Mahavishnu Orchestra - (Jazz-Rock-Fusion / US)

CD1: The Mahavishnu Orchestra with John McLaughlin - "The Inner Mounting Flame" - 1971





Track Listing:

All tracks composed by John McLaughlin.

1. "Meeting of the Spirits" – 6:52
2. "Dawn" – 5:18
3. "Noonward Race" – 6:28
4. "A Lotus on Irish Streams" – 5:39
5. "Vital Transformation" – 6:16
6. "The Dance of Maya" – 7:17
7. "You Know You Know" – 5:07
8. "Awakening" – 3:32

Total Time: 45:30

The Band:

# John McLaughlin: guitar
# Rick Laird: bass
# Billy Cobham: drums, percussion
# Jan Hammer: keyboards, organ
# Jerry Goodman: violin



CD2: Mahavishnu Orchestra - "Birds of Fire" - 1973





Track Listing:

All tracks composed by John McLaughlin.

1. "Birds of Fire" – 5:50
2. "Miles Beyond (Miles Davis)" – 4:47
3. "Celestial Terrestrial Commuters" – 2:54
4. "Sapphire Bullets of Pure Love" – 0:24
5. "Thousand Island Park" – 3:23
6. "Hope" – 1:59
7. "One Word" – 9:57
8. "Sanctuary" – 5:05
9. "Open Country Joy" – 3:56
10. "Resolution" – 2:09

Total Time: 39:53

The Band:

# John McLaughlin - Guitar
# Rick Laird - Bass
# Billy Cobham - Percussion
# Jan Hammer - Keyboards, Moog synthesizer
# Jerry Goodman - Violin



CD3: Mahavishnu Orchestra - "Between Nothingness and Eternity" (Live) - 1973





Track Listing:

1. "Trilogy: Sunlit Path/La Mere de la Mer/Tomorrow's Story Not the Same" - (John McLaughlin )– 12:01
2. "Sister Andrea" - (Jan Hammer) – 8:22
3. "Dream" - (John McLaughlin) – 21:24

Total Time: 42:00

The Band:

* John McLaughlin - Guitar
* Jan Hammer - Keyboards, Organ, Fender Rhodes
* Jerry Goodman - Violin
* Rick Laird - Bass
* Billy Cobham - Percussion



CD4: Mahavishnu Orchestra - "Apocalypse" - 1974





Track Listing:

All tracks composed by John McLaughlin

1. "Power of Love" – 4:36
2. "Vision is a Naked Sword" – 14:16
3. "Smile of the Beyond" – 7:56
4. "Wings of Karma" – 6:12
5. "Hymn to Him" – 19:23

Total Time: 52:23

The Band:

* John McLaughlin - guitars, Vocal Composer
* Gayle Moran - keyboards, vocals
* Jean-Luc Ponty - Electric violin, Electric Baritone Violin
* Ralphe Armstrong - Bass Guitar, vocals
* Narada Michael Walden - drums, percussion, vocals

with

* Michael Tilson Thomas - Conductor, Piano
* Michael Gibbs - Orchestration
* Marsha Westbrook - Viola
* George Martin - Producer
* Carol Shive - Violin, vocals
* Philip Hirschi - Cello, vocals
* Geoff Emerick - Engineer



CD5: Mahavishnu Orchestra - "Visions of the Emerald Beyond" - 1975





Track Listing:

All songs by John McLaughlin except "Cosmic Strut" by Narada Michael Walden.

1. "Eternity's Breath, Pt. 1" - 3:10
2. "Eternity's Breath, Pt. 2" - 4:50
3. "Lila's Dance" - 5:37
4. "Can't Stand Your Funk" - 2:10
5. "Pastoral" - 3:41
6. "Faith" - 2:01
7. "Cosmic Strut" - 3:29
8. "If I Could See" - 1:17
9. "Be Happy" - 3:33
10. "Earth Ship" - 3:43
11. "Pegasus" - 1:48
12. "Opus 1" - 0:25
13. "On the Way Home to Earth" - 4:45

Total Time: 40:23

The Band:

* John McLaughlin - guitars, vocals
* Steve Kindler - 1st violin
* Jean-Luc Ponty - violin, vocals, electric violin,baritone violin
* Ralphe Armstrong -bass guitar, vocals, contrabass
* Philip Hirschi - cello
* Bob Knapp - flute, trumpet, flugelhorn, vocals, wind
* Narada Michael Walden - percussion, drums, vocals, clavinet
* Gayle Moran - keyboards, vocals
* Carol Shive - 2nd violin, vocals
* Russell Tubbs - alto and soprano sax



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Mahavishnu Orchestra & John McLaughlin - Inner Worlds (1976- 1994, Columbia, 476905 2)

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