The Columbia Years 1955–1985


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

  1. "Générique"
  2. "All Blues"
  3. "Eighty-One"
  4. "Blues For Pablo"
  5. "Summertime"
  6. "Straight, [No Chaser (composition)|Straight, No Chaser]"
  7. "Footprints"
  8. "Florence Sur Les Champs Élysées"
  9. "I Thought About You"
  10. "Someday My Prince Will Come"
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

  1. "Bye Bye Blackbird"
  2. "My Funny Valentine"
  3. "Love for Sale"
  4. "Budo"
  5. "Milestones"
  6. "Filles De Kilimanjaro"
  7. "Fran-Dance"
  8. "Seven Steps to Heaven"
Track 4 is a mono recording.

Disc 3

  1. "Flamenco Sketches"
  2. "So What"
  3. "Water babies"
  4. "Saeta"
  5. "Masqualero"
  6. "Pinocchio"
  7. "Summer Night"
  8. "Fall"
  9. "It's About That Time"
Track 2 is a mono recording.

Disc 4

  1. "Sivad "
  2. "What it Is"
  3. "Ms. Morrisine"
  4. "Shout"
  5. "Honky Tonk"
  6. "Star On Cicely"
  7. "Thinkin' One Thing And Doin' Another"
  8. "Miles Runs The Voodoo Down"