MAHAVISHNU ORCHESTRA

Inner Mounting Flame

SEALED limited edition 180 gram Vinyl LP. Columbia/Speakers Corner ACOL 31067. Stereo, limited edition remastered reissue. COVER & VINYL: MINT still sealed, never played.

Originally released in 1971.

Hype Sticker on Shrink-Wrap:
Speakers Corner Records

• 180 gram Virgin Vinyl
• High Quality Pressing
• Pure Analogue Audiophile Mastering

This Speakers Corner LP was remastered using pure analogue components only, from the master tapes through to the cutting head. All royalties and mechanical rights have been paid.

The liner notes for The Inner Mounting Flame were written by the guru Sri Chinmoy – now that's a real sales point! The music too burns right from the very first note to the last as though it were licked by the flames of hell fire. The wealth of ideas, sheer vitality and supreme soloistic virtuosity of the five top-notch musicians from four different countries is absolutely first class. In addition there is their truly dreamlike interplay; one could say they were born and grew up with the same "spirit." "Meeting Of The Spirit," "The Dance Of Maya" and "You Know You Know" are the highlights of his first Mahavishnu Orchestra. Aspiration – struggle, hope and desire – is seen as an inner mounting flame which takes man towards "divine perfection." Well, opinions differ of course. But what is certain is that this music from 1971 is still amazingly fresh and creative even 36 years later – and luckily it is available once again in the form of a 180 gram vinyl disc.

JOHN McLAUGHLIN / JAN HAMMER / BILLY COBHAM / RICK LAIRD / JERRY GOODMA

Tracklist A1
Meeting Of The Spirits6:50A2
Dawn5:15A3
The Noonward Race6:27A4
A Lotus On Irish Streams5:41B1
Vital Transformation6:14B2
The Dance Of Maya7:15B3
You Know You Know5:06B4
Awakening3:30

***FACTORY SEALED***NEVER PLAYED***

 

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