Miles Davis – Seven Steps To Heaven, 1963 LP - Jazz Modal Legend - EX Vinyl

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(Visually Graded) Vinyl looks Near Mint and sleeve looks G+. See pics and info for details.

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Miles Davis – Seven Steps To Heaven

Label:    Columbia – CS 8851
Format:    Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo, 12", 33rpm
Country: US
Released: 1963
Genre:    Jazz
Style:    Hard Bop, Modal

Tracklist

A1        Basin Street Blues    10:29
A2        Seven Steps To Heaven    6:24
A3        I Fall In Love Too Easily    6:47

B1        So Near, So Far    7:00
B2        Baby Won't You Please Come Home    8:27
B3        Joshua    7:01

Credits

    Bass – Ron Carter
    Drums – Anthony Williams (tracks: A2, B1, B3), Frank Butler (tracks: A1, A3, B2)
    Liner Notes – Leonard Feather
    Photography By [Cover] – Bob Cato
    Piano – Herbie Hancock (tracks: A2, B1, B3), Victor Feldman (tracks: A1, A3, B2)
    Producer – Teo Macero
    Tenor Saxophone – George Coleman
    Trumpet – Miles Davis

Notes

- bio - Seven Steps to Heaven is the eighth studio album on Columbia Records by jazz musician Miles Davis, released in 1963, catalogue CL 2051 and CS 8851 in stereo. Recorded at Columbia's 30th Street Studios in Manhattan, and at Columbia Studios in Los Angeles, it presents the Miles Davis Quintet in transition.

 After the unfinished sessions for Quiet Nights in 1962, Davis returned to club work. However, he had a series of health problems in 1962, which made his live dates inconsistent and meant that he missed gigs, with financial repercussions. Faced with diminishing returns, by late 1962 his entire band quit, Hank Mobley to a solo career, and the rhythm section of Wynton Kelly, Paul Chambers, and Jimmy Cobb to work as a unit. The departure of Chambers especially was a blow, as he had been the only man still left from the original formation of the quintet in 1955.

With club dates to fulfill, Davis hired several musicians to fill in: Frank Strozier on alto saxophone and Harold Mabern on piano, with George Coleman and Ron Carter arriving early in the year. For shows on the West Coast in March, Davis added drummer Frank Butler, but when it came time for the sessions, Davis jettisoned Strozier and Mabern in favor of pianist Victor Feldman.
  With a lucrative career as a session musician, Feldman declined Davis's offer to join the group, and both he and Butler were left behind in California. Back in New York, Davis located the musicians who would be with him for the next six years, Herbie Hancock and Tony Williams; with Carter and Coleman, the new Miles Davis Quintet was in place. Williams, then only 17 years old, had been working with Jackie McLean, and Hancock had already scored a hit single with "Watermelon Man", recorded by percussionist Mongo Santamaria. -wikipedia


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NM-
(NEAR MINT) The vinyl is almost flawless, bright and shiny. A very light minor, barely visible mark or two may be permitted. The disc should play with no audible noise. The label is bright, clean and unmarked. Sleeve looks almost Mint.
VG++/EX
(VERY GOOD ++/ Excellent) Disc plays near perfectly, but may have minor, light scuffs that do not interfere with the sound quality. There can possibly be a light hairline scratch or two but nothing that is obvious or affects play. Vinyl is bright and shiny; label is clean and unmarked. Sleeve is Excellent.
VG+
(VERY GOOD PLUS) Some visible surface wear, very minor scratches and scuffs, but minimal impact on the sound quality. Vinyl will still have good luster; labels may have minor imperfections (small labels or initials, etc.) but otherwise clean. Sleeve may have some shelf wear, or minor writing, no seem splits.
VG
(VERY GOOD) Vinyl will have noticeable scratches and scuffs that cause surface noise There should be no skips. Vinyl may appear somewhat dull and grayish. Labels may have small tears, tape marks, larger writing, etc. but still easily legible.  Sleeve may have moderate wear or writing, tape, price tags etc, seem splits. May have promo corner, hole or notch in sleeve.