one of my favorites!
So many events on this record... betweein the Keith/Jack/Bartz band to John McLaughlin's contribution (at the top of his game) to Hermeto Pascoal's gorgeous contributions... a must have...
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Stepped On
Great CD; Miles's electric period is absolutely amazing. GBQ, I am glad e-music exists, because I have been able to find very rare music here, but all MP3s are compressed using a lossy format. Even .41 per track is too much for stepped on music; especially when CDs are available from multiple sources. There are only two reasons to buy compressed online music; 1 it’s impossible to find, 2 it’s cheap. I have bought exactly 1 album from iTunes because their prices are terrible. I watch cds at multiple web sites and often buy them for under $5 shipped. Music with no media, no cover art, and no liner notes that is lower fidelity is not a bargain. Also now that e-music has raised their prices and changed from tracks to credits it is high art to spend all your credits. I have a good 50 albums in my saved wait and see list that I cannot purchase track at a time. If you like the changes, more power to you; I am going to have to join the larger crowd and say the changes stink. FLAC now!
I'm not even complaining.
I don't mind the price, but this artwork is really righteous and I think I might even consider finding this on Vinyl somewhere. I saw the back cover online or in a book and the whole thing is really mind-bending. I'm definitely paying extra for at least CD, and yes, it is extra, this is still cheaper so STFU with your "It's not as cheap as it once was! Life is getting hard and I can't cope *WAAH*." This is still less expensive than the worst used copy on CD at Amazon with no shipping, and it's also more than $7 cheaper than Amazon MP3. Be grateful eMusic is still at $.40 per song when iTunes is now $1.29 prices are rising everywhere and I think an expansion in the catalog here is more than worth the extra $.04 per song or whatever. Also, I love Miles Davis and all his music I've heard so far (just thought I should mention the album I'm "reviewing" too).
this pricing is a disgrace
good record, buy the CD and skip getting bent over............
this pricing blows
having serious doubts about my emusic sub
what!
so you drop me down to 50 credits a month so that you can bulk up your catalog with all of this great new stuff and then you start hacking with the way credits go down! Seriously! This is such crap! I thought Id give it a month to see how good this new catalog was going to be but this is ridiculous! Oh yeah but this is phenomenal album.
great album
well its a 2 disc live set. Some of my all-time favorite jazz on this disc. Highly recommended (if you don't like the 24 credits, go buy the album for $15). Oh and I just downloaded a Duke Ellington album with 26 tracks for only 12 credits, so it works both ways...
another fine mess from emusic
example #325 of current emusic ripoff 'lets make our major label masters happy!!" policy.
8 cuts for 24 credits?
Bite me. Buy the CD's.
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