Shakti on YouTube

Documenting.  By one of those glorious accidents, I ran across a YouTube of Shakti from 1974, and as one might imagine it deserves to be noted here.

God, I love YouTube.

And that's just about what I'd have expected to see, to go along with those precious and magnificent audio recordings.  The greatest fault with the original Shakti is that there was not more of it.

Among those things that came along and just knocked my musical ear right on its very ass, Shakti rates among the highest;  unlike most folks I know, I don't consider the Mahavishnu Orchestra to be the crown jewel of McLaughlin's substantial career.  No offense to that great project, but I'll take Shakti any day.