Mahavishnu (album)

Mahavishnu
Mahavishnu
Studio album by Mahavishnu Orchestra
Released	October 8, 1984
Recorded	April–May 1984
Studio	Ramses Studios, Paris
Genre	Jazz fusion
Length	41:52
Label	Warner Bros.
Producer	John McLaughlin
Mahavishnu Orchestra chronology
John McLaughlin chronology

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[2]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide	^[3]

Mahavishnu is an album by the Mahavishnu Orchestra, released in 1984 by Warner Bros. Records. During the 1980s, John McLaughlin reformed the Mahavishnu Orchestra for release of the two albums Mahavishnu and Adventures in Radioland. This band's overall sound was radically different from the original Mahavishnu Orchestra, in particular because of McLaughlin's extensive use of the Synclavier synthesiser system. This album features original Mahavishnu Orchestra drummer Billy Cobham.

Track listing[edit]

All songs written by John McLaughlin, except where noted.

Side one
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Radio-Activity"	6:52
2.	"Nostalgia"	5:56
3.	"Nightriders"	3:47
4.	"East Side West Side"	4:55

Side two
No.	Title	Music	Length
1.	"Clarendon Hills"	Bill Evans	6:03
2.	"Jazz"		1:43
3.	"The Unbeliever"		2:47
4.	"Pacific Express"		6:30
5.	"When Blue Turns Gold"		3:19

Personnel[edit]

Mahavishnu Orchestra[edit]

John McLaughlin - Synclavier II, Digital Guitar, Les Paul Special
Mitchel Forman - Fender Rhodes, Yamaha DX7, Yamaha "Blow Torch" Piano on "Clarendon Hills"
Jonas Hellborg - Fretless Bass Guitar, Fretted bass guitar
Bill Evans - Tenor Saxophone, Soprano Saxophone, Flute
Billy Cobham - Drums, Percussion

Additional personnel[edit]

Danny Gottlieb - Percussion
Hari Prasad Chaurasia - Flute on "When Blue Turns Gold"
Zakir Hussain - Tabla on "When Blue Turns Gold"
Katia Labeque - Synclavier II with Velocity/Pressure Keyboard (VPK), Yamaha DX7, and Acoustic Piano on "When Blue Turns Gold"

Production[edit]

Executive Producer: Albert Koski
Arranged & Produced By John McLaughlin
Engineered By Jean Louis Rizet; assisted by Laurent Peyron
Mixed by Brian Risner & Jean-Louis Riset

References[edit]

^ "Mahavishnu". Spotify. Warner Records Inc. Retrieved December 13, 2023.
^ Mahavishnu at AllMusic
^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 135. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.

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[1] "Mahavishnu". Spotify. Warner Records Inc. Retrieved December 13, 2023.

[2] Mahavishnu at AllMusic

[RSJRG-3] Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 135. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.

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v t e Mahavishnu Orchestra
John McLaughlin Jan Hammer Jerry Goodman Rick Laird Billy Cobham Gayle Moran Jean-Luc Ponty Narada Michael Walden Danny Gottlieb Mitchel Forman Bill Evans Jim Beard Jonas Hellborg
Studio albums	The Inner Mounting Flame (1971) Birds of Fire (1973) Apocalypse (1974) Visions of the Emerald Beyond (1975) Inner Worlds (1976) Mahavishnu (1984) Adventures in Radioland (1986) The Lost Trident Sessions (1999, recorded 1973)
Live albums	Between Nothingness & Eternity (1973) Unreleased Tracks from Between Nothingness & Eternity (2011, recorded 1973)
Boxsets	The Complete Columbia Albums Collection (2011)
Concert tours	The Inner Mounting Flame Tour
Related subjects	McLaughlin discography Miles Davis Shakti

v t e John McLaughlin
Solo albums	Extrapolation Where Fortune Smiles Devotion My Goal's Beyond Electric Guitarist Electric Dreams Belo Horizonte Music Spoken Here Live at the Royal Festival Hall Que Alegria Time Remembered: John McLaughlin Plays Bill Evans Tokyo Live After the Rain The Promise The Guitar Trio The Heart of Things The Heart of Things: Live in Paris Thieves and Poets Industrial Zen Floating Point To the One Now Here This Black Light Liberation Time
with Miles Davis	In a Silent Way Bitches Brew Jack Johnson Live-Evil On the Corner Big Fun Get Up with It Circle in the Round Directions You're Under Arrest Aura The Cellar Door Sessions 1970
with the Mahavishnu Orchestra	The Inner Mounting Flame Birds of Fire The Lost Trident Sessions Between Nothingness & Eternity Apocalypse Visions of the Emerald Beyond Inner Worlds Mahavishnu Adventures in Radioland
with Shakti and Remember Shakti	Shakti with John McLaughlin A Handful of Beauty Natural Elements Remember Shakti Remember Shakti – The Believer Remember Shakti – Saturday Night in Bombay This Moment
Collaboration albums	Super Nova Emergency! Things We Like Escalator over the Hill One Man Dog Love Devotion Surrender Welcome Moto Grosso Feio School Days Friday Night in San Francisco Passion, Grace and Fire Round Midnight (soundtrack) Making Music Universal Syncopations Five Peace Band Live
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with Ron Carter	Blues Farm All Blues Spanish Blue Yellow & Green
with Miles Davis	Bitches Brew Live-Evil A Tribute to Jack Johnson On the Corner Get Up with It Circle in the Round Directions
with the Mahavishnu Orchestra	The Inner Mounting Flame Birds of Fire Between Nothingness and Eternity The Lost Trident Sessions Mahavishnu
with John McLaughlin	My Goal's Beyond Love Devotion Surrender Electric Guitarist
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