MILES DAVIS VOL 2 (BLUE NOTE EUR 1982)

Columbia introduced the 10-inch vinyl LP along with 12-inch LP in 1948 with the idea that the shorter duration would be better suited to popular music while the 12-inch LP would be reserved for Classical and other “serious” forms of music.

Alfred Lion’s Blue Note label launched their 5000 “Modern Jazz” 10-inch series in 1951, but by the end of 1954 the 10-inch format was dying. In 1955, Blue Note introduced what is arguably the most important series of American Jazz LPs, the 12-inch “1500” series.

Eleven titles in the new 1500 series consisted of reissued 10-inch material. Because of the introduction of the variable pitch lathe, it was now possible to cut the contents of two 10-inch LPs onto a single 12-inch LP. Often, to fill up the extra space on the new 12-inch collections, Alfred Lion added “alternate masters” of selected tracks.

The first two releases in the 1500 series were Miles Davis - Volume 1 and Volume 2 (BLP 1501 and 1502). These two LPs consisted of material from three sessions which had earlier been issued as three separate 10-inch LPs:

1952 – Miles Davis - Young Man With A Horn (BLP 5013)
1953 – Miles Davis - Vol. 2 (BLP 5022)
1954 – Miles Davis - Vol. 3 (BLP 5040)
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