Visions of the Emerald Beyond is an album by the jazz fusion

Jazz fusion

Jazz fusion is a musical fusion genre that developed from mixing funk and R&B rhythms and the amplification and electronic effects of rock, complex time signatures derived from non-Western music and extended, typically instrumental compositions with a jazz approach to lengthy group improvisations,...

 group Mahavishnu Orchestra, and the second released by its second incarnation.

According to the liner notes, the album was recorded at Electric Lady Studios

Electric Lady Studios

Electric Lady Studios, at 52 West 8th Street, in New York City's Greenwich Village, is a recording studio originally built by Jimi Hendrix and designed by John Storyk in 1970...

 in New York City from December 4th until December 14th, 1974. It was then mixed at Trident Studios

Trident Studios

Trident Studios was a British recording facility, originally located at 17 St. Anne's Court in London's Soho district. It was constructed in 1967 by Norman Sheffield a drummer of former 1960's group The Hunters and his Brother Barry....

 in London from December 16th until December 24th, 1974.

Track listing

All songs by John McLaughlin

John McLaughlin (musician)

John McLaughlin , also known as Mahavishnu John McLaughlin, is an English guitarist, bandleader and composer...

 except "Cosmic Strut" by Narada Michael Walden

Narada Michael Walden

Narada Michael Walden is an American producer, drummer, singer, and songwriter. He was given the name Narada by guru Sri Chinmoy in the early 1970s and his musical career spans three decades, in which he was awarded several gold, platinum and multi-platinum awards...

.

1. "Eternity's Breath, Pt. 1" - 3:10
2. "Eternity's Breath, Pt. 2" - 4:50
3. "Lila's Dance" - 5:37
4. "Can't Stand Your Funk" - 2:10
5. "Pastoral" - 3:41
6. "Faith" - 2:01
7. "Cosmic Strut" - 3:29
8. "If I Could See" - 1:17
9. "Be Happy" - 3:33
10. "Earth Ship" - 3:43
11. "Pegasus" - 1:48
12. "Opus 1" - 0:25
13. "On the Way Home to Earth" - 4:45

Personnel

• John McLaughlin
  John McLaughlin (musician)
  John McLaughlin , also known as Mahavishnu John McLaughlin, is an English guitarist, bandleader and composer...
  
   - guitars, vocals
• Steve Kindler - 1st violin
• Jean-Luc Ponty
  Jean-Luc Ponty
  Jean-Luc Ponty is a French virtuoso violinist and jazz composer.- Early years:Ponty was born into a family of classical musicians on 29 September 1942 in Avranches, France. His father taught violin, his mother taught piano...
  
   - violin, vocals, electric violin,baritone violin
• Ralphe Armstrong -bass guitar, vocals, contrabass
• Philip Hirschi - cello
• Bob Knapp - flute, trumpet, flugelhorn, vocals, wind
• Narada Michael Walden
  Narada Michael Walden
  Narada Michael Walden is an American producer, drummer, singer, and songwriter. He was given the name Narada by guru Sri Chinmoy in the early 1970s and his musical career spans three decades, in which he was awarded several gold, platinum and multi-platinum awards...
  
   - percussion, drums, vocals, clavinet
• Gayle Moran
  Gayle Moran
  Gayle Moran is a vocalist, keyboard player , and songwriter. She was a member of the Mahavishnu Orchestra during the middle 70s, appearing on Apocalypse and Visions of the Emerald Beyond . She later appeared on recordings by Return to Forever, e.g. Musicmagic , and Chick Corea, e.g...
  
   - keyboards, vocals
• Carol Shive - 2nd violin, vocals
• Russell Tubbs - alto and soprano sax

Charts

Album

Billboard (North America)

Year	Chart	Position
1975	Jazz Albums	18
1975	Pop Albums	68