Crystal Disc CD – Special Order, Pre-Order & Order-on-Demand Terms and Conditions

This is the first time the album has been available in the Crystal Disc format, part of a series aiming to provide the best possible version of iconic recordings with "ultimate high-quality sound". 

The Miles Davis - Kind of Blue [Crystal Disc CD] is a limited, special, and remastered edition released in 2025 by AudioNautes Recordings, available for purchase from The Sound of Tape. 

The "Crystal Disc CD" is a specific, high-quality audio format that uses a different material from standard CDs to offer enhanced sound quality. It is a high-end, limited-edition product and is priced accordingly.

Crystal Disc (Glass) CD

The first time Kind of Blue was released was in a Crystal Disc Format Special Limited Edition Release. Kind of Blue is regarded by many critics as Davis's masterpiece, the greatest jazz album ever recorded, and one of the best albums of all time. Its impact on music, including jazz, rock, and classical genres, has led writers to also deem it one of the most influential albums ever made. Kind of Blue is based entirely on modality, diverging from Davis's earlier hard-bop style of jazz with its complex chord progression and improvisation.

Miles Davis - Kind of Blue On Cristal Disc CD - GLass CD - Limited Edition 

Kind of Blue is a studio album by the American jazz trumpeter and composer Miles Davis. It was released on August 17, 1959 through Columbia Records. For the recording, Davis led a sextet featuring saxophonists John Coltrane and Julian "Cannonball" Adderley, pianist Bill Evans, bassist Paul Chambers, and drummer Jimmy Cobb, with new band pianist Wynton Kelly appearing on one track "Freddie Freeloader" instead of Evans. The album was recorded in two sessions on March 2 and April 22, 1959, at Columbia's 30th Street Studio in New York City.

Miles Davis First Time Released On Cristal Disc CD: No Compromise Quality Music Sound on Cristal Disc By AudioNautes Recordings.

Kind of Blue is the fifth studio album released on Columbia, and twenty-eighth overall, by American jazz musician, trumpeter, composer, and bandleader Miles Davis. Kind of Blue is more than Miles Davis's most enduring recording; it's a testament to Miles' experimental approach, drastically simplifying modern jazz by returning to melody, unlike the chord complexity more often heard at the time. Kind of Blue also benefited from Miles' being signed to the leading major record company of the day - Columbia Records, a part of the CBS media conglomerate. Columbia had the means and wisdom to invest in cutting-edge recording technology and their professional recording studio. Ranked No. 13 in Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums Of All Time. "This painterly masterpiece is one of the most important, influential, and popular albums in jazz."

Cristal Disc CD Series: The Ultimate High-Quality Sound by AudioNautes Recordings, the label started with the purpose of offering the very best version of some favourite (sometimes almost unknown or forgotten) recordings.

Album: Miles Davis - Kind Of Blue
Label: AudioNautes Recordings - AN-2405-KD
Series: Crystal Disc CD - The Ultimate High-Quality Music
Format: CD, Stereo, Limited Edition, Reissue, Remastered, Special Edition, Cristal Disc
Country: Italy
Released: May 2025
Genre: Jazz
Style: Modal

Tracklist:

1. So What 9:22
2. Freddie Freeloader 9:46
3. Blue In Green 5:37
4. All Blues 11:33
5. Flamenco Sketches 9:26

Musicians:

Alto Saxophone – Julian Adderley
Bass - Paul Chambers
Drums - Jimmy Cobb
Piano – Bill Evans
Tenor Saxophone - John Coltrane
Trumpet - Miles Davis

Engineer – Hakamata Takeshi
Liner Notes - Bill Evans
Mastered By - Takeshi Hakamata

Miles Davis's Real Name is Miles Dewey Davis III, he is a trumpeter, bandleader, composer, and one of the most important figures in jazz music history, and music history in general. Davis adopted a variety of musical directions in a five-decade career that kept him at the forefront of many major stylistic developments in jazz. Winner of eight Grammy awards.

John William Coltrane was an American saxophonist and jazz composer.

Crystal Disc Features:

• Superior Crystal Sound
• Ultimate High-Quality Sound CD
• Crystal Disc CD
• Limited Edition
• Made in Japan

About Crystal Disc

A Crystal Disc is a CD made of a special kind of glass. It is very expensive, but sounds great and is crystal clear! This is the CD which can provide as close as the original master.

Crystal disc, manufactured by the largest CD factory in Japan - Memory Tech Corporation, is a revolutionary Compact Disc using glass substrate instead of polycarbonate. This newly developed technology allows sound reproduction at a level previously unknown and is as close to the master sound source as cutting-edge technology allows. For this purpose, Crystal disc is fabricated by our Laser Disc technology cultivated over many years using the best-selected materials.

■　The use of glass substrate instead of conventional polycarbonate substrate. As the reflective layer, gold is adopted in exchange for conventional aluminium.

■　For pit transcription, Photo Polymerization process(2P process) using a metal stamper is adopted. This process makes pit transcription highly precise compared with the conventional injection moulding process. The technology of the 2P process was cultivated by our production of test discs for calibrating industrial optical pickup heads.

■　Surface flatness of the glass substrate is much superior to the conventional CD. Glass substrate is hardly influenced by the variation of temperature and humidity. Furthermore, the absence of birefringence coming from the optical uniformity of the glass substrate realized a signal with extremely low noise and low jitter.

Miles Davis - Kind of Blue On Crystal Disc - Japanese Import Crystal Disc CD, Made in Japan.

Crystal Disc CD – Special Order, Pre-Order & Order-on-Demand Terms and Conditions

1. Special Order Product

Crystal Disc CD is classified as a Special Order item.

A Special Order item is a product that The Sound of Tape does not normally hold in physical stock and which is ordered from the manufacturer, record label, distributor or authorised supplier specifically in response to customer demand.

Crystal Disc CDs are therefore not standard shelf-stock products available for immediate dispatch.

2. Manufactured on Demand

Crystal Disc CDs are specialist physical products which may be manufactured only after sufficient customer pre-orders or production requirements have been confirmed.

Production may take place in small or limited manufacturing batches specifically for customers who have placed advance orders.

Customers purchasing a Crystal Disc CD should therefore understand that their order may be placed onto a production or waiting list until manufacturing is scheduled and completed.

3. Pre-Order Status

A Crystal Disc CD offered as a pre-order may:

● not yet have been manufactured;
● not yet have been released;
● be awaiting confirmation of a manufacturing schedule;
● be awaiting sufficient customer demand for a production batch;
● be manufactured only after orders have been received; or
● have a provisional release or delivery date which may subsequently change.

Placing an order reserves the customer’s requirement for the product but does not guarantee an immediate production or dispatch date.

4. Estimated Release Dates

Where the manufacturer, label or supplier provides a projected release date, The Sound of Tape will normally include this information within the relevant product description where reasonably possible.

Any projected release, manufacturing or availability date is an estimate only and may be changed, postponed or rescheduled by the manufacturer, label or supplier.

Such dates should not be treated as guaranteed dispatch or delivery dates.

5. TBA – To Be Announced

Some Crystal Disc CD products may be listed with a release date stated as TBA – To Be Announced.

This means that a confirmed manufacturing or release date has not yet been provided.

Customers purchasing a TBA product acknowledge that the waiting period is uncertain at the time the order is placed.

6. Potential Waiting Period

Because Crystal Disc CDs are specialist, limited-production and/or manufactured-on-demand products, the period between the original announcement, customer order, manufacture and final release can vary considerably.

Depending upon the manufacturer and production programme, an Order-on-Demand product may become available within weeks or months, and in exceptional circumstances the production or release timetable may extend significantly longer.

The Sound of Tape cannot guarantee a particular manufacturing date where this remains under the control of the manufacturer, label or supplier.

7. Separate Products Ordered Together

Where an order contains a Crystal Disc CD together with other products, the availability of the Crystal Disc CD may affect the dispatch timing of the complete order unless the products are arranged for separate shipment.

8. Customer Acceptance

By placing an order for a Crystal Disc CD identified as a Special Order, Pre-Order, Order-on-Demand or TBA product, the customer confirms that they understand and accept:

● the product may not currently exist as finished physical stock;
● the product may be manufactured specifically in response to customer orders;
● production may take place only in small batches;
● a waiting list may apply;
● any stated release date may be provisional and subject to change;
● manufacturing and availability are controlled by the relevant manufacturer, record label or supplier; and
● the product may not be available for immediate dispatch.

9. Your Statutory Rights

Nothing in these terms is intended to exclude or restrict any consumer rights which cannot lawfully be excluded under applicable UK consumer protection legislation.

Crystal Disc CD is a specialist audiophile product and should be purchased on the understanding that it is generally an advance-order product rather than a conventional shelf-stock item.

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