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My best sounding digital version may be the first one they did (CK 40579, prodiced by Teo Macero who also served as Digital Remax Producer). It has a different Miles photo on the cover than all the others. I was introduced to this one when Pierre Sprey (Mapleshde) and Ron Baumann (inSound) brought it one evening to share with me.

My first thought on seeing it was that it HAD to be awful, given how early it was produced. And of course it was made before they discovered that the original LP side one was recorded at the wrong speed.

Regardless, it's pretty great and only my open reel version (4-track) really beats it, as it beats the first Columbia SACD. I've done 3-day comparisons -- tape, vinyl, SACD -- and the tape always wins. My best sounding LP is the 2-disc "Classic" reissue, the one with a Flamenco Sketches alternatei version at 45 rpm.


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