1st pressing on "two-eye" Columbia labels. This version pressed at
Columbia Records Pressing Plant, Santa Maria, as indicated by the 'S' in the runouts. Mastered by
Customatrix, as per the 'o' in runouts.
A nearly identical and presumably later Santa Maria two-eye pressing also exists, with a credit reading only "-W. Shorter -" on track D2 (no "M. Davis-"), as per
Bitches Brew.
Differs from the
Columbia Records Pressing Plant, Terre Haute 1st pressing (
Bitches Brew), and the
Columbia Records Pressing Plant, Pitman 1st pressing (
Bitches Brew).
Released in a gatefold jacket.
Interior gatefold panel:
Manufactured by [l=Columbia Records]/
CBS, Inc./51 W. 52 Street, New York, N.Y./ ® "[l= Columbia]," Marcas Reg. Printed in U.S.A.
Full title printed on the front cover: "Directions In Music By [a=Miles Davis] Miles Davis Bitches Brew".