13% one star reviews on Amazon (that's high)
* nice if you are into archiving. but its not very listenable. the horns are way in the background.
* Was looking forward to this historic live recording and was very disappointed with the sound on CD.
* When I listened to it, the sound was not clear at all, and the whole was veiled, and I was worried that my audio device had gone wrong. The drums and piano are loud, but they are {?}, and the important Coltrane saxophone is almost never heard as if they were playing in the next room.
* Considering this is an amateur live recording on 1/4 inch, it’s understandable that the sound will not be "studio quality". However, Coltrane's sound is completely buried. I would rate the mix as horrible. Too bad that an historic session was ruined.
* Not at all what I expected. Love Miles Davis and collaborations with John Coltrane. Too much percussion, not enough pure saxophone...
* I understand that this is a live recording and it is historically important. Nonetheless, it sounds like everything was recorded through one drum microphone. The drums are quite prominent (good if you like Elvin Jones) and Coltrane is far in the sonic background and at times almost impossible to hear. I could only bear to listen to it once.
* really disappointed. sound quality is terrible.
* But this was a major disappointment. It's just too avant garde for my ears and the the drums and piano are really to the front of the mix making Coltrane sound like he playing off stage,
* but unfortunately Coltrane's sax is barely heard, while Elvin Jones dominates everyone. Really bad recording,
* when the saxophone behind the drums and piano is sometimes barely audible, and when there is a high noise in the last part that torments your ears that you can't be sure whether the recording is buzzing or a completely washed-out and too loud one {?}, then I just can't enjoy this release. In some cases, this is nothing more than bootleg quality.
I think I'll pass
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