Miles Davis/Tokyo,Japan 2.7.1975 Remastered

The definitive version of February 7, 1975 is finally here, with a completely different master from “Prelude in Tokyo”, moreover, including the warm-up not included in the SW version, it is over 8 minutes longer, and the latest remastering has been applied to improve the sound quality! The 1975 Japan tour, which is already legendary and generously showed off the ultimate electric Miles sound that was arrived at through repeated experiments. Starting with the official albums “Agartha” and “Pangaea” recorded at the Osaka performance on February 1, 8 performances out of the 14 performances have been released, including the official recordings “Agartha” and “Pangaea” recorded at the Osaka performance on February 1, the broadcast recordings of January 22 in Tokyo, the following day’s “Before Agharta Pangaea” in Tokyo, January 23 in Kokura, “The Night Before Agharta Pangaea” on January 30, Tokyo “Prelude in Tokyo” on February 7 (So What! label), and the final performances “Another Community” and “Unknown Tokyo Night” on February 8 in Tokyo. Apart from the broadcast sources, the best sound quality among these is “Prelude in Tokyo” and “The Night Before Agartha Pangaea”, and the worst sound quality is the no-label “Another Munity”. Two concerts were held on February 8th, the final day of the 1975 Japan tour, but the second performance was a special performance that only members could participate in, organized by Min-On (you can listen to it on the above “Unknown Tokyo Night”!). In recent years, “Another Munity” has been reborn as the definitive version, “Last Concert in Tokyo 1975 – Definitive Mustard Edition”, which is still a huge bestseller in our store. This is the long-awaited release following this. Among the 1975 Japanese performances, “Prelude in Tokyo” and “The Night Before Agartha Pangaea” have the best sound quality excluding broadcast sources, and the performance at Shinjuku Koseinenkin Kaikan on February 7, 1975, known as “Prelude in Tokyo,” was unearthed as a completely different master on this day at “Three Shows” a few years after the release of “Prelude in Tokyo.” Although the sound quality is somewhat inferior to “Prelude in Tokyo,” the recording time was more than 8 minutes longer than “Prelude in Tokyo,” including the 3-minute sound check at the beginning of the second set. However, this “Three Shows” sold out in the blink of an eye and has never been reissued since then, so it has been a situation where you can’t listen to it even if you want to. When I listen to the sound source now, I can see that even though it is a wonderful master, excessive equalization has been applied because technology is still in its infancy, and the essential Miles’ trumpet sound has become a shrill sound, which is unfortunate. This time, the master tape of this day has been newly restored, including the restoration of the roughly edited parts, and the latest label’s own careful remastering has been applied to it, achieving a powerful and superb high-quality sound comparable to the dynamic rock band of that time, as if you were listening live in the best position of the venue on that day. This is the first time that this powerful and definitive edition has been released, reigning supreme in the top superb sound quality of Miles’ 1975 Japan tour other than the broadcast sound source, with a complete recording of the entire 100 minutes from the 3-minute pre-performance sound check at the beginning of the second set to the end! Let’s go back in time… This 1975 Japan tour, just before Miles’ temporary retirement, was a fulfilling one that could be called the culmination of his transition to electric music. He changed some of the set lists, and even the same songs were performed differently each day, with different tempos, different solo orders, and even completely different arrangements. Each live performance was different, and the members’ ability to adapt to Miles’ every move reached its peak. It was an ideal live performance of the ultimate electric Miles! ! And this February 7th performance had the highest rate of happenings (the arrangements were the most different compared to the other days!), and the opening “Prelude” and the following “Mysha” were different in tempo and order from the other performances. “Prelude” was played faster than usual, and the beginning of “Mysha” was arranged completely differently. Well, it was probably improvised depending on Miles’ mood, but there were many such happenings at this live performance. As the Japan tour reached its final stage, he decided to ignore the pattern that had become somewhat fixed and instead thought about what to do next. This is the true essence of Miles!!