Hi All,
I'd like to personally thank those who took the time to contact us regarding our recent blitz of Mahavishnu Orchestra recordings. Your encouragement, corrections and communications are all greatly appreciated. This was a monumentally challenging band and accurately notating these previously unheard soundboard masters, many of which have only cities or venues identifying them, makes for a challenging experience on our end, too. An extremely exciting one, no doubt, but very difficult initially. Thankfully, several true scholars of the band graciously offered their help and advice, so it should be smoother sailing moving forward on this particular project.

You will now find accurate dates on all of our MO shows, as well as various corrections and changes to the summary content. The dates on four of the shows (Yale, Lenox, Hofstra and DC) have been corrected since we initially posted them, as was the Washington, DC venue. Those corresponding summaries have also been updated accordingly. If you already downloaded some or all of these shows, worry not! All the setlists and actual musical content remains the same.

A positive aspect to this is that the Lenox show turns out to be an even more significant concert than we imagined. This is the night in Lenox when John McLaughlin debuted his Rex Bogue double-neck guitar AND was the unveiling of a groundbreaking new sound system, not to mention a performance for the ages. Likewise, the show initially misidentified as Lisner Auditorium in Washington, DC in 1975 turns out to be from Constitution Hall in Washington, DC on December, 2, 1973, during the final days of the original lineup.

I've always loved this band, but now that I'm more deeply immersed in their body of work, it becomes even more fascinating to hear how their music developed over the course of 1973. As the year unfolds, the music gradually becomes less elegant and less cohesive, but I'm now finding that to be just as compelling. They became significantly edgier toward the end, with bandmembers soloing on a more individual basis and with a ferocious aggressiveness that I dare say has never been equalled. This was at the heart of our initial DC and Hofstra confusion, as those two masters were labelled as "Wash,DC 75" and "Hofstra 75." Although we initially questioned this, they do indeed sound like a looser band with more aggressive musicians on these recordings. Coincidentily, the 1975 band also played DC and Hofstra on the tour with Jeff Beck, which initially seemed to verify the mistaken dates. However, these recordings are indeed the original band playing in the manner of that final month of shows, also in DC and at Hofstra.

We apologize for these initial inaccuracies and hope they will have little effect on anyone enjoying these wonderful shows. We are always striving for accuracy, but sometimes it takes multiple minds to get to the bottom of things. Again, thank you to all who contacted us and especially to all who remain passionate about this band. I'm one of you, MrBB