The Lost Trident Sessions was an incomplete album by the Mahavishnu Orchestra. The album was recorded in 1973, but was not released until 1999, by Columbia/Legacy.

With the exception of "John's Song #2", all of the tracks on this album were released on other albums: "Dream", "Trilogy" and "Sister Andrea" appeared on Mahavishnu Orchestra's 1973 live album Between Nothingness and Eternity

Between Nothingness and Eternity

Between Nothingness and Eternity is the first live album of Mahavishnu Orchestra, and last with the original line-up, released in 1973. According to the Mahavishnu Orchestra Gigs listing by Walter Kolosky, it was recorded live at the Schaefer Music Festival, held in Central Park, New York on August...

; "I Wonder" and "Steppings Tones" appeared on Jerry Goodman and Jan Hammer's 1974 album Like Children.

Track listing

1. "Dream" (McLaughlin) - 11:06
2. "Trilogy (The Sunlit Path / La Mère De La Mer / Tomorrow's Story Not The Same)" (McLaughlin) - 9:30
3. "Sister Andrea" (Hammer) - 6:43
4. "I Wonder" (Goodman) - 3:07
5. "Steppings Tones" (Laird) - 3:09
6. "John's Song #2" (McLaughlin) - 5:53

Personnel

• John McLaughlin
  John McLaughlin (musician)
  John McLaughlin , also known as Mahavishnu John McLaughlin, is an English guitarist, bandleader and composer...
  
   - Guitar
• Rick Laird
  Rick Laird
  Richard Quentin 'Rick' Laird is a jazz musician, born on 5 February 1941. He is a bass player best known for his place in The Mahavishnu Orchestra....
  
   - Bass
• Billy Cobham
  Billy Cobham
  William C. Cobham is a Panamanian American jazz drummer, composer and bandleader, who has called Switzerland home since the late 1970s....
  
   - Drums
• Jan Hammer
  Jan Hammer
  Jan Hammer is a composer, pianist and keyboardist. He first gained his most visible audience while playing keyboards with the Mahavishnu Orchestra in the early 1970s, as well as his film scores for television and film including "Miami Vice Theme" and "Crockett's Theme", from the popular 1980s...
  
   - Keyboards
• Jerry Goodman
  Jerry Goodman
  Jerry Goodman is an American violinist best known for playing electric violin in the bands The Flock and the jazz fusion Mahavishnu Orchestra. Goodman actually began his musical career as The Flock's roadie before joining the band on violin. Trained in the conservatory, both of his parents were...
  
  - Violin

Credits

• John Carr, Ian Cuttler – Design
• Warren Faidley, David Gahr – Photography
• Howard Fritzson – Art Direction
• Ken Scott – Engineer
• Mark Wilder – Mastering

External links

• [ AMG Allmusic Entry]