Miles Davis - Agharta

Now that's a big one! Everything that needed to be said about Davis, and his Fusion phase, has already been said at this point, and I'm not gonna bother detailing all the background surrounding this release and concert, as you can read it all, every tiny curiosity, at Discogs and Wiki; yes, it's a lot! All you need to know is that this record is the peak from this era, and I won't accept rebuttals! Not only you got The Man himself, with his wah-wah-ed trumpet and a super nasty noisy organ, but also Mtume, from the super underated Mtume Umoa Ensemble, with its sole live album (which I should post soon), and Pete Cosey, with some also nasty noisy guitar, fed through some synth filter. No Corea or Hancock though, but no matter, the whole band is in great form. Which I think is a great point in this album; Davis gives a lot of space to the other musicians. Cosey's guitar is the highlight for me here. I can only imagine how relentless it sounded live. You can hear on the second track, "Prelude (Part 2)/Maiysha", the guitar just falling apart, phasing in and out, due to the (I believe) the synth filter and the loudness that the tape couldn't probably capture.
Only four tracks here; a 30 minutes or something "prelude", divided in two parts, a variation on the Jack Johnson soundtrack, and an 20 minutes "interlude". But in reality these tracks are made up of various different tracks from Davis' catalog, but they run consecutively, seamlessly, as long ass tracks. It has an interesting sense of space, as songs are interrupted, and transitoned from one to the other, with pauses and solos. The organ drones are quite the interesting touch. It's not just one unhinged Funk assault too; the "Maiysha" section is a Cool-esque break. The third has some amazing flute and synth noises interplay, synths that continue into the last and gives us some amazing intro. The structure overall is just super well constructed, going up and down on intensity, like a collage of best-of moments with some additional noises here and there.
And before I forget, the gorgeous artwork is made by none other than Tadanori Yokoo, and yes, it's live in Japan, and YES, this the Japanese vinyl rip (as all signs lead me to believe).