The complete package - or the full package

As John McLaughlin the Mahavishnu Orchestra founded in the early years of the 70, he had already earned a lot of reputation. After all, he was a sideman for Miles Davis' In a Silent Way "and" Bitches Brew "quasi the birth cry of fusion jazz with it. While the musicians of these seminal albums to set about the concept Jazz-rock / jazz with electric instruments Weather with their Bands Report (Zawinul), Return to Forever (Corea), Lifetime (Williams) and headhunters (Hancock) stylistically to formulate, was the guitar dervish much more radical way. Through its Vererhrung for Guru Sri Chimnoy the confrontation with Indian music was deepened in a way, as it was still in operation to date of any jazz musician. But acoustically implement instead, later, these influences with "Shakti", McLaughlin is here the engine of ecstatic rock machine, the inspiration and energy of the avant-garde jazz of the 60s over the catalyst Eastern spirituality with the gesture of Gerde emerging hard rock to a new art form mixed.
Of course, the albums are quite different, since the cast after the third board was changed and from the five-member, improvisatory ebullient ensemble organized by orchestra was, in the only "Mahavishnu" McLaughlin remained. Energetically, complex, deep, ecstatic ... You have truly no Far Eastern religion attach to adore this music.
Regarding the presentation one can only say: The less is really more. Finishing the CDs inserted in Pappkopien the original album cover and all housed in a beautiful, handy cardboard. The news not only for the eyes and ears, but also Mother Nature. More brauchts not wrklich.
Incidentally, let me say that you also happen to be completely get everything this groundbreaking band released with the box then. A few years ago some studio tapes from Mahavishnu Orchestra were discovered and as "Lost Trident Sessions" - who wants you then probably do not have. And it's worth it ...