Mahavishnu Orchestra - Live at Montreux 1974-1984 2 x DVDs
SKU
28-EAGLE39156
I know that a lot of people have been waiting for the 1974 footage to be legitimately released; it has circulated on bootlegs for a number of years, but this is the first time the material has come out legitmately and from Montreux's masters. This is the Apocalypse-era band with Jean-Luc Ponty doing material from that album and it's generally pretty splendid. Note that only 75' of the concert by the 1974 band exists, so that's all that is included, although the rest of the concert exists as audio recordings and they are included as bonus material! The 1984 material is from the reformed Mahavishnu that no one pays any attention to, for better or worse...
"Formed by John McLaughlin in 1971, the Mahavishnu Orchestra pioneered the fusion of jazz elements into rock music while still undeniably retaining the power and muscle of a full on rock band. With McLaughlin as the ever-present, the line-up went through various phases and these two concerts from Montreux showcase the band at distinctively different times of their career, with the seventies show featuring later stars Jean-Luc Ponty and Michael Walden and the eighties concert featuring saxophone maestro Bill Evans. Visual footage only exists of three tracks from the 1974 show (although this is still over 73 minutes of footage) but the other tracks exist as audio masters and they have been added as bonus material."
Tracklisting:
Disc One - 1984
1) Radio-Activity
2) Nostalgia
3) East Side, West Side
4) Clarendon Hills
5) Medley: Blues For L.W. / It's The Pits / Living On The Crest Of A Wave
6) Jozy
7) Pacific Express
8) Mitch Match
9) Mitch Match (reprise)
Disc Two - 1974
1) Wings Of Karma
2) Smile Of The Beyond
3) Hymn To Him
Plus bonus audio only tracks from 1974:
1) Power Of Love
2) Vision Is A Naked Sword
3) Sanctuary
- Format TypeNTSC
- Region CodingRegion 1
- LabelEagle