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    Posted: February 08 2011 at 11:30
my favourite one is visions it's the greatest music mac laughlin ever did, even bird of fire is not as good
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Could argue the first three MO albums issued are a 'triology' because of a common line-up, but the belated Trident Studio Sessions then went and expanded that perception. So the link between the three listed here?
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Points: 2585 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 08 2011 at 11:43
the link between? the music quality of course and the chronology
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"Birds Of Fire" and the "Trident Sessions" stand above the rest for me. So yeah i chose Birds Of Fire.
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Birds Of Fire - one hell of a record!
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Points: 2585 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 08 2011 at 13:36
i'm not quite sure anybody had one more listening before voting but i knew what was about about to happenLOL some things never change!
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Points: 15745 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 08 2011 at 13:45
 
The worst cover art of them all, and still the greatest Mahavishnu ORCHESTRA record.
 
Birds of Fire is my least favorite actually, it really doesn't have such great stuff. Though 'Miles Beyond' is killer.
 
Visions of the Emerald Beyond has some killer material, especially 'Eternity's Breath'.
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Points: 32995 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 08 2011 at 13:51
May I thank the Admin, whomever it was, that removed the capitals and made the tiltle lower case.Thumbs Up
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jeff beck did a fantastic mahavishnu cover on stage during his last tour, you can have a look with the dvd AT RONNIE SCOTT'S and it's eternity's breath from visions of the emerald beyond,i saw him in north france, he blew my mind awayWink
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Points: 166178 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 08 2011 at 15:24
Visions.
 
BOF always seemed weak to me, and Apoc. was one hell of a disappointing album.
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I slightly prefer Visions over Apocalypse, Mahavishnu pt.2 is the winner generally - while pt.1 did great fusion, music of pt.2 stands over genres, verily "transcendental". 


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Points: 12938 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 08 2011 at 16:00
Originally posted by jean-marie jean-marie wrote:

jeff beck did a fantastic mahavishnu cover on stage during his last tour, you can have a look with the dvd AT RONNIE SCOTT'S and it's eternity's breath from visions of the emerald beyond,i saw him in north france, he blew my mind awayWink
 
I have that  DVD.I think i'm in love with the bass player.Wink
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Originally posted by Mellotron Storm Mellotron Storm wrote:

Originally posted by jean-marie jean-marie wrote:

jeff beck did a fantastic mahavishnu cover on stage during his last tour, you can have a look with the dvd AT RONNIE SCOTT'S and it's eternity's breath from visions of the emerald beyond,i saw him in north france, he blew my mind awayWink
 
I have that  DVD.I think i'm in love with the bass player.Wink                 at the show where i've been, jeff has changed the whole band line up,there were a black woman playing the bass ,quite powerful and funky
 but for sure tad wilkenfeld is amazing and wounderful
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Originally posted by jean-marie jean-marie wrote:

Originally posted by Mellotron Storm Mellotron Storm wrote:

Originally posted by jean-marie jean-marie wrote:

jeff beck did a fantastic mahavishnu cover on stage during his last tour, you can have a look with the dvd AT RONNIE SCOTT'S and it's eternity's breath from visions of the emerald beyond,i saw him in north france, he blew my mind awayWink
 
I have that  DVD.I think i'm in love with the bass player.Wink                 at the show where i've been, jeff has changed the whole band line up,there were a black woman playing the bass ,quite powerful and funky
 but for sure tad wilkenfeld is amazing and wounderful
Rhonda Smith she used to play bass with Prince.
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Points: 29625 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 08 2011 at 18:13
Love them all, but I rank Apocalypse at the top.  John wore that orchestra out.  I think the London folks must have had severe blisters on their fingers after those sessions.


Edited by Slartibartfast - February 08 2011 at 18:16
Released date are often when it it impacted you but recorded dates are when it really happened...
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Apocalypse comes just after visions, i think there are a few good tracks on the one nobody likes, i mean inner worlds,then after, the last real great times i had with mc laughlin was his album tittled electric guitarist on 1978 but i don't realy know later releases
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Points: 29625 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 09 2011 at 06:21
Originally posted by jean-marie jean-marie wrote:

Apocalypse comes just after visions, i think there are a few good tracks on the one nobody likes, i mean inner worlds,then after, the last real great times i had with mc laughlin was his album tittled electric guitarist on 1978 but i don't realy know later releases

I think Inner Worlds is the most mixed bag of what I consider the first run of the MO which started with Flame.  John would go on in '80's with yet another version of MO, but for me the magic was gone despite having Jonas Hellborg on board.  Lotus Feet on Worlds is superb.

I think Can't Stand Your Funk kind of sums up why the latter 70's MO albums aren't well favored around here.


Edited by Slartibartfast - February 09 2011 at 06:26
Released date are often when it it impacted you but recorded dates are when it really happened...
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