Description
“The Lost Trident Sessions” is the third studio album by jazz fusion group the Mahavishnu Orchestra, released in 1999 through Sony Music Entertainment. It was originally recorded in June 1973 at Trident Studios but was not released until 26 years later. According to the album’s detailed liner notes, in November 1998 Columbia Records producer Bob Belden stumbled upon two quarter-inch tapes in Columbia’s Los Angeles vault whilst gathering material for a remastered reissue of the Mahavishnu Orchestra‘s 1973 album “Birds of Fire”. The tapes were otherwise unlabelled besides the recording location, but upon further inspection they were revealed to be the two-track mixes for what would have been the Mahavishnu Orchestra‘s third studio album at the time. With the exception of “John’s Song #2”, all compositions on this album were performed on other albums. Not just a historical document or unearthed relic, “The Lost Trident Sessions” is a formidable work from a band who flat out knocked people off their stools. The material and recording is top notch.
