LPCDreissues: Looking forward to the past

• Explosive performance broadcast on ABC FM
• Digitally remastered for greatly enhanced sound quality
• Background liners

Miles Davis, live at the Melbourne Concert Hall, Melbourne Australia 2nd May 1988.

Towards the end of his long career, Miles Davis paid his only visit Down Under, performing gigs in Adelaide, Sydney and Melbourne. The superb set captured here was broadcast on ABC FM on his final night in Australia, and finds the great man focusing on his more recent material, as well as the immortal In A Silent Way. He also tackles tracks by Michael Jackson and Cyndi Lauper, backed by one of his very best bands. The full broadcast is presented here, together with background notes and images.

Track listing:

DISC ONE

1. In A Silent Way / Intruder
2. New Blues (Star People)
3. Perfect Way
4. The Senate / You & Me
5. Human Nature
6. Wrinkle
7. Tutu
8. Host‘s outro
9. Movie Star
10. Splatch

DISC 2

11. Time After Time
12. Heavy Metal
13. Don’t Stop Me Now
14. Carnival Time
15. Tomaas
16. Encore break (Miles speaks)
17. Burn
18. Portia