Mahavishnu Orchestra – Birds Of Fire
Tracklist
| A1 | Birds Of Fire | 5:44 | |
| A2 | Miles Beyond | 4:41 | |
| A3 | Celestial Terrestrial Commuters | 2:55 | |
| A4 | Sapphire Bullets Of Pure Love | 0:21 | |
| A5 | Thousand Island Park | 3:21 | |
| A6 | Hope | 1:57 | |
| B1 | One Word | 9:56 | |
| B2 | Sanctuary | 5:06 | |
| B3 | Open Country Joy | 3:54 | |
| B4 | Resolution | 2:09 |
Companies, etc.
- Engineered At – Trident Studios
- Engineered At – CBS Studios, New York
- Pressed By – Columbia Records Pressing Plant, Terre Haute
- Published By – Chinmoy Music, Inc.
- Phonographic Copyright ℗ – CBS Inc.
- Copyright © – CBS Inc.
Credits
- Bass – Rick Laird
- Design [Album] – Ashok (Chris Poisson)*
- Drums – Billy Cobham
- Engineer – Jim Green*, Ken Scott
- Guitar – John McLaughlin
- Keyboards, Synthesizer [Moog] – Jan Hammer
- Management – Nathan Weiss
- Photography By – Pranavananda
- Producer – The Mahavishnu Orchestra*
- Violin – Jerry Goodman
- Written-By – John McLaughlin
Notes
Engineered at Trident Studios, London, and CBS, New York.
Barcode and Other Identifiers
- Rights Society: BMI
- Matrix / Runout (Side A Label): AL 31996
- Matrix / Runout (Side B Label): BL 31996
- Matrix / Runout (Side A runout, variant 1): P AL 31996-2C 2T
- Matrix / Runout (Side B runout, variant 1): P BL 31996-2D T
- Matrix / Runout (Side A runout, variant 3): P AL 31996-2C 1T
- Matrix / Runout (Side B runout, variant 3): P BL 31996-2C 1T
- Matrix / Runout (Side A runout, variant 4): o P AL 31996-2C 1 T
- Matrix / Runout (Side B runout, variant 4): o P BL 31996-2D 1 T
- Matrix / Runout (Side A runout, variant 5): P AL 31996-2G
- Matrix / Runout (Side B runout, variant 5): o BL 31996-2B 1 T
- Matrix / Runout (Side A runout, variant 6): o P AL 31996-2C 1T
- Matrix / Runout (Side B runout, variant 6): o P BL 31996-2F 1T
Other Versions (5 of 145)
View All| Title (Format) | Label | Cat# | Country | Year | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Recently Edited | Birds Of Fire (Acetate, LP, 33 ⅓ RPM, Album, Stereo) | Columbia | 31996 | US | 1972 | ||
Recently Edited | Birds Of Fire (LP, Album, Stereo) | CBS, CBS | CBS S 65321, S 65321 | Europe | 1973 | ||
New Submission | Birds Of Fire (Album, LP) | CBS | SBP234294 | Australia | 1973 | ||
Recently Edited | Birds Of Fire (LP, Album) | CBS, CBS | 65321, S 65321 | UK | 1973 | ||
New Submission | Birds Of Fire (LP, Album, Quadraphonic, Pitman) | Columbia | CQ 31996 | US | 1973 |
Recommendations
1971 USVinyl —LP, Album, Stereo
Reviews
Groundbreaking record on so many fronts. The interplay between musicians is nothing short of stunning. This record, almost more than any other, jumpstarted the fusion genre, but it's not mindless and speedfreak drivel. Its songs that are well thought out and played with incredible skill. Too bad this was the last record with this lineup.
One of the best albums sound and music-wise in my collection
This is a fantastic album. I haven't listened to Mahavishnu Orchestra in years. I still remember the stoner friend who turned me on to them. Just gave this album a re-listen. It's great. No need to be stoned to appreciate it. And I normally really hate improvisational endless instrumental jazz. This - is good.
First Impression
Johnny Mac & Goodman absolutely burn, i've heard a few attempts to integrate violin into hard rock
there's King Crimson with poor inaudible David Cross being squished by the "flying brick wall" of Bruford & Wetton
and there's woefully out of tune Simon House with Bowie on his 1978 tour.
But if you want to hear it done well these guys nail it. Goodman's pitch perfect doubling of lead phrases adding even more brutality to JM's guitar tone
there's a pleasing amount of "Live Evil" style looseness which was a nice surprise.
then sadly Jan Hammer squelches out a lead break of utter cheese and you suddenly remember why Fusion/Prog became such a dirty word for so long
The very meaning of the word "fusion", physics aside. I have no idea where to place this album on the shelf. It is certainly jazz but would serve as a fiery flight of fantasy for any of the hardest of rock fans. The interplay between McLaughlin's guitar and Jerry Goodman's fiddle shows a precision only found in the finest of Indian classical music, so is it world music? One thing is for sure: If I ever reserve a section for my favorite albums, it will be in it.- One of my CBS LP copies has the name of the manufacturer redacted on the back and spine of the album cover. Does anyone know why the name would've been blacked out?
Have signed copy of this release. In overall Good+ condition. Message me if interested!
Minor variation, but my copy seems to be the same version, but with these matrix numbers:
A Side: P AL 31996-2C 1T
B Side: P BL 31996-2D
Release
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