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Mahavishnu Orchestra: Inner Worlds

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Label: Columbia Records
Released: 1975
Time:
 44:07
Category: Jazz Fusion
Producer(s): John McLaughlin, John Snyder
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Media type: CD
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Appears with: John McLaughlin, Jan Hammer, Billy Cobham, Jean-Luc Ponty, Bill Evans
Purchase date: 2012
Price in €: 1,00





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[1] All in the Family (McLaughlin) - 6:02
[2] Miles Out (McLaughlin) - 6:44
[3] In My Life (McLaughlin, Walden) - 3:22
[4] Gita (McLaughlin) - 4:29
[5] Morning Calls (McLaughlin, Walden) - 1:23
[6] The Way of the Pilgrim (Walden) - 5:15
[7] River of My Heart (Anderson, Walden) - 3:41
[8] Planetary Citizen (Armstrong) - 2:14
[9] Lotus Feet (McLaughlin) - 4:24
[10] Inner Worlds Parts 1&2 (Goldberg, McLaughlin) - 6:37

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John Mclaughlin - Guitars, Vocals, Prpducer
Stu Goldberg - Organ, Piano, Keyboards, Vocals, Clavinet, Mini Moog
Ralphe Armstrong - Bass
Narada Michael Walden - Percussion, Piano, Conga, Drums, Marimba, Vocals, Tympani, Shaker

John Snyder - Reissue Producer
Dennis MacKay - Associate Producer
Vic Anesini - Digital Mastering
Lee Jeske - Liner Notes

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1990 CD Columbia CK 52923

Recorded at Le Chateau Herouville, France, July and August 1975.



The state of the second Mahavishnu Orchestra continued to be volatile in 1975, with violinist Jean-Luc Ponty out, keyboardist Gayle Moran replaced by Stu Goldberg, and all string and horn backings removed, leaving just a steaming quartet and this lone remarkable album. The addition of Goldberg, a more interesting musician than Moran, is significant, but the biggest charge is provided by the leader who, in tandem with the latest electronic equipment, turns in some of his most passionately alive playing of the whole Mahavishnu series. The leadoff track, "All in the Family," has fantastic energy and drive, pushed on by Narada Michael Walden's drums and marimba. "Miles Out" has John McLaughlin doing some inspired jamming with his guitar hooked into a "360 Systems Frequency Shifter" (an electronic device with the wildly fluid sound of a ring-modulator), and he moves over to an early guitar synthesizer on "Morning Calls," "Lotus Feet," and the streaking title track. There is some funk residue from Visions of the Emerald Beyond on "Planetary Citizen," yet oddly enough, the so-so soul vocals from Walden on several tracks, and one by bassist Ralphe Armstrong, do not harm the cause, as the playing of the quartet is so fiery. But this somewhat overlooked album would be the last hurrah for the Mahavishnu concept for nearly a decade - and when it returned, the sounds it produced would bear little resemblance to this power-packed music.

Richard S. Ginell - All Music Guide



Inner Worlds is an album by the Mahavishnu Orchestra. It was the group's sixth album release. In 1975, violinist Jean-Luc Ponty and keyboardist Gayle Moran left the band. Stu Goldberg was brought in as a replacement for Moran. Although they were not officially recorded, initially this version of the group still retained Norma Jean Bell, Carol Shrive, Russell Stubbs and Steve Kindler. After some hasty rehearsals, this line-up toured with Jeff Beck. After the tour, McLaughlin pared the band down to a quartet of himself, Goldberg, Walden and Armstrong, and then the album was recorded. This would be the last album by the Mahavishnu Orchestra for nearly ten years, when leader and guitarist John McLaughlin re-formed the group in 1984. The track "Planetary Citizen" was often used by early hip-hop DJs and producers for its drum break and vocals .[citation needed] One example is the use of the vocals as a significant feature of the Massive Attack track "Unfinished Sympathy".

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