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Mahavishnu Orchestra:
🎵 Birds of Fire

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The Inner Mounting Flame is the debut studio album by jazz-rock fusion band Mahavishnu Orchestra, recorded in August 1971 and released later that year by Columbia Records. After their formation, the group performed several gigs before they entered the studio to record their first album featuring all original material written by guitarist John McLaughlin. The album is credited to both Mahavishnu Orchestra and John McLaughlin.

Reviewing the album for JazzTimes in 1998, Bill Milkowski said:

...Cobham’s smoldering intensity on the kit and McLaughlin’s raging, distortion-soaked guitar lines, ...really grabbed rock crowds. More ethereal pieces like "The Dance of Maya", with its odd time signatures and arpeggios, and the haunting "You Know, You Know", a drum feature for Cobham, helped to create a kind of mystique about the Mahavishnu Orchestra that was wholly unprecedented for its time.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ofh_S52Uks

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Birds of Fire is the second studio album by jazz fusion band the Mahavishnu Orchestra. It was released in 1973 by Columbia Records and is the last studio album released by the original line-up before it dissolved.

Reviewing the album for All About Jazz in 2002, Walter Kolosky wrote of the title track:

"Birds of Fire," which opens up the album, is a fusion classic. John McLaughlin scares the hell out of his guitar with his melodic convulsions. If you ever want to frighten a musical neophyte, turn your stereo up really loud and play the cover tune – it's guaranteed to send him or her fleeing. - Wikipedia

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AulNvAR0u5c&list=PLJfwklRIOOp2H5Ib0mSoZ2ZAJxnFrgKUr&index=1

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White label promo of the first Japanese pressing of one of my favorite albums. Desert island pick for sure.

Mahavishnu Orchestra - Birds Of Fire

(1973 – Japan, Promo, CBS/Sony – SOPL-175)

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Putting together a progressive/classic rock (and more) cover band? Here's the drummer: Enzo.

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