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Miles Ahead session details

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August 29, 1983 (15 items; TT = 34:33)
Record Plant Studios, Studio A, New York NY
Commercial for Columbia

Miles Davis (tpt, synth); Branford Marsalis (ss); John Scofield (g); Robert Irving III (synth, d programming, arr); Darryl Jones (el-b); Al Foster (d); Mino Cinelu (perc)
1 Lift (take 1- take 7) 26:00
2 Lift (take 1 (inc)) n/a
3 Lift (take 2 (fs)) n/a
4 Lift (take 3 (complete)) n/a
5 Lift (take 4 (fs)) n/a
6 Lift (take 5 (fs)) n/a
7 Decoy (take 1 (inc)) [Decoy Outer Limits] (R. Irving III) n/a
8 Decoy (take 2 (inc)) [Decoy Outer Limits] (R. Irving III) n/a
9 Decoy (take 3 (inc)) [Decoy Outer Limits] (R. Irving III) n/a
10 Decoy (take 4 (complete)) [Decoy Outer Limits] (R. Irving III) n/a
11 Decoy (take 5 (fs)) [Decoy Outer Limits] (R. Irving III) n/a
12 Decoy (take 6 (inc)) [Decoy Outer Limits] (R. Irving III) n/a
13 Decoy (take 7 (inc)) [Decoy Outer Limits] (R. Irving III) n/a
14 Decoy (take 8 (complete)) [Decoy Outer Limits] (R. Irving III) 8:33
15 Decoy (take 9 (fs)) [Decoy Outer Limits] (R. Irving III) n/a

14 Decoy (take 8 (complete))
45 rpm: Columbia 38-04564
12" LP: Columbia FC 38991, Get on Down GET 51472, CBS/Sony 28AP 2890, Curcio DEJ-01
CD: Columbia CK 38991, CBS/Sony 35DP 170, CBS/Sony CSCS 5348, Sony SRCS 9136, Sony SRCS 9766, Sony SICJ 87, Sony SICJ 30108, Columbia Legacy 86975 24922 [= Columbia (F) 86975 52492] (CD 50), CBS(F) 493.127, CBS (EU) 450.593

According to Robert Irving, guitarist Henry Johnson can be heard playing the melody line on the issued version of "Decoy" (3:21-3:43 and 7:23-7:45). In the Columbia files "Decoy" is listed as "Decoy Outer Limits." Irving is quoted in George Cole's The Last Miles (p. 145), "I... composed a tune called 'Outer Space', which [Miles] later renamed 'Decoy'..."

An edited version of "Decoy" was used in early 1984 for a Miles Davis music video broadcast on MTV.

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