The Complete Plugged Nickel Live 1965 - 10LP (Box Set Vinyl)

10 x Vinyl LP, Compilation, Limited Edition, Reissue, Remastered, 140g, Box Set, Incl. Fan Materials
Release 30/1/26

The most requested Miles Davis reissue arrives for his centennial in spectacular style. What began as a holiday residency at Chicago’s Plugged Nickel Café became the crucible where the Second Great Quintet forged its identity. Miles, Wayne Shorter, Herbie Hancock, Ron Carter, and Tony Williams delivered a masterclass in risk and invention, dismantling familiar tunes and rebuilding them on the fly. Producer Teo Macero captured every note across seven sets on December 22 and 23, 1965. Portions trickled out in the ’70s and ’80s, but only in the early ’90s did Legacy (CD) and Mosaic (LP) reveal the full scope of seven and half hours of revelatory music—instantly hailed as one of the greatest live jazz recordings ever, earning the Penguin Jazz Guide’s coveted “Crown,” and becoming pricey, secondary-market rarities. Now, 30 years later and six decades after the shows themselves, veteran fans finally get the repress they’ve demanded, and new fans get a chance to own one of the most mythologized live engagements in jazz history. This new 10 LP edition mirrors the original sequence, cut from the high-res Mosaic masters and pressed on 140-gram black vinyl. Each LP comes in its own newly designed jacket, housed in a gold foil-embossed slipcase box. The 44 page 12” x 12” Smyth Sewn book includes rare Plugged Nickel photos and extensive new liner notes and track-by-track commentary by Syd Schwartz alongside Bob Blumenthal’s original essay.

Tracks:
LP 1 - December 22, 1965 – 1st Set:
If I Were A Bell 16:42 - December 22, 1965 – 1st Set
Stella By Starlight 13:09 - December 22, 1965 – 1st Set
Walkin’ 11:01 - December 22, 1965 – 1st Set

LP 2 - December 22, 1965 – 1st Set (cont’d):
Fall In Love Too Easily 11:43 - December 22, 1965 – 1st Set
The Theme 10:19 - December 22, 1965 – 1st Set
My Funny Valentine 16:33 - December 22, 1965 – 2nd Set

LP3 - December 22, 1965 – 2nd Set (cont’d):
Four 15:05 - December 22, 1965 – 2nd Set
When I Fall In Love 10:44 - December 22, 1965 – 2nd Set
Agitation 13:13 - December 22, 1965 – 2nd Set
‘Round Midnight 8:42 - December 22, 1965 – 2nd Set

LP4 - December 22, 1965 – 2nd Set (cont’d):
Milestones 14:04 - December 22, 1965 – 2nd Set
The Theme 0:38 - December 22, 1965 – 2nd Set
I Fall In Love Too Easily 11:53 - December 22, 1965 – 2nd Set
All Of You 14:38 - December 22, 1965 – 3rd Set
Oleo 6:05 - December 22, 1965 – 3rd Set

LP 5 - December 22, 1965 – 3rd Set (cont’d):
No Blues 17:35 - December 22, 1965 – 3rd Set
I Thought About You 11:03 - December 22, 1965 – 3rd Set
The Theme 8:05 - December 22, 1965 – 3rd Set

LP 6 - December 23, 1965 – 1st Set:
If I Were A Bell 13:29 - December 23, 1965 – 1st Set
Stella By Starlight 13:09 - December 23, 1965 – 1st Set
Walkin’ 11:01 - December 23, 1965 – 1st Set
I Fall In Love Too Easily 12:07 - December 23, 1965 – 1st Set
The Theme 2:50 - December 23, 1965 – 1st Set

LP 7 - December 23, 1965 – 2nd Set:
All Of You 10:39 - December 23, 1965 – 2nd Set
Agitation 10:48 - December 23, 1965 – 2nd Set
My Funny Valentine 13:52 - December 23, 1965 – 2nd Set
On Green Dolphin Street 12:48 - December 23, 1965 – 2nd Set

LP 8 - December 23, 1965 – 2nd Set (cont’d):
So What 13:36 - December 23, 1965 – 2nd Set
The Theme 3:28 - December 23, 1965 – 2nd Set
When I Fall In Love 13:39 - December 23, 1965 – 3rd Set
Milestones 11:49 - December 23, 1965 – 3rd Set

LP 9 - December 23, 1965 – 3rd Set (cont’d):
Autumn Leaves 11:56 - December 23, 1965 – 3rd Set
I Fall In Love Too Easily 11:43 - December 23, 1965 – 3rd Set
No Blues 20:06 - December 23, 1965 – 3rd Set
The Theme 0:22 - December 23, 1965 – 3rd Set

LP 10 - December 23, 1965 – 4th Set:
Stella By Starlight 14:16 - December 23, 1965 – 4th Set
All Blues 12:18 - December 23, 1965 – 4th Set
Yesterdays 15:00 - December 23, 1965 – 4th Set
The Theme 4:51 - December 23, 1965 – 4th Set