Classic Albums
Double vinyl LP pressing. Bitches Brew is a studio album by jazz musician, composer, and bandleader Miles Davis, originally released on March 30, 1970. It marked his continuing experimentation with electric instruments that he had previously featured on the critically acclaimed In a Silent Way (1969). With these instruments, such as the electric piano and guitar, Davis rejected traditional jazz rhythms in favor of loose, rock-influenced arrangements based on improvisation. In subsequent years, Bitches Brew gained recognition as one of jazz's greatest albums and a progenitor of the jazz rock genre, as well as a major influence on rock and funk musicians.
In November 1968, millions of double LPs were shipped to record stores worldwide ahead of that tumultuous years most anticipated music event: the November 22nd release of The BEATLES (soon to be better known as The White Album). With their ninth studio album, The Beatles took the world on a whole new trip, side one blasting off with the exhilarating rush of a screaming jet escorting Paul McCartneys punchy, exuberant vocals on Back In The U.S.S.R. Dear Prudence came next, John Lennon warmly beckoning his friend and all of us to look around. George Harrison imparted timeless wisdom in While My Guitar Gently Weeps, singing, With every mistake we must surely be learning. Ringo Starrs Dont Pass Me By marked his first solo songwriting credit on a Beatles album. For 50 years, The White Album has invited its listeners to venture forth and explore the breadth and ambition of its music, delighting and inspiring each new generation in turn.
On November 9, The Beatles will release a suite of lavishly presented White Album packages (Apple Corps Ltd./Capitol/UMe). The albums 30 tracks are newly mixed by producer Giles Martin and mix engineer Sam Okell in stereo and 5.1 surround audio, joined by 27 early acoustic demos and 50 session takes, most of which are previously unreleased in any form.
We had left Sgt. Peppers band to play in his sunny Elysian Fields and were now striding out in new directions without a map, says Paul McCartney in his written introduction for the new White Album releases.
This is the first time The BEATLES (White Album) has been remixed and presented with additional demos and session recordings. The albums sweeping new edition follows 2017s universally acclaimed Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band Anniversary Edition releases. To create the new stereo and 5.1 surround audio mixes for The White Album, Martin and Okell worked with an expert team of engineers and audio restoration specialists at Abbey Road Studios in London. All the new White Album releases include Martins new stereo album mix, sourced directly from the original four-track and eight-track session tapes. Martins new mix is guided by the albums original stereo mix produced by his father, George Martin.
In remixing The White Album, weve tried to bring you as close as possible to The Beatles in the studio, explains Giles Martin in his written introduction for the new edition. Weve peeled back the layers of the Glass Onion with the hope of immersing old and new listeners into one of the most diverse and inspiring albums ever made.
Contains the new stereo remix of The White Album and no bonus tracks.
The new Abbey Roadrelease features thenew stereo album mix, sourced directly from the original eight-track session tapes. To produce the mix, Giles Martin working with Sam Okell, was guided by the albums original stereo mix supervised by his father, George Martin.