Miles Davis｜The legendary box set is reissued in SACD hybrid format for the first time in the world exclusively at TOWER RECORDS! The Complete Live at the Plugged Nickel 1965

Miles Davis｜The legendary box set is reissued in SACD hybrid format for the first time in the world exclusively at TOWER RECORDS! The Complete Live at the Plugged Nickel 1965

First released in March 1992 as a 7-disc set in Japan only, it was later reissued as an encore pressing in 1995, followed by an 8-disc US release of the complete Miles Davis box set "Complete Live at the Plugged Nickel 1965" that ran longer than the 7-disc set. Complete Live at the Plugged Nickel 1965".
The legendary box set, which has never been reissued on CD in the nearly 30 years since then, is being reissued in Japan for the first time as a complete 8-CD set (packaging follows the US version), using the latest remastered sound sources and the world's first SACD hybridization. 1,000 sets are available exclusively at Tower Records.

The contents of this box set include performances at Chicago's Plugged Nickel club on December 22, 1965 for the first through third sets and December 23, 1965 for the first through fourth sets. The members are Wayne Shorter (ts), Herbie Hancock (p), Ron Carter (b), and Tony Williams (ds), all of whom were known as the "Golden Quintet.
At the time, free jazz was emerging as a new trend in the jazz scene, so the younger members of the band, except for Miles, began to play more free jazz-oriented music on stage after Miles' solo, and returned to their normal playing when Miles started to play again. The result is the ultimate document of 39 songs of highly tense live performance.
Chronologically speaking, this is the first live recording "Miles in Berlin" (recorded in September 1964) and the first studio recording "E.S.P." (recorded in January 1965) after Wayne Shorter joined and became a member of this quintet. It is also a valuable record that serves as a bridge to the second studio recording, "Miles Smiles" (October 1966), which followed.

Regarding the reissue:
The original analog master in the best condition in existence, stored overseas, was used (the master from the US CD production, which is almost the same content, is still missing).
The mastering was done using the above analog master digitized to 192KHz/24bit and converted to DSD, realizing the world's first SACD hybridization.
The CD layer also uses the latest remastered sound source.
Mastering engineers: Koji Suzuki and Kaoru Ishibashi (Sony Music Studio)
*Includes 10 tracks that are 1 to 2 minutes longer or 9 minutes longer than the first domestic release (the first complete domestic release).
New commentary by Takao Ogawa. 16-page booklet in English, with Japanese translations of each disc's booklet.
Stereo recording



Songs from "Complete Live at the Plugged Nickel 1965
(In order to record each of the seven stages on each disc, disc 2 is divided into two discs, a and b. This is an 8-disc set in the form of a 7-disc set.)

DISC1:December 22 1965 First Set
If I Were A Bell
Stella By Starlight
Walkin'
I Fall In Love Too Easily
The Theme

DISC2a:December 22 1965 Second Set
01.My Funny Valentine
Four
When I Fall In Love

DISC2b
Agitation
02.'Round About Midnight
Milestones
04.The Theme

DISC3:December 22 1965 Third Set
01.All Of You
Oleo
I Fall In Love Too Easily
No Blues
I Thought About You
The Theme

DISC4:December 23 1965 First Set
01.If I Were A Bell
02,Stella By Starlight
03,Walkin'
04.I Fall In Love Too Easily
05.The Theme

DISC5:December 23 1965 Second Set
01.All Of You
Agitation
My Funny Valentine
On Green Dolphin Street
So What
The Theme

DISC6:December 23 1965 Third Set
01.When I Fall In Love
Milestones
Autumn Leaves
I Fall In Love Too Easily
No Blues
The Theme

DISC7:December 23 1965 Fourth Set
Stella By Starlight
All Blues
Yesterdays
The Theme

What is SACD (Super Audio CD)?
SACD (Super Audio CD) is a 12cm optical disc, the same size as a CD, that was introduced in 1999 as a high quality audio media using 2.8MHz DSD. SACD has a capacity of 4.7 GB, about seven times that of a CD. This capacity allows you to enjoy music with high sound quality that is extremely close to the original master intended by the artist or producer. Hybrid discs can be played on ordinary CD players.