Mahavishnu Orchestra "The Inner Mounting Flame"

Mahavishnu Orchestra "The Inner Mounting Flame"

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Mahavishnu Orchestra
The Inner Mounting Flame
The Story
"The Inner Mounting Flame" is a furious, high-energy, yet rigorously planned-through meeting of virtuosos that virtually defined the fusion of jazz and rock just one short year after Miles Davis' "Bitches Brew" milestone album. Though much press was devoted to the various jazz influences found throughout the record, the rock presence is more evident, especially on guitarist John McLauglin's lighting quick improvisations, mostly recorded using a special double-neck guitar. Billy Cobham's powerful and insistant drumming propelled the quintet (also featuring Jan Hammer, Rick Laid and Jerry Goodman), leading to charged, inspired jams on the faster numbers and spritually enhanced musical interplay on the softer pieces. In the early '70s, "The Inner Mounting Flame" caused as much stress on speaker cones due to high volume listening as the hardest of the Hendrix/Zeppelin offerings.
The Music
06:53 Meeting Of The Spirits Instrumental
05:20 Dawn Instrumental
06:29 The Noonward Race Instrumental
05:41 A Lotus On Irish Streams Instrumental
06:17 Vital Transformation Instrumental
07:16 The Dance Of Maya Instrumental
05:07 You Know You Know Instrumental
03:26 Awakening Instrumental
The Artists
John McLaughlin Guitar, Production
Billy Cobham Drums
Rick Laird Bass
Jan Hammer Piano
Jerry Goodman Violin
Don Puluse Engineer
Mark Wilder Remastering for Compact Disc
Ron Coro Design
Anthony Hixon Photography
All compositions by John McLauglin.