Mahavishnu Orchestra
John McLaughlin: guitar
Jan Hammer: keyboards
Jerry Goodman: violin
Rick Laird: bass
Billy Cobham: drums

Skytop Lounge
Syracuse, N.Y.
april 29, 1972
source: FM broadcast/sbd? copy of low unknown analog cassette generation
runtime: 72:46 (minutes/ seconds)

setlist:
1: stage introduction and talk 1:12
2: meeting of the spirits -> 14:04
3: you know, you know 7:50
4: band intros :40
5: the dance of Maya 12:30
6: one word 7:26 (cuts in, several minutes missing)
7: dawn 17:20
8: the noonward race 10:04 (cuts at 8:05)
9: stage announcements 1:41

transferred and edited april/may 2026:
unknown FM/sbd recording > ? >
low unknown gen. Maxell XLII 90 min. cassette copy >
Tascam 112 > soundforge (16 bit /44.1 khz wav) >
flac > matlab > audacity > flac 8 (sb's aligned)

additional editing notes:
automatically phase corrected the channel alignment
speed corrected because track 4 started running slower,
reaching 0.3% slow by the start of track 5 and 2.0% by
the end of track 5. otherwise the speed was good.

copied right channel to the left: track 6 3:53.15 - 5:11.31
copied right channel to the left: track 7 0:00.0 - 2:41.87
copied right channel to the left: track 8 8:23.39 - 8:24.91

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