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Miles Davis Box Sets: Mosaic LP -v- Sony CD

It seems everything Miles Davis ever recorded is in the process of being released as a series of box sets. Thus, the question:

Which is better: the LP pressings released by Mosaic Records or the CD box sets that are more readily available?

I am primarily interested in sonics. Mere preference for a big slab of vinyl (though understandable) is irrelevant, though overall packaging could tip the scale one way or the other where sonics are comparable.

Fellow Miles fanatics, what do you say?
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dgarretson
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My only direct comparo was between the Plugged Nickel LPs and the compilation CD that was issued at the time. The CD sounds good, but with the Mosaic box LPs you are IN the session-- remarkably vivid & alive sounding, even relative to the best Miles SACD I've got (Classic's Cookin'). I've got Mosaic's boxed-set LPs for Plugged Nickel, Studio MDQ '65-'68, and Complete Columbia MD & JC; they're all top notch.

Dave
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