>Pangaea and Agharta, specifically.
>
>I was into them when I was really digging into this period of
>Miles in my early 20's. I mean, I say I was "into" the albums
>because I was just buying up everything from that period, but
>I can honestly say I didn't understand what the hell I was
>listening to. I've gone back them a lot in the last few years
>and they make more sense as the years pass.
>
>(aside: that must have sounded like some music from another
>galaxy in the 70's!)

In general my early take on this period was like this though. I remember first hearing Bitches Brew and Live/Evil and just being like "WHOA!!" and then "WHAT?" Then I tucked my tails between my legs for a few years. Maybe ten years ago it started clicking, and now shit now I'm like "FUCK YEAH!!"

*edit* A big part of that was the anniversary release of Bitches Brew with all the sessions and extended liner notes. Reading about that stuff really helped to contextualize what I was hearing.

>I liked what you said about how Miles sculpted while
>performing. I think that's really displayed on the Japanese
>albums. In Paul Tingen's book (which I definitely recommend),
>he makes the observation that Miles was inspired by Teo
>Macero's tape editing of the studio albums to the point where
>he wanted the band to perform that same way live. I think he
>succeeded.

Will have to grab that book, because that is an interesting assessment and makes a lot of sense. Really forward thinking whenyou think about it. Live in the studio playing into studio production feeding back into live on stage. A constant progression of sound.

There's an interview with Teo saying all the wah wah stuff was added after. I'm hard pressed to find it but I feel like Miles did end up taking it on stage too. Another example of that loop.

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