Drummer Gregg Bendian's Mahavishnu Project is at it again: taking a complete recorded work by John McLaughlin's second (expanded) version of the original band, and playing it live. Visions of the Emerald Beyond is unusual as a Mahavishnu Orchestra title in that very little of it was performed live, and was never entertained as a live date, according to Bendian in his liner notes. You'd never know it. With Bendian, guitarist Glenn Alexander, bassist David Johnson, and keyboard whiz Adam Holzman, the rest of the …
Disc 1 Title Composer Time 1 Eternity's Breath McLaughlin 14:33 2 Lila's Dance McLaughlin 9:22 3 Can't Stand Your Funk McLaughlin 6:58 4 Pastoral McLaughlin 11:03 5 Faith McLaughlin 2:54 6 Cosmic Strut Walden 5:41 7 If I Could See McLaughlin 1:37 8 Be Happy McLaughlin 7:30 Disc 2
1 Earth Ship McLaughlin 12:03 2 Pegasus McLaughlin 3:41 3 Opus 1 McLaughlin 2:09 4 On the Way Home to Earth McLaughlin 9:05 5 Smile of the Beyond Mahalakshmi, McLaughlin 5:38 6 Vital Transformation McLaughlin 10:49 7 Sister Andrea Hammer 11:11