[78-L] Miles Davis etc [was Thelonious Monk [was Leonard Feather's Inside Jazz]]

David Lennick dlennick at sympatico.ca
Tue Mar 16 14:36:39 PDT 2010


Editing for radio versions was common..remember Viva Torado, Deodato's 
"Zarathustra", Tubular Bells etc? Yes those were issued commercially as 45s but 
there were edited radio-only promos as well.

dl

Bertrand CHAUMELLE wrote:
> On the "Complete Bitches Brew Sessions" longbox, there is only one 
> take: 26'58".
> 
> "Hey Jude" by The Beatles is 7'11" on 45 (no editing, I think); that's 
> not uncommon.
> 
> BC
> 
> Le 16 mars 10, à 05:00, Jeff Sultanof a écrit :
> 
>> It is entirely possible that Columbia issued a DJ only 45 of an edited
>> version of "Bitches Brew." I don't have the relevant box that Columbia
>> issued of these sessions which would certainly list a 45 release.
>> I can say that Don Ellis' Indian Lady, originally a 6 plus minutes
>> recording, was also recorded for a 45 with a fade. It was an entirely
>> different take than the album; this take was issued on CD when 
>> "Electric
>> Bath" was reissued.
>> Jeff Sultanof
>>
>> On Mon, Mar 15, 2010 at 11:40 PM, Dan Van Landingham <
>> danvanlandingham at yahoo.com> wrote:
>>> The copy of Bitch's Brew I had was a "for radio only" promotional
>>> copy.Again,I don't remember where it
>>> came from.
>>> ________________________________
>>> From: Bertrand CHAUMELLE <chaumelle at orange.fr>
>>>
>>> "Bitches Brew" on a 45 ? But it's a lenghty piece ( a whole LP side in
>>> fact). I don't understand.
>>>
>>>> When I got out of high school back in '70,"Bitches Brew" was popular 
>>>> and I
>>>> had a 45 of it I acquired somehow.
>>>> I couldn't get into it either.
> 
> 
> 



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