…that the Mahavishnu Orchestra Mk 1’s third and final album ‘Between Nothingness & Eternity’ was recorded. Three tracks from two nights in Central Park, New York, on August 17-18 1973.
This is the (splendidly) remastered sound from the ‘Complete Columbia Albums’ box set of 2011, which added around 90 seconds of music edited from the original vinyl plus an extra disc of one take each of all but one of the other tunes played over those two nights. If I had the opportunity to curate a Mahavishnu box set we would, of course, have every note played over those two nights.
Third and final? The Trident Sessions don’t count? I think they should, even though the album wasn’t quite finished, and was issued after the band split. It sits on the shelf (if you have one) with the others, so it’s the third studio album anyway.
“Between” is a fabulous album, especially in its expanded form.
That opening to Trilogy, swirling away, is one of my favourite intros.