{"product_id":"pre-order-miles-davis-dark-magus-live-at-carnegie-hall-mfsl-lp","title":"Miles Davis - Dark Magus: Live At Carnegie Hall - MFSL LP { Vinyl LP }","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"custom-field custom-field__track-listing custom-field__type--html teaser rte\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"custom-field--value\"\u003e\n\u003cheader\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e180g Vinyl 2LP from Mobile Fidelity!\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/header\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e1\/4\" \/ 15 IPS Analog Copy to DSD 256 to Analog Console to Lathe\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt's safe to assume no one in the audience at Carnegie Hall on March 30, 1974 anticipated what Miles Davis would play at the concert documented on\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eDark Magus: Live at Carnegie Hall\u003c\/em\u003e. Recorded near the tail end of his electric period, the double album remains the darkest, most ferocious statement of Davis' career — a visionary effort that foresaw developments in jungle, noise-rock, funk, and drum 'n' bass.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eInitially issued in Japan in 1977,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eDark Magus\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ewaited two decades for U.S. release. Now, more than 50 years after Davis and his ensemble blew minds at the famous New York venue, it gets its first-ever domestic issue on vinyl — and on a definitive-sounding pressing at that.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMastered at Mobile Fidelity's California studio, housed in a Stoughton gatefold jacket, and pressed at Fidelity Record Pressing, this numbered-edition 180g 33RPM 2LP set of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eDark Magus\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003einvites you to pull up a seat and wrap your head around an exhilarating performance that simultaneously functions as an audition, experiment, release, and magnificent explosion of jazz-rock fusion. We hope your turntable and speakers are up to the challenge.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis collectible reissue presents the improvisational magic that unfolded onstage — the skronking tonalities, wah-wah-pedal bluster, acid-washed effects, furious drumming, run-the-voodoo-down grooves, menacing riffs, crashing cymbals — with incredible detail, color, and pace. It also captures the band's unbelievable energy, rendering both instruments and on-the-fly changes with revealing depth, definition, and dynamics. At its core, MoFi's audiophile set takes you deep into the boundless mystery, promise, and uncertainty of Davis and company's efforts like never before.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe story behind\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eDark Magus\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis nearly as unbelievable as the spur-of-the-moment compositions that resulted when Davis brought drummer Al Foster, bassist Michael Henderson, percussionist James Mtume, horn virtuoso Dave Liebman, and guitarists Pete Cosey and Reggie Lucas together, and, in a new twist for the concert's second half, added guitarist Dominique Gaumont and tenor saxophonist Azar Lawrence to mix. That the latter two instrumentalists had never seen each other until that night adds to Davis' legend — and penchant for bold, unorthodox moves.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDitto Davis' own actions that spring evening, which reportedly included showing up to the show an hour late and taking the stage with his back facing the crowd. The strategy worked. Davis inspired the group to play in a bold manner that few, if any, had heard before.\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eDark Magus\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis a rhythmic bonanza. Rooted in Afro-centrist techniques, avante-garde sensibilities, and exploratory moods, the songs eschew set arrangements and solos, and, for the most part, melodic devices.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor Davis,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eDark Magus\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003erepresented a personal triumph amid a period marked by health issues, addictions, and critical decline. The latter slight would be corrected, but not until decades later when\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eDark Magus\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003esaw Stateside release in 1997 via a CD reissue. Of course, the free-form patterns, unpredictable passages, dense structures, and distorted blues that course through the songs — titled after Swahili numerals — are not for everyone. And certainly not for the fainthearted. Though\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eDark Magus\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003econtains majestic moments marked by quiet restraint and something on the level of balladry, its rich and radical concoction of tormented thwacks, thumps, cracks, clatters, wails, bleeps, burbles, stomps, and enigmatic beats remains its adventurous heart and soul.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePrimal and enigmatic, fierce and jagged, forceful and revolutionary, jolting and terrifying,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eDark Magus\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eseemingly attacks from any and all directions. Turn it up loud and let the prophetic brilliance of this inimitable and relentlessly funky album wash over you.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003csection id=\"features\"\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eFeatures\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNumbered, Limited Edition\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e180g Vinyl\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDouble LP\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRecorded Live at Carnegie Hall, New York City, March 30, 1974\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMastered from the 1\/4\" \/ 15 IPS Analog Copy to DSD 256 to Analog Console to Lathe\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePressed at Fidelity Record Pressing\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eStoughton Gatefold Jacket\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/section\u003e\n\u003csection id=\"musicians\"\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eMusicians\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth\u003eMiles Davis\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003etrumpet, Yamaha organ\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth\u003eDavid Liebman\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003etenor \u0026amp; soprano saxophone\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth\u003eAzar Lawrence\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003etenor saxophone\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth\u003ePeter Cosey\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eguitar\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth\u003eReggie Lucas\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eguitar\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth\u003eDominique Gaumont\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eguitar\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth\u003eMichael Henderson\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ebass\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth\u003eAl Foster\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003edrums\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth\u003eJames Mtume\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003epercussion\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\n\u003c\/section\u003e\n\u003csection id=\"selections\"\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eSelections\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003eRecord One\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eSide A:\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDark Magus – Moja\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eside B:\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDark Magus – Wili\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003eRecord Two\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eSide A:\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDark Magus – Tatu\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eSide B:\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDark Magus – Nne\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\n\u003c\/section\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Music Direct","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56666056327500,"sku":"198028170314","price":12.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0979\/2913\/4412\/files\/Miles_Davis_DarkMagus_1500x_ac6bed06-caa6-4845-81f4-0dd1b10c75b1.webp?v=1770367896","url":"https:\/\/vinylpulses.com\/products\/pre-order-miles-davis-dark-magus-live-at-carnegie-hall-mfsl-lp","provider":"My Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}