Pangaea

Pangaea Artist: Miles Davis
Label: Sony
Category: Music



Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
Format: Live
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 2
EAN: 4988009975290
ASIN: B00005HY81


Release Date: 2001-05-23

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Listmania:

  1. Jazz that doesnt suck- for rockers and fans of good music

Tracks:

  1. Zimbabwe

Tracks:

  1. Gondwana

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Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Worthwhile, but..........2004-02-27

..WHY isn't this available in the USA?!

There are plenty of reviews elsewhere about the brilliance of Miles Davis's Pangaea, so I'll keep these comments to the Japanese import version. Now this masterpiece has gotten a beautiful remastering treatment, and there's an unmistakable jump in sound quality from the US release I'd previously played to death. The bass is bigger, the percussion is fuller, the guitar wails are more well-defined, and there's a new clarity to everything. Soft parts and nuances that were barely audible on the previous CD edition are now discernible, and this spine-tingling sensory journey to remote savannahs and exotic jungles is brought to colorful life as never before. E.g.: for one section in mid-"Gondwana" you can hear the band verbally egging Miles on during one of his rare solos, which hadn't even been audible before.

Other pluses: the cardboard package replicates the original LP sleeve, for those interested in that kind of thing. (There's nothing in the way of new credits or liner notes, just a montage of landscape pictures and color shots of Miles onstage. There's a note along one side suggesting you "listen to this record at highest possible volume," which of course I heartily recommend too.) "Gondwana" is three minutes longer than it was on the US disc as well; the extension is nothing earth-shattering, but I just have to wonder why anything was trimmed in the first place.

If you want to experience Pangaea at its fullest you'll (fortunately or unfortunately) really benefit from hearing this edition sometime. If you're not quite obsessed, only curious or just not willing to shell out a price that would rival some big boxsets, then let's just hope someone makes it easier and cheaper to find soon. As it is, this version's unavailability is a real shame.

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