Product details
- Label Columbia
- Artist Mahavishnu Orchestra
- Format 1LP
- Country United States
- Released Date 1973
- Genre Jazz
- Sealed No
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Between Nothingness & Eternity by Mahavishnu Orchestra.
Captured live in August of 1973, this record finds the Mahavishnu Orchestra at a moment of extraordinary combustion, spread across just three pieces that stretch and breathe with the freedom only a live setting can grant. Recorded in Central Park, the album trades studio polish for the electricity of a band feeding off its own momentum, and the result is one of the most vivid documents of jazz fusion's high-water era.
The lineup here is a genuine summit of virtuosos. John McLaughlin's guitar leads the charge, but he shares the front line with Jerry Goodman on violin and Jan Hammer on piano and Moog synthesizer, a pairing that gives the music its unmistakable soaring, otherworldly texture. Underneath, Rick Laird's bass and Billy Cobham's drums lock into rhythms of dizzying complexity, driving the band through tempo shifts and dynamic surges without ever losing the thread.
Side one opens with "Trilogy," a multi-part journey that showcases the group's gift for building tension across long stretches, then follows with "Sister Andrea," a piece that carries its own distinct publishing lineage under Country & Eastern Music, Inc. Side two is given over entirely to "Dream," a single expansive statement that lets the band explore its themes with patience and abandon in equal measure.
The album's spiritual dimension is woven throughout its presentation. Sri Chinmoy contributes the liner notes, drawn from his work "My Flute," lending the music a meditative frame that reflects the group's philosophical leanings. That sense of vastness carries into the artwork as well, with a star cluster image courtesy of The American Museum and Hayden Planetarium, realized by Helmut K. Wimmer, while Ashok handled the photography and overall album design.
Behind the boards, McLaughlin produced alongside Murray Krugman, with Tim Geelan engineering and Stuart "Dinky" Dawson handling sound as technician. Nathan Weiss managed the group during this chapter. The pressing was manufactured by Columbia Records, copyright and phonographic rights held by CBS, Inc. in 1973, and printed in the U.S.A. The runouts are stamped.
For collectors of jazz fusion, this is an essential piece of the Mahavishnu story, a live snapshot of a band operating at the outer edge of what electric music could do in the early seventies. It rewards the patient listener with performances that unfold like weather systems, restless and alive, and stands as a testament to the singular chemistry these six musicians shared in that summer of 1973.
Pressing Details:
Track Listing:
. Trilogy
A2. Sister Andrea
B. Dream
Credits:
Helmut K. Wimmer - Artwork [Star Cluster]
Rick Laird - Bass
Billy Cobham - Drums
Tim Geelan - Engineer
Sri Chinmoy - Liner Notes
Nathan Weiss - Management
Ashok (2) - Photography By, Design [Album]
Jan Hammer - Piano, Synthesizer [Moog]
Murray Krugman - Producer
John McLaughlin - Producer, Guitar
Stuart "Dinky" Dawson - Technician [Sound]
Jerry Goodman - Violin
Notes:
Recorded in August of 1973, in Central Park by Location.
Published by Warner-Tamerlane Pub. Corp. & Chinmoy Music, Inc. (BMI) except "Sister Andrea" [...] Published by Country & Eastern Music, Inc. (ASCAP)
Star Cluster [...] courtesy of The American Museum/Hayden Planetarium
© 1973 CBS, Inc./℗ 1973 CBS, Inc./Manufactured by Columbia Records
Printed in U.S.A.
[Liner notes] From "My Flute" [...] ©1972 by SRI Chinmoy Lighthouse.
The runouts are stamped.
Artist: Mahavishnu Orchestra
Format: 1LP
Genre: Jazz
Label: Columbia
Catalog Number: KC 32766
Release Year: 1973
Country: United States
Condition: Used
Media Condition: Near Mint (NM)
Sleeve Condition: Very Good Plus (VG+)
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