Birds of Fire
Studio album by Mahavishnu Orchestra
Released	March, 1973
Recorded	August 1972
Genre	Jazz-rock Jazz fusion
Length	39:53
Label	Columbia
Producer	Mahavishnu Orchestra
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link
Mahavishnu Orchestra chronology
The Inner Mounting Flame (1971) Birds of Fire (1972) The Lost Trident Sessions (1973)

Birds of Fire (1973) is the Mahavishnu Orchestra's second studio album and the last one performed by the original Mahavishnu Orchestra line-up, before Jean-Luc Ponty replaced Jerry Goodman on violin and Narada Michael Walden replaced Billy Cobham on drums. (See 1973 in music.) Cover of the Mahavishnu Orchestra album Birds Of Fire. ... A studio album is a collection of previously unreleased, studio-recorded tracks by a recording artist. ... The original lineup in 1972, featuring Billy Cobham, John McLaughlin, Jerry Goodman, Jan Hammer and Rick Laird. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Jazz fusion (sometimes referred to simply as fusion) is a musical genre that loosely encompasses the merging of jazz with other styles, particularly rock, funk, R&B, and world music. ... Bitches Brew (1970) by Miles Davis is considered the most influential early fusion album. ... This does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... In the music industry, a record producer (or music producer) has many roles, among them controlling the recording sessions, coaching and guiding the musicians, organizing and scheduling production budget and resources, and supervising the recording, mixing and mastering processes. ... The original lineup in 1972, featuring Billy Cobham, John McLaughlin, Jerry Goodman, Jan Hammer and Rick Laird. ... The All Music Guide (AMG) is a metadata database about music owned by All Media Guide. ... Image File history File links 5_stars. ... The original lineup in 1972, featuring Billy Cobham, John McLaughlin, Jerry Goodman, Jan Hammer and Rick Laird. ... The Inner Mounting Flame (1971) is the Mahavishnu Orchestras first studio album. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... The original lineup in 1972, featuring Billy Cobham, John McLaughlin, Jerry Goodman, Jan Hammer and Rick Laird. ... Grappelli (left) and Jean-Luc Ponty (right). ... Jerry Goodman is an American violinist, mostly known for playing in the fusion jazz band Mahavishnu Orchestra. ... Michael Walden (born April 23, 1952, in Kalamazoo, Michigan USA) is an American producer, drummer, singer, and songwriter. ... Billy Cobham performing on Réunion in October 2006. ... See also: 1970s in music. ...

The back cover of the LP features a poem entitled "Revelation" by Sri Chinmoy. Sri Chinmoy (Bengali: )(born August 27, 1931), originally Chinmoy Kumar Ghose, is an Indian philosopher, spiritual teacher (guru), musician, and author. ...

A remastered version of the album, on CD, was released in 2000 by Sony Music Entertainment. It features a facsimile of the LP cover, a new set of liner notes by Bill Milkowski, as well as photographs of the band. Remaster (and its derivations, frequently found in the phrases digitally remastered or digital remastering) is a word and concept ushered into the mass consciousness via the digital age, although it had existed before then. ... CD may stand for: Compact Disc Canadian Forces Decoration Cash Dispenser (at least used in Japan) CD LPMud Driver Centrum-Demokraterne (Centre Democrats of Denmark) Certificate of Deposit České Dráhy (Czech Railways) Chad (NATO country code) Chalmers Datorförening (computer club of the Chalmers University of Technology) a 1960s... Sony Music Entertainment is a major global record label controlled by the Sony Corporation. ... Liner notes are the booklets which come inserted into the compact disc jewel case or any sound recording container. ...

As in the case of The Mahavishnu Orchestra's previous album, The Inner Mounting Flame, Birds of Fire consisted solely of compositions by John McLaughlin. This includes the track "Miles Beyond (Miles Davis)", which McLaughlin dedicated to his former bandleader. The Inner Mounting Flame (1971) is the Mahavishnu Orchestras first studio album. ... John McLaughlin John McLaughlin (aka pinyon)(born January 4, 1942), also Mahavishnu John McLaughlin, is a jazz fusion guitar player from Doncaster, Yorkshire in England. ... Miles Dewey Davis III (26 May 1926 – 28 September 1991) was one of the most influential musicians of the latter half of the 20th century. ...

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

Personnel

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

Several people are named John McLaughlin: John McLaughlin (musician), an English jazz fusion guitar player. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Rick Laird is a jazz musician, born on February 5, 1940. ... The electric bass guitar (or electric bass) is a string instrument played with the fingers by plucking, slapping, or using a pick. ... Billy Cobham performing on Réunion in October 2006. ... A percussion instrument is any object which produces a sound by being struck with an implement, shaken, rubbed, scraped, or by any other action which sets the object into vibration. ... Jan Hammer on the cover of Berklee Today Magazine Jan Hammer (pronounced yaan hah-mur) (born 17 April 1948, in Prague, Czechoslovakia) is a composer and musician. ... Piano, a well-known instance of keyboard instruments A keyboard instrument is any musical instrument played using a musical keyboard. ... The term Moog(pronounced // as in moan) synthesizer can refer to any number of analog synthesizers designed by Dr. Robert Moog or manufactured by Moog Music, and is commonly used as a generic term for analog and digital music synthesisers. ... Jerry Goodman is an American violinist, mostly known for playing in the fusion jazz band Mahavishnu Orchestra. ... The violin is a bowed string instrument with four strings tuned in perfect fifths. ...

Miscellanea

The rock band They Might Be Giants borrowed the song title "Sapphire Bullets Of Pure Love" for a song on their album Flood. The songs are only related by title. The Mahavishnu Orchestra song is simply a very short instrumental jam interlude between "Celestial Terrestrial Commuters" and "Thousand Island Park", while the They Might Be Giants song is a literal interpretation of the lyrics, describing sapphire bullets fired from a revolver. They Might Be Giants (commonly abbreviated to TMBG) is an American alternative rock duo consisting of John Linnell and John Flansburgh that formed in 1982. ... Flood is the third studio album by They Might Be Giants, and their first with a major label, Elektra Records. ... rEVOLVEr (2004) is the fourth studio album release by Swedish thrash metal band The Haunted. ...

External links

• Sri Chinmoy Poetry: Revelation