Finally got my corner all sorted out.
Kind of blue vinyl first pressing.
Got an original pressing of kind of blue by miles davis.
Below first cover uk release on fontana.
Some 1959 stereo pressings had the title kind of blue occupying one line only on both sides like in the promo.
I assume these are the earlier 1959 pressings others had side a with the title on two lines while side b has it on one line but the track listing sequence corrected like the one pictured on this page while others have both.
The opportunity arose to put this conventional wisdom to the test with two different british pressings of the classic kind of blue.
It is conventional wisdom that earlier pressings are closer to the source and should sound better.
33 1 3 r p m instead of 33 1 3 and different font.
And new to vinyl i would say new again after coming back from my collection in the 80 s.
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I m new ish to jazz.
There seems to be some controversy between record collectors of what is a first pressing as opposed to first issues.
November 5 2016 photos and text above uk cbs pressing.
Got an original pressing of kind of blue by miles davis.
The version that is worth this much is blue vinyl with a 6 eye label.
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Mint copies of miles davis kind of blue are valued at about 1 500.
I ve never listened to miles davis kind of blue on vinyl and there are so many pressings and half the reviews say they are mp3 s pressed to vinyl and sound like crap some say get the 45 discogs is impossible to see which is best.
Make offer miles davis.
The definition of a first pressing or pressed vinyl record is a record that was pressed from the 1st original masters.