The Columbia Years

Infobox Album
Name = The Columbia Years 1955-1985
Type = Compilation
Longtype =
Artist = Miles Davis


Released = 1988
Recorded = 1955-1985
Genre = Jazz

Length =
Label = Columbia Records
Producer = Various
Reviews = * Allmusic Rating|2.5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:3zfexqygld0e link]

"The Columbia Years 1955-1985" is a 4 CD Miles Davis compilation. The box set is furthermore split up into the sections of blues, standards, originals, moods and electric. These cover tracks 1-8 of the first disc, tracks 9-10 and tracks 1-3 from the second disc, tracks 4-7 on the second disc and tracks 1-2 on the third disc, tracks 3-9 on the third disc and the final disc respectively.

Track listing

Disc 1

# "Générique"
# "All Blues"
# "Eighty-One"
# "Blues For Pablo"
# "Summertime"
# "Straight, No Chaser"
# "Footprints" (Digital Remix)
# "Florence Sur Les Champs Élysées"
# "I Thought About You"
# "Someday My Prince Will Come" (Alternate Take) (Digital Remix)

Tracks 1,3,8 and 9 are mono recordings. Track 9 is previously unreleased. The version of Straight, No Chaser is from the recording Miles And Monk At Newport.

Disc 2

# "Bye Bye Blackbird"
# "My Funny Valentine" (Digital Remix)
# "Love For Sale" (Digital Remix)
# "Budo"
# "Miles"
# "Filles De Kilimanjaro"
# "Fran-Dance" (Digital Remix)
# "Seven Steps To Heaven"

Track 4 is a mono recording.

Disc 3

# "Flamenco Sketches"
# "So What"
# "Water babies"
# "Saeta"
# "Masqualero"
# "Pinocchio" (Digital Remix)
# "Summer Night" (Digital Remix)
# "Fall"
# "It's About That Time"

Track 2 is a mono recording.

Disc 4

# "Sivad (Excerpt)"
# "What it Is"
# "Ms. Morrisine"
# "Shout"
# "Honky Tonk"
# "Star On Cicely"
# "Thinkin' One Thing And Doin' Another"
# "Miles Runs The Voodoo Down"