Exclusively Remastered 180 Gram Audiophile Vinyl Pressing!
A very controversial record at the time and scorned by critics at the time of its release, Miles Davis' 1972 album On The Corner is now seen as a forerunner of Post Punk, Hip Hop, Drum and Bass and Electronic music, thanks to its revolutionary recording techniques. It has been defined today as avant-garde with the use of overdubbing, looping and intense dance rhythms.
Miles wanted to reconnect with a younger audience, who had forsaken him for Rock and Funk, and the experimental On The Corner was his answer. Miles called into the studio a number of musicians using a variety of instruments: a guitarist, a bass player, multiple drummers and percussionists, as well as three keyboards and the Indian room sitar and tablas. Leaning more heavily on a drum and bass groundwork, the overdubs consisted of free improvisations held in the studio.
On The Corner isn't one of Miles easiest records to listen to, but it can yield the most fruits. Now released with completely remastered audio.
"...[A] remarkable mix of stylistic ideas that ran the gamut from 20th Century classical composition to tabla and sitar-driven Indo-centricity, all tied together by Davis' fascination with the unshakable groove music of Sly Stone and James Brown." - John Kelman, All About Jazz
Features:
180 Gram Vinyl
Import
Gatefold Jacket
Re-Mastred Audio
Musicians:
Miles Davis, electric trumpet, wah-wah
Dave Liebman, soprano sax
Carlos Garnett, soprano sax, tenor sax
Chick Corea, keyboards, Fender Rhodes
Herbie Hancock, keyboards, synthesizer, Fender Rhodes
Harold "Ivory" Williams, keyboards
Lonnie Liston Smith, organ
David Creamer, electric guitar
John McLaughlin, electric guitar
Michael Henderson, electric bass, wah-wah
Collin Walcott, electric sitar
Khalil Balakrishna, electric sitar
Bennie Maupin, bass clarinet
Badal Roy, tabla
Jack DeJohnette, drums
Billy Cobham, drums
Al Foster, drums
Jabali Billy Hart, drums, bongos
James "Mtume" Foreman, percussion
Don Alias, percussion
Paul Buckmaster, cello
Cedric Lawson, organ
Selections:
Side A:
1. On The Corner
2. New York Girl
3. Thinkin' One Thing And Doin' Another
4. Vote For Miles
5. Black Satin
Side B:
1. One And One
2. Helen Butte
3. Mr. Freedom X
A very controversial record at the time and scorned by critics at the time of its release, Miles Davis' 1972 album On The Corner is now seen as a forerunner of Post Punk, Hip Hop, Drum and Bass and Electronic music, thanks to its revolutionary recording techniques. It has been defined today as avant-garde with the use of overdubbing, looping and intense dance rhythms.
Miles wanted to reconnect with a younger audience, who had forsaken him for Rock and Funk, and the experimental On The Corner was his answer. Miles called into the studio a number of musicians using a variety of instruments: a guitarist, a bass player, multiple drummers and percussionists, as well as three keyboards and the Indian room sitar and tablas. Leaning more heavily on a drum and bass groundwork, the overdubs consisted of free improvisations held in the studio.
On The Corner isn't one of Miles easiest records to listen to, but it can yield the most fruits. Now released with completely remastered audio.
"...[A] remarkable mix of stylistic ideas that ran the gamut from 20th Century classical composition to tabla and sitar-driven Indo-centricity, all tied together by Davis' fascination with the unshakable groove music of Sly Stone and James Brown." - John Kelman, All About Jazz
Features:
180 Gram Vinyl
Import
Gatefold Jacket
Re-Mastred Audio
Musicians:
Miles Davis, electric trumpet, wah-wah
Dave Liebman, soprano sax
Carlos Garnett, soprano sax, tenor sax
Chick Corea, keyboards, Fender Rhodes
Herbie Hancock, keyboards, synthesizer, Fender Rhodes
Harold "Ivory" Williams, keyboards
Lonnie Liston Smith, organ
David Creamer, electric guitar
John McLaughlin, electric guitar
Michael Henderson, electric bass, wah-wah
Collin Walcott, electric sitar
Khalil Balakrishna, electric sitar
Bennie Maupin, bass clarinet
Badal Roy, tabla
Jack DeJohnette, drums
Billy Cobham, drums
Al Foster, drums
Jabali Billy Hart, drums, bongos
James "Mtume" Foreman, percussion
Don Alias, percussion
Paul Buckmaster, cello
Cedric Lawson, organ
Selections:
Side A:
1. On The Corner
2. New York Girl
3. Thinkin' One Thing And Doin' Another
4. Vote For Miles
5. Black Satin
Side B:
1. One And One
2. Helen Butte
3. Mr. Freedom X
