{"product_id":"miles-davis-on-the-corner-2024-mfsl-remaster","title":"Miles Davis - On The Corner (2024 MFSL Remaster)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMiles Davis' boundlessly influential \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eOn the Corner\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003ewas so far ahead of its time upon release in 1972, the jazz cognoscenti rejected its groundbreaking concoction as middling in nature. Yet time has a way of righting wrongs and shifting views by adding needed context and perspective to visionary ideas, music, and approaches — the likes of which fill Davis' boldest and most controversial — undertaking. Designed to bring the focus back on the groove and bottom-end frequencies, the funk-loaded \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eOn the Corner\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003erevolutionized jazz. It also set new standards for record production, presaging remixing and electronica by more than a decade. And the work has never sounded more thrilling thanks to this very special pressing.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSourced from the original master tapes and pressed on MoFi SuperVinyl, Mobile Fidelity's numbered-edition 180g 33RPM SuperVinyl LP of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eOn the Corner\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003eexposes the internal mechanisms, free-associated playing, and then-unmatched studio techniques in vivid fashion. The low end, crucial to every composition here, is both heard and felt, with locked-in bass lines and low-range percussion conveyed as taut, solid, and visceral passages. You can discern the multiple layers of rhythm Davis employed on complex tracks such as \"Black Satin,\" as\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eOn the Corner\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003estands as his first effort to use overdubbing and multiple tape machines. As a pioneer, Davis likely would’ve loved MoFi’s groundbreaking SuperVinyl profile that features the lowest-possible analog noise floor as well as pristine transparency, dead-quiet surfaces, and superb groove definition.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNew degrees of spaciousness and airiness — equally important to the\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003emusique concrete\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003earrangements — give the impression Davis and Co.'s creations float in space. Instruments are portrayed in three-dimensional manners, rhythmic loops retain tonal purity, and horn solos skitter across an extra-wide soundstage that takes listeners into Columbia's Studio E. Mobile Fidelity's SuperVinyl LP captures Teo Macero's innovative production — and the trumpeter's cutting-edge aural collages — in definitive fashion. Heavily inspired by Sly and the Family Stone,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eOn the Corner\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eportrays street vibes and remains Davis' Blackest-sounding record. The conscious attempt to connect with youthful audiences tapped into rock and funk is evident not only on the colorful cartoon cover art depicting hot-pants and zoot-suit revelers, but in the music's emphasis of recurring drum and bass grooves. Distinct from Davis' earlier fusion experiments, the record's long-misunderstood set dials back improvisation in favor of beats, loops, and atmospherics that generate trance-like effects. While Davis utilizes his band for core duties — Chick Corea and Herbie Hancock prominently figure — he also relies on an all-star cast of sidemen for concentrated soloing and additional support.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWith rhythm providing the basic foundation, other notes fall into place, with their positioning steered by Macero and Davis' editing-room techniques. Looking to the manipulation-based work of Karlheinze Stockhausen and teaming with Stockhausen disciple Paul Buckmaster, Davis re-imagines what grooves constituted and could accomplish throughout\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eOn the Corner\u003c\/em\u003e. The shapes of the songs become completely transformed as they progress. Faint melodies, spacey chords, chunky riffs, wah-wah fills, and repeated motifs bounce in and out of a sonic funhouse that wouldn't be out of place at a Harlem block party. Exotic, intrepid, and filled with Davis' \"jungle sound,\"\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eOn the Corner\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003eremains daringly hip more than four decades later. \u003cspan\u003e— via Label\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cbr\u003eSourced from the original master tapes: Mobile Fidelity 180g 33RPM SuperVinyl LP reveals multiple layers of rhythm, visceral bass, and pioneering production techniques\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e1\/4\" \/ 15 IPS analog master to DSD 256 to analog console to lathe\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ciframe width=\"100%\" height=\"152\" style=\"border-radius: 12px;\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/album\/4K7w2LiKZz0CyHXl6OtkOu?utm_source=generator\u0026amp;theme=0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" loading=\"lazy\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e↓\u003cbr\u003eLabel: Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab \u003cbr\u003eFormat: Vinyl, LP, Album, Numbered, Remastered, Special Edition, 180 gram, Gatefold\u003cbr\u003eReissued: 2024 \/ Original Release: 1972\u003cbr\u003eGenre: Jazz\u003cbr\u003eStyle: Fusion, Jazz-Funk\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFile under: Audiophile Jazz\u003cbr\u003e⦿\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44668770648222,"sku":"94399826416","price":95.0,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0584\/5434\/3838\/files\/Miles_Davis_OnTheCorner_SV_1200x_53326f61-2f79-4f0b-a6ea-72d862aca79d.jpg?v=1734436825","url":"https:\/\/theanalogvault.mom\/products\/miles-davis-on-the-corner-2024-mfsl-remaster","provider":"The Analog Vault","version":"1.0","type":"link"}