The Inner Mounting Flame
The Inner Mounting Flame is Mahavishnu Orchestra's first studio album, released in 1971 and consisting solely of original compositions by John McLaughlin.
The track "You Know, You Know" was sampled in Massive Attack's "One Love", Mos Def's "Kalifornia", Black Sheep's single "Similak Child", David Sylvian's "I Surrender", Cecil Otter's "Rebel Yellow" and Blahzay Blahzay's "Intro" from Blah Blah Blah album. The band Gumball covered the song "Awakening" on their 1992 Wisconsin Hayride EP.
A remastered version of the album, on CD, was released in 1998 by Sony Music Entertainment. It features a facsimile of the LP front cover, a new set of liner notes by Bob Belden, as well as many photographs of the band. "The Inner Mounting Flame" was included in 2011 as part of "The Complete Columbia Albums Collection" boxset, along with the other albums by the first line-up of the band, including "The Lost Trident Sessions". This version includes a version of "The Noonward Race" recorded live at the Mar Y Sol Pop Festival 3 April 1972. That version was previously available on the compilation album Mar Y Sol: The First International Puerto Rico Pop Festival, but the version included in the boxset is two minutes longer.
Track listing
All tracks composed by John McLaughlin.
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| 1. | "Meeting of the Spirits" | 6:52 |
| 2. | "Dawn" | 5:10 |
| 3. | "The Noonward Race" | 6:28 |
| 4. | "A Lotus on Irish Streams" | 5:39 |
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| 1. | "Vital Transformation" | 6:16 |
| 2. | "The Dance of Maya" | 7:17 |
| 3. | "You Know You Know" | 5:07 |
| 4. | "Awakening" | 3:32 |
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| 9. | "Noonward Race (live)" | 15:03 |
Personnel
Mahavishnu Orchestra
Additional personnel
- Don Puluse: engineer
- Robert Honablue: engineer
Charts
- Album
Billboard (North America)[5]
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Chart |
Position |
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| 1972 |
Jazz Albums |
11 |
| 1972 |
Pop Albums |
89 |
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