Mahavishnu Orchestra (John McLaughlin) - Birds Of Fire [Japanese Ed.] (1973)

Year: March 29, 1973 (CD Feb 1, 1997)
Label: Sony Records (Japan), SRCS 9177
Style: Jazz Fusion, Progressive Rock, Jazz Rock
Country: New York City, U.S.
Time: 40:16
Format: Flac Tracks 16/44,1 kHz
Size: 255 Mb

Charts: US #15, AUS #38, GER #29, NOR #18, UK #20. US: Gold.
This is an absolute masterpiece!. For those who love (like me) progressive fusion jazz/rock will need to get your hands on this masterpiece. Without a question the first few MAHAV albums are some of the most aggressive and mind stretching albums of all time. The MAHAV's output from the Trident Studio days are to treasure in your collection for sure. Once again here we get a fantastic collaboration of musical instumentation and musical ideas. John McLaughlin's guitar solos are simply killer and being back by Hammer (keyboards), Laird (bass), Cobham (drums) and Goodman on violin makes this a real keeper. At times "Birds Of Fire" identifies a quasi - KING CRIMSON feel with lots of originality and musical sophistication. If you have high blood pressure, you may not want to plug in this album to your stereo. Absolutely stunning musicanship and one of the best fusion/prog albums your money can buy... Even a Miles Davis tune to boot.
(progarchives.com/album.asp?id=3357) Review by memowakeman. March 22, 2005

01. Birds Of Fire (05:46)

02. Miles Beyond (Miles Davis) (04:42)

03. Celestial Terrestrial Commuters (02:53)

04. Sapphire Bullets Of Pure Love (00:23)

05. Thousand Island Park (03:22)

06. Hope (01:58)

07. One Word (09:56)

08. Sanctuary (05:05)

09. Open Country Joy (03:56)

10. Resolution (02:10)

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The Graham Bond Organisation - The Sound Of '65 & There's A Bond Between Us [2LP on 1CD] (1965)

Year: 26 February 1965 / 10 December 1965 (CD 1999)
Label: BGO Records (UK), BGOCD500
Style: Blues Rock, British Invasion, Jazz Rock
Country: United Kingdom
Time: 75:50
Format: Flac Tracks 16/44,1 kHz
Size: 365 Mb

The Graham Bond Organisation (GBO) were a British blues/blues rock group of the mid-1960s consisting of Graham Bond (vocals, keyboards, alto-saxophone), Jack Bruce (bass), Ginger Baker (drums), Dick Heckstall-Smith (tenor/soprano saxophone) and John McLaughlin (guitar). They recorded several albums and further recordings were issued when the group's members achieved fame in jazz rock. On original releases, the spelling of the band's name varied between the British "S" and the American "Z".
At the start of the British rhythm and blues boom the Graham Bond Organisation earned a reputation for playing aggressive R & B with prominent jazz and blues. Bond was the primary songwriter but encouraged the other musicians to contribute material, including Dick Heckstall-Smith's "Dick's Instrumental" and Ginger Baker's "Camels and Elephants", in which the drummer explored ideas he eventually developed into his signature piece "Toad". Jack Bruce's harmonica-driven version of Peter Chatman's "Train Time" would become a staple in Cream's live performances.
The first commercial recording by the original lineup of the Graham Bond Organisation was released under the name of singer Winston G. (real name Winston Gork). A protege of expatriate Australian impresario Robert Stigwood, Winston had launched his career under the pseudonym "Johnny Apollo". In early 1965 both Winston and the Graham Bond Organisation were part of Stigwood-promoted UK package tour headlined by Chuck Berry (on which Stigwood incurred heavy losses). Since they shared management, the Graham Bond Organisation backed Winston on the Parlophone single "Please Don't Say" / "Like a Baby"; the A-side was credited "Arrangement directed by Graham Bond" and the B-side "Arrangement directed by Ginger Baker". The band signed for Decca Records who released their dynamic version of the Don Covay composition "Long Tall Shorty" in 1964, backed with "Long Legged Girl" ("Long Tall Shorty" had been popularised by US singer/organist Tommy Tucker). Their best-known single, and the second released under their own name, was "Tammy" (Jay Livingston/Ray Evans) / "Wade in the Water" (trad. arr. group), recorded on 4 January 1965 at Olympic Sound Studios, London (EMI Columbia DB 7471, 29 January 1965). The track also appeared on their debut album The Sound of 65 (EMI Columbia, March 1965).
(full version: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Graham_Bond_Organisation)

01. Hoochie Coochie Man (03:13)
02. Baby Make Love To Me (01:52)
03. Neighbour Neighbour (02:40)
04. Early In The Morning (01:50)
05. Spanish Blues (03:05)
06. On Baby (02:42)
07. Little Girl (02:15)
08. I Want You (01:45)
09. Wade In The Water (02:41)
10. Got My Mojo Working (03:11)
11. Train Time (02:24)
12. Baby Be Good To Me (02:35)
13. Half A Man (02:06)
14. Tammy (02:49)
15. Who's Afraid Of Virginia Woolf? (02:05)
16. Her Me Calling Your Name (02:37)
17. The Night Time Is The Right Time (03:01)
18. Walkin' In The Park (03:30)
19. Last Night (03:00)
20. Baby Can It Be True? (05:04)
21. What'd I Say? (04:16)
22. Dick's Instrumental (02:33)
23. Don't Let Go (02:43)
24. Keep A'Drivin' (02:04)
25. Have You Ever Loved A Woman? (04:53)
26. Camels And Elephants (04:43)

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Mahavishnu Orchestra - The Inner Mounting Flame [MFSL-CD] (1971)

Year: November 3, 1971 (CD 1999)
Label: Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab (US), UDCD 744
Style: Jazz Fusion, Progressive Rock
Country: New York City, U.S.
Time: 46:26
Format: Flac Tracks 16/44,1 kHz
Size: 292 Mb

The Inner Mounting Flame is the debut studio album by jazz-rock fusion band Mahavishnu Orchestra. After their formation, the group performed several gigs before they entered the studio to record their first album featuring all original material written by guitarist John McLaughlin. The album is credited to both Mahavishnu Orchestra and John McLaughlin.
Reviewing the album for JazzTimes in 1998, Bill Milkowski said:
One is struck by the grandiose reach of the quintet that dared to call itself an orchestra. Pieces like "Meeting of the Spirits" and the fragile, acoustic "A Lotus on Irish Streams" are like classically-inspired suites in miniature. But it was numbers like "Noonward Race", "Vital Transformation" and especially "Awakening", fueled by Cobham’s smoldering intensity on the kit and McLaughlin’s raging, distortion-soaked guitar lines, that really grabbed rock crowds. More ethereal pieces like "The Dance of Maya", with its odd time signatures and arpeggios, and the haunting "You Know, You Know", a drum feature for Cobham, helped to create a kind of mystique about the Mahavishnu Orchestra that was wholly unprecedented for its time.
In a retrospective review for Allmusic, Richard S. Ginell wrote that The Inner Mounting Flame "is the album that made John McLaughlin a semi-household name, a furious, high-energy, yet rigorously conceived meeting of virtuosos that, for all intents and purposes, defined the fusion of jazz and rock a year after Miles Davis' Bitches Brew breakthrough".
(en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Inner_Mounting_Flame)

01. Meeting of the Spirits (06:51)
02. Dawn (05:15)
03. Noonward Race (06:29)
04. A Lotus on Irish Streams (05:40)
05. Vital Transformation (06:16)
06. The Dance of Maya (07:17)
07. You Know, You Know (05:07)
08. Awakening (03:28)

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The Graham Bond Organisation - There's A Bond Between Us [6 bonus tracks] (1965)

Year: 10 December 1965 (CD 2009)
Label: Repertoire Records (Germany), REP 5117
Style: Blues Rock, British Invasion, Jazz Rock
Country: United Kingdom
Time: 59:09
Format: Flac Tracks 16/44,1 kHz
Size: 312 Mb

Jack Bruce (Bass, Vocals), Ginger Baker (Drums, Original Cover Design), Graham Bond (Hammond Organ, Alto Saxophone, Mellotron, Lead Vocals), Dick Heckstall-Smith (Tenor Saxophone), Robert Stigwood (Producer).
Bond's second album stakes out similar territory as his debut in a more polished but slightly less exciting fashion. Some of the covers are a bit routine and hackneyed, and the original material isn't quite as strong (or frequent) as on the first effort. On a few tunes, the group expands from rave-ups to mellower, jazzier ballads that retain an R&B base. Highlights include the early Jack Bruce composition "Hear Me Calling Your Name" (to which he also contributes a fine lead vocal) and the excellent Bond tune "Walkin' in the Park," which holds up to the best early British R&B numbers. The album is also notable for being one of the very first rock LPs to feature the Mellotron, which Bond uses subtly and well.
(allmusic.com/album/theres-a-bond-between-us-mw0000788075)

01. Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf (02:04)
02. Hear Me Calling Your Name (02:37)
03. The Night Time Is the Right Time (03:00)
04. Walkin' in the Park (03:30)
05. Last Night (02:59)
06. Baby Can It Be True (05:03)
07. What'd I Say (04:15)
08. Dick's Instrumental (02:32)
09. Don't Let Go (02:43)
10. Keep a Drivin' (Stereo) (02:05)
11. Have You Ever Loved a Woman (04:52)
12. Camels and Elephants (04:42)
13. Lease on Love (Stereo) (Single A-Side) [Bonus Track] (02:58)
14. My Heart's in Little Pieces (Stereo) (Single B-Side) [Bonus Track] (03:23)
15. Saint James Infirmary (Single A-Side) [Bonus Track] (03:40)
16. Soul Tango (Single B-Side) [Bonus Track] (03:12)
17. You've Gotta Have Love Babe (Single A-Side) [Bonus Track] (02:32)
18. I Love You (Single B-Side) [Bonus Track] (02:53)

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