THE MAHAVISHNU ORCHESTRA – BETWEEN NOTHINGNESS AND ETERNITY LP – Nr MINT UK 1973 JAZZ FUSION

The Mahavishnu Orchestra
– Between Nothingness and Eternity
(CBS Records  1973  69046)
Matrix No’s: A2/B1 – UK Pressing

Sleeve in Nr MINT/Excellent+ condition
– some wear to edges/corners
Original CBS Inner Sleeve with no splits

Vinyl in Nr MINT condition
(there are 1 or light surface marks visible on the vinyl when held up to the light but they don’t affect the sound quality)

Mahavishnu Orchestra were a multinational jazz-rock fusion band formed in New York City in 1971 by English guitarist John McLaughlin. The group underwent several line-up changes throughout its history across two stints from 1971 to 1976 and 1984 to 1987.

Between Nothingness & Eternity is the first live album of Mahavishnu Orchestra, and last with the original line-up, released in 1973. According to the Mahavishnu Orchestra Gigs listing by Walter Kolosky, it was recorded live at the Schaefer Music Festival, held in Central Park, New York on August 17 and 18, 1973, even though available recordings seem to prove that all of the material from the album was actually taken from the second night only. Originally, Mahavishnu Orchestra’s third album was to be a studio one, recorded in June 1973 at Trident Studios in London, but was scrapped during the final days of the project. A live album containing versions of three out of the original six tracks came out instead. The original studio album was later released in 1999 as The Lost Trident Sessions.

Between Nothingness & Eternity was included in 2011 as part of The Complete Columbia Albums Collection boxset, along with the other albums by the first line-up of the band, including “The Lost Trident Sessions”. This new version was a new different mix with an additional minute of music on “Sister Andrea”. The boxset also contained an album called “Unreleased Tracks from Between Nothingness & Eternity” which contains other selections from the two Central Park shows.

Track listing

Personnel

• John McLaughlin – guitar
• Jan Hammer – keyboards
• Jerry Goodman – violin
• Rick Laird – bass
• Billy Cobham – percussion