Who among my generation cannot remember the raucous, live Between Nothingness & Eternity (1973) blaring from quadrophonic sound systems, suburban basement rehearsal squats, and smoky stink foot dorm rooms?
To my ears, I’ll take the studio renditions of these cuts (and a few extra tracks) as released on The Lost Trident Sessions (1999). Again, I profess that Rick Laird was the perfect choice to anchor the mighty Mahavishnu as his trad jazz approach to the electric kept his shredding bandmates (somewhat) grounded.
Dig the pocket on “Sister Andrea.” http://bit.ly/2CBAuIC
The author at Trident Studios, Soho, London