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    Artist: 
    Miles Davis

    Ascenseur pour l'Échafaud

    Ltd. 10" Collector's Edition
    €39,99

    Release date: May 22, 2026

    In 2018, to mark its 60th jubilee, Miles Davis's groundbreaking jazz soundtrack was released for the first time as a limited-edition triple 10-inch LP set. Now, to celebrate Miles Davis's 100th birthday, it is available again in a limited-edition reissue. The 10-inch LPs were mastered and cut from the original tapes at Abbey Road Studios. In addition to all album takes and session outtakes, it also includes a track previously unreleased until 2018. The triple gatefold features an iconic Miles Davis photograph by Jean-Pierre Leloir and Franck Bergerot's essay "A Present from Miles Davis to Louis Malle."

     

    Tracklisting:

    LP1 - Original Soundtrack
    A1. Générique 2’45
    A2. L’Assassinat de Carala 2’10
    A3. Sur l’autoroute 2’15
    A4. Julien dans l’ascenseur 2’07
    A5. Florence sur les Champs-Élysées 2’50 
    B1. Dîner au motel 3’58
    B2. Évasion de Julien 0’53
    B3. Visite du Vigile 2’00
    B4. Au bar du Petit Bac 2’50
    B6. Chez le photographe du motel 3’50    

    LP2 - Session Takes
    C1. Nuit sur les Champs-Elysées – take 1 2’26
    C2. Nuit sur les Champs-Elysées – take 2 5’24
    C3. Nuit sur les Champs-Elysées – take 3 (Générique) 2’54
    C4. Nuit sur les Champs-Elysées – take 4 (Florence sur les Champs-Elysées) 3’01
    D1. Assassinat – take 1 (Visite du vigile) 2’04 
    D2. Assassinat – take 2 (Julien dans l’ascenseur) 2’12
    D3. Assassinat – take 3 (L’Assassinat de Carala) 2’13
    D4. Motel (Dîner au motel) 3’57
    D5. Final – take 1 3’07    

    LP3 - Session Takes
    E1. Final – take 2 3’02
    E2. Final – take 3 (Chez le photographe du motel) 4’06
    E3. L’Interrogatoire de Julien 5’17
    F1. Ascenseur (Evasion de Julien) 1’59
    F2. Petit Bac – take 1 2’42
    F3. Petit Bac – take 2 (Au Bar du Petit Bac) 2’56
    F4. Voiture – take 1 2’58
    F5. Voiture – take 2 (Sur l’autoroute) 2’18

    Music composed by Miles Davis
    Recorded at Le Poste Parisien - December 4/5 1957
    Miles Davis, trumpet; Barney Wilen, tenor-sax; René Urtreger, piano;
    Pierre Michelot, bass; Kenny Clarke, drums

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    Format Album
    Release Date 2026
    Speed 33 RPM
    Size 10"