The second track from ‘Agharta’ which, along woth ‘Pangea’, documents “ the second of two concerts he performed on February 1, 1975, at Osaka's Festival Hall.” Not having grown out of glam rock at the time this was released, and yet to feel the force of punk, I doubt that I can express the impact of this album/period better than this Discogs commentator: “There were plenty of Miles fans who threw their toys out the pram when they heard these concerts. “This is not jazz they would say” completely missing the point of what jazz is/was. As a 15 year old bought up on a diet of Zeppelin and Floyd hearing this on John Peels late night radio show where he played probably at least an albums worth it blew my mind . Of course I backtracked Miles entire career after hearing this. This is jazz but not as you know it Jim. Let’s be honest when Miles came back he was a different man and as good as some of his later albums were he never stretched people’s imagination like this again.” Could the Ottoman army have stopped fusion era Miles Davis? Not on this evidence.
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