MAHAVISHNU ORCHESTRA Birds Of Fire 1973 UK 1st PRESS - ONCE PLAYED - MINT
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May 21, 2015
Sold Date
May 11, 2015
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Description
MAHAVISHNU ORCHESTRA Birds Of Fire 1973 UK 1st PRESS - ONCE PLAYED - MINT
MAHAVISHNU ORCHESTRABirds of Fire
UK CBS RECORDS (65321) FIRST PRESSING (March 1973)
BEAUTIFUL COPY OF A FANTASTIC PIECE OF WORK - PLAYED ONCE, IF AT ALL AND DELIVERING FLAWLESS SOUND
RECORD: MINT shines like-new without a mark and delivers immaculate sound throughout
LABELS: MINT clean and unmarked with possibly one light spindle trace
SLEEVE: NEAR MINT crisp, clean, sharp and fresh - just a touch of rub to the bottom front (please see close-up photos) - nothing really
PRESSED WITH THE FIRST ISSUE SOLID ORANGE CBS LABELS
MATRIX: S 65321 A3 / S 65321 B1
THE RECORD IS HOUSED IN THE ORIGINAL LIGHTLY TEXTURED MATT SLEEVE PRINTED BY “Shorewood Packaging Co. Ltd., England”
COMPLETE WITH THE ORIGINAL CBS ADVERTISING INNER SLEEVE
Guitarist John McLaughlin was in on the birth of jazz-rock fusion, having played with both Miles Davis and Tony Williams' Lifetime in the early '70s and McLaughlin applied what he'd learned with his own pioneering fusion band, the Mahavishnu Orchestra and this second effort is the their definitive recording.
The tempestuous mix of jazz, rock, and Eastern influences is at its height here, and all of the players in this notoriously ego-plagued group challenge themselves--and each other--to push the envelope.
The themes, generally stated by McLaughlin and searing electric violinist Jerry Goodman, sound regal, unfolding in an elegant, magisterial way.
Drummer Billy Cobham (another Miles alumnus) provides pounding polyrhythms over which McLaughlin and Goodman mix it up with keyboardist Jan Hammer.
Hammer's synthesizer solos blazed a new trail for the synthesizer as a lead-instrument, particularly in his guitar-like use of pitch-bend.
The pastoral, acoustic strains of "Thousand Island Park" provide a brief respite before the listener is hurled back into the firestorm.
"Hope" could be a distant cousin of Led Zeppelin's Kashmir, while the closing "Resolution" bears similarities to Red-era King Crimson, making it plain that Birds Of Fire takes both sides of the jazz-rock sound seriously
Side 1:
Birds Of Fire (5:44)
Miles Beyond (4:41)
Celestial Terrestrial Commuters (2:55)
Sapphire Bullets Of Pure Love (0:21)
Thousand Island Park (3:21)
Hope (1:57)
Side 2:
One Word (9:56)
Sanctuary (5:06)
Open Country Joy (3:54)
Resolution (2:09)
POST & PACKING:
A PROTECTIVE POLY SLEEVE, NEW INNER SLEEVE WITH ANTI-STATIC LINER, QUALITY BOX (NOT ENVELOPE) MAILER AND AMPLE STIFFENERS ARE ALWAYS USED TO ENSURE THAT YOUR RECORD ARRIVES SAFELY
UK: FREE (2nd class standard)
UK: £9.00 (Royal Mail Special Delivery Next Day by 1pm)
EUROPE: Airmail: £14.00 (International Signed For delivery)
INTERNATIONAL: Airmail: £17.00 (International Signed For delivery)
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