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Seven Steps To Heaven

Recorded	Apr 16 & May 14, 1963
Label	Columbia
Released	1963
Personnel	7 credited players
Discogs	master 65108

The record

Studio dates split awkwardly between old guard and new -- Feldman and Butler on some tracks, Hancock, Carter, and Williams on others -- as Davis auditions the band that would soon replace them all.

Session personnel

Ron Carter — bass
Anthony Williams — drums
Frank Butler — drums
Herbie Hancock — piano
Victor Feldman — piano
George Coleman — tenor saxophone
Miles Davis — trumpet

Contemporary reception

No period review located yet. The vintage-press pipeline searches DownBeat, Cash Box, and Billboard for this session.

Pressings

Showing the first pressing, audiophile reissues and copies carrying a collector marker, out of 126 pressings on file.

1963	Columbia · CL 2051 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono, Terre-Haute earliest on file
2010	Analogue Productions · CAPJ 8851 SA — SACD, Album, Hybrid, Multichannel, Reissue, Remastered Analogue Productions
2021	Analogue Productions · APJ 8851-45 — Vinyl, 12", 45 RPM, Album, Reissue, Remastered, Repress, Stereo, 180 gram Analogue Productions
1963	Columbia — STEREO
1963	Columbia · CS 8851 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo
1963	CBS · SBPG 62170 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo · laminated sleeve
1963	CBS · BP233072 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono
1963	Columbia · CS 8851 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo, CSM
1963	CBS · BPG 62170 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono
1963	CBS · YS 292 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo
1963	Columbia · CL 2051 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono
1963	Columbia · CQ 594 — Reel-To-Reel, 7 ½ ips, 4-Track Stereo, 7" Cine Reel, Album, Large hub
1963	CBS · S 62170 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo
1963	CBS · SBP 233072 — Vinyl, LP, Album