Miles Ahead: Columbia Titles

The Miles Ahead database contains entries for most of Miles Davis's Columbia recordings. Select a record from the drop-down list below, then press the "Details" button -- this will return a table of Columbia issues, reissues, equivalents, etc. Please note that I use the word "equivalent" a little loosely, to include issues with substantial common material as well as issues with exactly the same titles. If you prefer this information on a single page, see the table elsewhere on this site.

I've included the original monaural LPs (CL series); original stereo reissues (CS series); one or two subsequent reissues (e.g. the PC series in the mid-1970s); and the most recent LP reissues (CJ series: some of these are based on digital masters).

I've also included CBS/Sony Japanese catalog numbers. These are beautifully produced (both sonically and graphically), but unfortunately out of print. I know of no plans to reissue them.

The listing for Japanese CDs includes several series. In the case of most titles, there are at least three issued CD versions. The original CDs (32DP series) were issued in the early 1980s; the CSCS series in the mid-80s reissued most of these recordings; the SRCS 5000 series in the late 1980s reissued most of them again (including several not reissued in the CSCS series). Sony Japan has reissued most of the Davis catalog in two "Mastersound" series: SRCS 91xx (20-bit SBM masters), and SRCS 97xx (one-bit DSD masters). In addition, Sony is reissuing most of these recordings as Super Audio CDs (SRGS- series).