The Inner Mounting Flame
The Inner Mounting Flame | ||||
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Studio album by Mahavishnu Orchestra | ||||
Released | November 3, 1971 | |||
Recorded | August 14, 1971 | |||
Genre | Jazz fusion, progressive rock | |||
Length | 46:15[1] | |||
Label | Columbia | |||
Producer | John McLaughlin | |||
Mahavishnu Orchestra chronology | ||||
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Source | Rating |
Allmusic | |
Robert Christgau | (A)[3] |
Sputnikmusic | |
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide |
The Inner Mounting Flame is the debut studio album by multinational jazz-rock fusion band Mahavishnu Orchestra, released in August 1971 by Columbia Records. After their formation, the group performed several debut gigs before they entered the studio to record their first album featuring all original material written by guitarist John McLaughlin.
Information
A remastered version of the album, on CD, was released in 1998 by Sony Music Entertainment. It features a facsimile of the LP front cover, a new set of liner notes by Bob Belden, as well as many photographs of the band. "The Inner Mounting Flame" was included in 2011 as part of "The Complete Columbia Albums Collection" boxset, along with the other albums by the first line-up of the band, including "The Lost Trident Sessions". This version includes a version of "The Noonward Race" recorded live at the Mar Y Sol Pop Festival 3 April 1972. That version was previously available on the compilation album Mar Y Sol: The First International Puerto Rico Pop Festival, but the version included in the boxset is two minutes longer.
Track listing
All tracks composed by John McLaughlin.
Side one | ||
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No. | Title | Length |
1. | "Meeting of the Spirits" | 6:52 |
2. | "Dawn" | 5:10 |
3. | "The Noonward Race" | 6:28 |
4. | "A Lotus on Irish Streams" | 5:39 |
Side two | ||
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No. | Title | Length |
1. | "Vital Transformation" | 6:16 |
2. | "The Dance of Maya" | 7:17 |
3. | "You Know You Know" | 5:07 |
4. | "Awakening" | 3:32 |
2011 remaster bonus track | ||
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No. | Title | Length |
9. | "Noonward Race (live)" | 15:03 |
Personnel
Mahavishnu Orchestra
Additional personnel
- Don Puluse - engineer
- Robert Honablue - engineer
Charts
- Album
Year | Chart | Position |
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1972 | Jazz Albums | 11 |
1972 | Pop Albums | 89 |
References
- ↑ https://www.amazon.de/Inner-Mounting-Flame-Mahavishnu-Orchestra/dp/B001UJ04KG/ref=tmm_msc_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=
- ↑ The Inner Mounting Flame at AllMusic
- ↑ Robert Christgau
- ↑ Sputnikmusic
- ↑ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 135. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
- ↑ "The Inner Mounting Flame - Mahavishnu Orchestra,John McLaughlin | Awards | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved 1 January 2014.