1. Eternity’s Breath Part 1 (3:10)
2. Eternity’s Breath Part 2 (4:48)
3. Lila’s Dance (5:34)
4. Can’t Stand Your Funk (2:09)
5. Pastoral (3:41)
6. Faith (2:00)
7. Cosmic Strut (3:28)
8. If I Could See (1:18)
9. Be Happy (3:31)
10. Earth Ship (3:42)
11. Pegasus (1:48)
12. Opus 1 (0:15)
13. On The Way Home To Earth (4:34)
Visions Of The Emerald Beyond – 1975
Here are some of the best compositions you’ll hear this side of Heaven ! With many odd time signatures !
„Quinque sunt fratres, duo sunt barbati, duo sine barba nati, unus e quinque non habet barbam utrinque.“ translation: there are 5 brothers, 2 with a beard, 2 without, and 1 with a beard on one side. » What’s that?
The hidden meaning of the rose and the number 5 seems to be the main topic on McLaughlin’s „Visions of the Emerald Beyond“. Most of the titles are counted in a metre of 5 beats. That could be the reason why we see a big rose on the backside of the record envelope. Another great german scholar – Leibniz- said that the human soul is calculating when it listens to music, without knowing that it is calculating ( Musica est exercitium arithmeticae occultum nescientis se numerare animi ) In western music tradition the relationship between rhythm and mathematics had always been dulled and confused since the priest Sebastian Virdung stated that playing drums comes from the devil because it is too loud and bad for prayers or meditations (in his book „die musica getutscht“ 1511 ).
Mahavishnu’s music with its spiritual awareness is the best counter-example. Sensuality and logic meet one another.
Can someone tell about guitar sounds/effects on that album!? What pedals and amps you know. Those were awesome! I just love that album!