The foundation is held loosely in place by bassist Dave Holland and drummer Stu Martin.

With the reissue on CD in 1993, the album was retroactively credited to McLaughlin alone, a move suggested to have been for "marketing purposes only".

A one-off studio record between 5 accomplished musicians who never recorded as a group subsequently, the two studio efforts necessary to complete the album were fit in between and/or after: John Surman working with Barre Phillips and Stu Martin in “The Trio” (Dawn LP – DNLS 3006), John McLaughlin working with Miles Davis, Karl touring with Don Cherry in Europe, and Dave also working with Miles.

The entire album is included on the 3-CD set John Surman: Glancing Backwards, the Dawn anthology.

[citation needed] It was subsequently issued on CD by Esoteric Recordings in 2017 (ECLEC 2605), with a new mix by Ben Wiseman.