For " Panthalassa ", Laswell took the tapes from Miles'" electric period " and re-imagined them, the impetus for the project being that the original releases were just mixes made by Teo Macero from long in-studio sessions.
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Pangaea straddled the equator and extended toward the poles, with a corresponding effect on ocean currents in the single great ocean ( " Panthalassa ", the " universal sea " ), and the Paleo-Tethys Ocean, a large ocean that was between Asia and Gondwana.
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Laswell's " Panthalassa : The Music of Miles Davis ( 1969-74 ) " ( Columbia ) draws from the 16-track master tapes of sessions that resulted in Davis'" In a Silent Way " ( 1969 ), " On the Corner " ( 1972 ) and " Get Up With It " ( 1974 ).