CD version. Yet another example of clueless music companies thinking they can still get away with jacking up the prices forever just because they decided to start throwing a few extras on.

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