Miles Davis Filles de Kilimanjaro 2LP 45rpm 180g Vinyl Limited Edition Mobile Fidelity MoFi MFSL USA
Title: Filles de Kilimanjaro
Catalog Number: MFSL 2-438
Label: Columbia
Reissued by: Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab
Barcode: 821797243810
Edition: MFSL Miles Davis Restoration Series
Original release year: 1969
Reissue year: 2015
Number of discs: 2
Revolutions per minute: 45 rpm
Disc size: 12"
Vinyl Weight Grade: 180gr
Limited Edition: Yes
Numbered Edition: Yes
Total Item Weight: 689gr
Pressing country: USA
For Market Release in: USA
Added to catalog on: September 12, 2015
Last modified / Restocked on: October 17, 2023
Collection: MFSL Original Master Recording
Note: Never eligible for any further discounts
Vinyl Gourmet Club: Yes
Miles Davis’ move into full-on fusion starts here, and what a start! Abandoning his bebop roots and chasing electric dreams, rock-based rhythms, and ostinato pulses, Miles gives life to new music forms on Filles de Kilimanjaro, a titanic release prized for its historical significance and lasting beauty now available with the highest-possible fidelity on Mobile Fidelity’s 45RPM 2LP set.
- Limited Edition
- Numbered Edition
- 2LP 180g 45rpm High Definition Vinyl pressed at RTI USA
- Mastering on MFSL Gain 2 Ultra Analog System
- Mastered by Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab
- Mastered from the Original Analog Master Tapes
- Cut by Krieg Wunderlich and Shawn Britton
- Special Static Free & Dust Free Inner Sleeves
- Deluxe Gatefold Cover
1/4" / 15 IPS analog master to DSD 256 to analog console to lathe
Miles Davis Filles de Kilimanjaro on Numbered Limited Edition 180g 45RPM 2LP from Mobile Fidelity, Davis’ Self-Proclaimed “Directions in Music” March Begins Here, Mastered from the Original Master Tapes: Abundant Jazz, Funk, and Rock Textures Rotate Around a Luscious Tonal Center. Landmark 1968 Effort Recognized as Davis’ Prelude Into Full-On Fusion: Exotic Suite-Like Album Beautiful, Intense, Adventurous
Miles Davis’ move into full-on fusion starts here. Abandoning his bebop roots and chasing electric dreams, rock-based rhythms, and ostinato pulses, the icon gives life to new music forms on Filles de Kilimanjaro, a titanic release prized for its historical significance and lasting beauty. Grounded and focused, the five compositions unfold like a unified suite. Such peak lyricism, flourishes, and phrases are experienced in the highest-possible fidelity on Mobile Fidelity’s 45RPM 2LP set.
Mastered from the original master tapes and pressed on 180g vinyl at RTI, this collectable audiophile version of Filles de Kilimanjaro joins the ranks of eleven other essential Davis sets given supreme sonic and packaging treatment by Mobile Fidelity. Loaded with revealing signatures, the record takes on even greater import when heard the way Davis and his mates discerned it in the studio. Backgrounds are squid-ink black, pianissimo lines shimmer, and the electric piano emerges with tube-amp warmth.
Indeed, the exotic sound, touch, and feel of the songs on Filles de Kilimanjaro are as crucial as the melodies. To that extent, listeners can now enjoy the expressive tonalities and lush colors from each instrument in full-range glory. Voicings, harmonics, and pitches are rendered with exquisite detail. The manners in which the textures and phrases rotate what seems like a unified tonal center places you at the original recording sessions, executed in July and September 1968.
The final appearance of Davis’ classic second quintet bears fruit on three of the record’s cuts, including the title track and R&B-tinted “Frelon Brun.” Sparked with restrained funk, driving grooves, and bluesy accents, Filles de Kilimanjaro maintains an instinctive flow and controlled fredom that permit Davis to oversee an innovative blending of alterations, improvisation, and cycles. Comprised of multiple sections, “Petits Machins” is a lesson in perfectly played melodic complexity, with chromatic riffs, dominant chords, syncopated progressions, and switching meters forming a singular mosaic.
Filles de Kilimanjaro also represents a jumping-off point for Davis’ lineup. For the September sessions, Chick Corea replaced Herbie Hancock while Dave Holland relieved Ron Carter. The new additions speak a different albeit common language, fitting in with Davis’ desire to draw from rock and weave funk into open-minded excursions filled with exoticism, soulfulness, and wonder.
More than 40 years ago, this record epitomized the future of jazz. Davis even announced such aspirations with the tagline “Directions in Music.” With the jazz world still trying to wrap its collective mind around its genius, it still does.
Musicians:
Miles Davis, trumpet
Wayne Shorter, tenor sax
Herbie Hancock, piano, electric piano
Ron Carter, bass
Tony Williams, drums
Chick Corea replaces Herbie Hancock and Dave Holland replaces Ron Carter on "Petits Machins (Little Stuff)" and "Mademoiselle Mabry (Miss Mabry)"
Track Listing:
LP 1 Side A
1. Frelon Brun (Brown Hornet)
2. Tout De Suite
LP 1 Side B
1. Petits Machins (Little Stuff)
LP 2 Side C
1. Filles De Kilimanjaro (Girls of Kilimanjaro)
LP 2 Side D
1. Mademoiselle Mabry (Miss Mabry)
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