I’m jazz novice but I do quite enjoy the Miles Davis stuff that I have (the usual suspects like Kind of Blue, Sketches of Spain, & Bitches Brew.)

But you true jazz freaks (hopefully Howard Moon is reading this…) may want to get your hands on The Complete Columbia Album Collection which is a 70 CD box set including all 52 of the albums Miles Davis recorded for Columbia. It’s only available through Amazon.

Along with the 70 CDs, it also includes a DVD (Live in Europe ‘67), a 250 page book, lots of photos, a complete song index, and many more goodies. This box set features the first complete audio release of Miles Davis’ August 29th, 1970, Isle of Wight festival performance.

All told, this is a truly mammoth box set. It makes The Beatles & Neil Young box sets look pretty puny in comparison.

I would say this would make a good (and quite expensive) Christmas present for a fan of Miles Davis but Amazon is currently correcting a “manufacturer defect” so it’s not available to order at the moment.

***UPDATE*** The corrected version of this box set is set to be released on January 19, 2010. You can pre-order it now: CLICK HERE.

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