Between Nothingness & Eternity
Between Nothingness & Eternity is the first live album by jazz fusion band Mahavishnu Orchestra, released on November 1973 by Columbia Records.[1] 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,[6] even though available recordings seem to prove that all of the material from the album was actually taken from the second night only.[7] 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; the live album, containing versions of three out of the original six tracks, was released instead as the last album during the period of the original line-up of the band. The original studio album was later released in 1999 as The Lost Trident Sessions.
Between Nothingness & Eternity | ||||
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Live album by The Mahavishnu Orchestra | ||||
Released | November 1973 | |||
Recorded | August 18, 1973 | |||
Genre | Jazz fusion | |||
Length | 42:24 43:17 (2011 remix) | |||
Label | Columbia | |||
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The Mahavishnu Orchestra chronology | ||||
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Review scores | |
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Source | Rating |
Allmusic | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Christgau's Record Guide | B+[2] |
Sputnikmusic | 4/5[3] |
All About Jazz | (favorable)[4] |
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Between Nothingness & Eternity was included in 2011 as part of The Complete Columbia Albums Collection boxed set, 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 boxed set also contained an album called Unreleased Tracks from Between Nothingness & Eternity, which contains other selections from the two Central Park shows.
Track listing
Original vinyl
No. | Title | Music | Length |
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1. | "Trilogy: Sunlit Path/La Mere de la Mer/Tomorrow's Story Not the Same" | John McLaughlin | 12:16 |
2. | "Sister Andrea" | Jan Hammer | 8:45 |
No. | Title | Music | Length |
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1. | "Dream" | McLaughlin | 21:24 |
"The Complete Columbia Albums Collection" version
No. | Title | Music | Length |
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1. | "Trilogy: Sunlit Path/La Mere de la Mer/Tomorrow's Story Not the Same" | 12:03 | |
2. | "Sister Andrea" | 9:53 | |
3. | "Dream" | McLaughlin | 21:22 |
Personnel
Charts
Chart (1974) | Position |
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United States (Billboard 200)[8] | 41 |
Australia (Kent Music Report)[9] | 42 |
References
- Eder, Bruce. Between Nothingness & Eternity at AllMusic
- Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: M". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies. Ticknor & Fields. ISBN 089919026X. Retrieved March 2, 2019 – via robertchristgau.com.
- Campbell, Hernan M. (12 October 2012). "Review: Mahavishnu Orchestra - Between Nothingness & Eternity | Sputnikmusic". sputnikmusic.com. Retrieved 10 April 2013.
- Kolosky, Walter (16 November 2002). "Mahavishnu Orchestra: Between Nothingness and Eternity". allaboutjazz.com. Retrieved 1 January 2014.
- Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 135. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
- Kolosky, Walter. "...Welcome Readers of 'Power, Passion and Beauty' - The Special Edition eBook 2013... - Walter Kolosky". walterkolosky.com. Retrieved 1 January 2014.
Aug 17-18 Schaefer Music Festival – Central Park New York City, NY. The live album Between Nothingness & Eternity is recorded
- "...Bathed in Lighting - John McLaughlin - Archive Releases". Retrieved 13 November 2014.
- "Between Nothingness & Eternity - Mahavishnu Orchestra | Awards | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved 1 January 2014.
- Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 188. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.