Miles Davis
"Bitches Brew"
2010 Sony Music 88697 702742
2010 2xLP reissue
"40th Anniversary" boxset reissue
original release:
1970 Columbia Records GP 26
2xLP 180 gram pressings
mastered at Sterling Sound, NYC, by Greg Calbi, Mark Wilder
lacquers cut by Ray Janos, assisted by Steve Fallone
matrix/deadwax info (hand etched):
8869-7-702742-LP1A
8869-7-702742-LP1xB
8869-7-702742-LP2A
8869-7-702742-LP2B
initials RJ etched, and STERLING stamped on all sides
"U" inside circle stamped on all sides, pressed at United Record Pressing in Nashville, TN
tracks:
A1 - Pharaoh's Dance 20:07
B1 - Bitches Brew 26:54
C1 - Spanish Key 17:30
C2 - John McLaughlin 4:26
D1 - Miles Runs The Voodoo Down 14:06
D2 - Sanctuary 10:54
musicians:
Miles Davis, Wayne Shorter, Chick Corea, Dave Holland, Jack DeJohnette, Bennie Maupin, Joe Zawinul, John McLaughlin, Harvey Brooks, Don Alias, Lenny White, Jumma Santos, Larry Young
recorded August 19 & 20, 1969 at Columbia Studio B, NYC
producer: Teo Macero
recording engineer: Stan Tonkel
vinyl LP transfer at 24-bit 192khz
transfer info:
new records
Nitty Gritty 1.5 RCM
Music Hall MMF 9.1
sticky hand stylus cleaning
Grado Master Reference 1 cartridge
Graham Slee Era Gold Reflex phono preamp
Mytek Stereo192 ADC (analog to digital converter)
TT Weights outer ring clamp & center weight, cork platter mat, Blue Jean LC-1 interconnects
software used: Soundforge 9.0, ClickRepair 3.3.1 (in manual mode), Flac frontend 1.7.1
transferred September 2010
flac fingerprints:
A1 - Pharaoh's Dance.flac:8e9457f2cf83d2241fd7dbbedf560817
B1 - Bitches Brew.flac:614343048d106069d005e3fcfd522fbc
C1 - Spanish Key.flac:7f295d66889abf650f7954afd0188f31
C2 - John McLaughlin.flac:93550cbc2dd6b1c93f7424a823c6cffe
D1 - Miles Runs The Voodoo Down.flac:a7845361a408b34c58edfb924fc1a564
D2 - Sanctuary.flac:0dde66802c76650b0ad9d3a43cd76820
These files are 24-bit 192khz. They cannot be burned to a CD, nor a regular DVD-V (DVD video). They can only be nurned to a DVD-Audio disc.
I don't know of any freeware programs that can do this.
One shareware program that can do this is Cirlinca DVD-Audio Solo.
www.cirlinca.com
it costs $44.95 to register.
The flac files can also be played with media players such as Foobar2000.
*** following info is for 24/96 files***
There are many free media players that can play 24bit 96khz flac files. I use Foobar2000. Winamp and VLC can also play them.
To play flacs in iTunes, try Fluke: http://blowintopieces.com/blog/2008/05/15/fluke-play-flacs-in-itunes/
or just convert to Apple lossless with XLD.
You can also burn these to a DVDR disc, which will play in your standalone DVD player.
The only freeware program I know of that does this is Lplex.
http://sourceforge.net/projects/audioplex/
It authors a DVD-Video disc (with a blank picture) with the 24/96 LPCM audio.
It's easy to use and works. Although it works with flacs, with 24/96 flac files, you may need to decode to wav first. After processing, you will end up with an .ISO file and/or a VIDEO_TS folder, either of which can be burned with burning software (I use IMGBurn). The only config setting you may need to change is the PAL/NTSC setting, if your player only plays PAL discs. (It defaults to NTSC). It defaults to gapless playback.
Another good program is DVD Audio Solo. http://cirlinca.com/index.htm
It can author a DVD video (with blank screen) or a "DVD-Audio" disc (need a DVD-Audio player to play those) with 24/96 LPCM audio. It's shareware and comes with a free trial and costs $45 to register.
If you want to burn to a regular CD-R, the files will have to be converted to 16-bit and 44.1khz. This can be done easily with an application like Foobar (right click on each file, and select convert). For better quality resampling and dithering, use a program like Izotope RX Advanced or Soundforge 10.
