Take Off: The Complete Blue Note Albums

Miles Davis / Take Off: The Complete Blue Note Albums (2CD; digital). A new, Miles Davis Estate-approved collection of Davis' three Blue Note 10-inch albums plus all alternate takes issued on subsequent 12-inch albums and CD reissues: a total of 26 tracks recorded for Blue Note Records on three dates in 1952, '53 and '54. This is the first time Davis' 10-inch albums - Young Man With A Horn, Miles Davis Vol. 2 and Vol. 3 - have been issued in their original sequence since the early 1950s. The book-style packaging includes a 32-page booklet with an essay by respected Jazz writer Kirk Silsbee, and other elements as noted. Blue Note Records, the world's most respected and longest-running Jazz label, is being commemorated for it's 75th Anniversary throughout 2014 and beyond with a broad range of special releases and events. Blue Note is pleased to announce new Blue Note Select collections for Clifford Brown, John Coltrane, Miles Davis and Thelonious Monk, each with original recordings sequenced as they were first released on 10-inch or 78 RPM singles (a departure from previous reissues, which have used recording chronology or later 12-inch versions of the albums for their sequences). Each Blue Note Select collection will be presented in special book-style packaging with a new essay, Francis Wolff session photos, original album art and other details.