Birds of Fire

~ Release by Mahavishnu Orchestra (see all versions of this release, 19 available)

Tracklist

▼ 12" Vinyl 1
#	Title	Rating	Length
A1	Birds of Fire engineer: Jim Green and Ken Scott (UK record producer & engineer) producer: Mahavishnu Orchestra bass: Rick Laird guitar: John McLaughlin (guitarist) keyboard [keyboards] and Moog: Jan Hammer percussion: Billy Cobham violin: Jerry Goodman engineered at: CBS (New York City, encompassing studios at 7th Ave, and 52nd & 30th St) in New York, United States and Trident Studios (London, UK) in Soho recording of: Birds of Fire (in 1972-08) composer: John McLaughlin (guitarist) publisher: Chinmoy Music, Inc.	4	5:47
A2	Miles Beyond engineer: Jim Green and Ken Scott (UK record producer & engineer) producer: Mahavishnu Orchestra bass: Rick Laird guitar: John McLaughlin (guitarist) keyboard [keyboards] and Moog: Jan Hammer percussion: Billy Cobham violin: Jerry Goodman engineered at: CBS (New York City, encompassing studios at 7th Ave, and 52nd & 30th St) in New York, United States and Trident Studios (London, UK) in Soho recording of: Miles Beyond (in 1972-08) composer: John McLaughlin (guitarist) publisher: Chinmoy Music, Inc.	5	4:42
A3	Celestial Terrestrial Commuters engineer: Jim Green and Ken Scott (UK record producer & engineer) producer: Mahavishnu Orchestra bass guitar: Rick Laird (in 1972-08) drums (drum set): Billy Cobham (in 1972-08) guitar: John McLaughlin (guitarist) (in 1972-08) Moog and keyboard: Jan Hammer (in 1972-08) violin: Jerry Goodman (in 1972-08) engineered at: CBS (New York City, encompassing studios at 7th Ave, and 52nd & 30th St) in New York, United States and Trident Studios (London, UK) in Soho recording of: Celestial Terrestrial Commuters (in 1972-08) composer: John McLaughlin (guitarist) publisher: Chinmoy Music, Inc.	4	2:54
A4	Sapphire Bullets of Pure Love engineer: Jim Green and Ken Scott (UK record producer & engineer) producer: Mahavishnu Orchestra bass: Rick Laird guitar: John McLaughlin (guitarist) keyboard [keyboards] and Moog: Jan Hammer percussion: Billy Cobham violin: Jerry Goodman engineered at: CBS (New York City, encompassing studios at 7th Ave, and 52nd & 30th St) in New York, United States and Trident Studios (London, UK) in Soho recording of: Sapphire Bullets of Pure Love (in 1972-08) composer: John McLaughlin (guitarist) publisher: Chinmoy Music, Inc.	4	0:23
A5	Thousand Island Park engineer: Jim Green and Ken Scott (UK record producer & engineer) producer: Mahavishnu Orchestra bass: Rick Laird guitar: John McLaughlin (guitarist) keyboard [keyboards] and Moog: Jan Hammer percussion: Billy Cobham violin: Jerry Goodman engineered at: CBS (New York City, encompassing studios at 7th Ave, and 52nd & 30th St) in New York, United States and Trident Studios (London, UK) in Soho recording of: Thousand Island Park (in 1972-08) composer: John McLaughlin (guitarist) publisher: Chinmoy Music, Inc.	4	3:22
A6	Hope engineer: Jim Green and Ken Scott (UK record producer & engineer) producer: Mahavishnu Orchestra bass: Rick Laird guitar: John McLaughlin (guitarist) keyboard [keyboards] and Moog: Jan Hammer percussion: Billy Cobham violin: Jerry Goodman engineered at: CBS (New York City, encompassing studios at 7th Ave, and 52nd & 30th St) in New York, United States and Trident Studios (London, UK) in Soho recording of: Hope (in 1972-08) composer: John McLaughlin (guitarist) publisher: Chinmoy Music, Inc.	4	1:59
B1	One Word engineer: Jim Green and Ken Scott (UK record producer & engineer) producer: Mahavishnu Orchestra bass: Rick Laird guitar: John McLaughlin (guitarist) keyboard [keyboards] and Moog: Jan Hammer percussion: Billy Cobham violin: Jerry Goodman engineered at: CBS (New York City, encompassing studios at 7th Ave, and 52nd & 30th St) in New York, United States and Trident Studios (London, UK) in Soho recording of: One Word (in 1972-08) composer: John McLaughlin (guitarist) publisher: Chinmoy Music, Inc.	4	9:57
B2	Sanctuary engineer: Jim Green and Ken Scott (UK record producer & engineer) producer: Mahavishnu Orchestra bass: Rick Laird guitar: John McLaughlin (guitarist) keyboard [keyboards] and Moog: Jan Hammer percussion: Billy Cobham violin: Jerry Goodman engineered at: CBS (New York City, encompassing studios at 7th Ave, and 52nd & 30th St) in New York, United States and Trident Studios (London, UK) in Soho recording of: Sanctuary (in 1972-08) composer: John McLaughlin (guitarist) publisher: Chinmoy Music, Inc.	4	5:05
B3	Open Country Joy engineer: Jim Green and Ken Scott (UK record producer & engineer) producer: Mahavishnu Orchestra bass: Rick Laird guitar: John McLaughlin (guitarist) keyboard [keyboards] and Moog: Jan Hammer percussion: Billy Cobham violin: Jerry Goodman engineered at: CBS (New York City, encompassing studios at 7th Ave, and 52nd & 30th St) in New York, United States and Trident Studios (London, UK) in Soho recording of: Open Country Joy (in 1972-08) composer: John McLaughlin (guitarist) publisher: Chinmoy Music, Inc.	4	3:57
B4	Resolution engineer: Jim Green and Ken Scott (UK record producer & engineer) producer: Mahavishnu Orchestra bass: Rick Laird guitar: John McLaughlin (guitarist) keyboard [keyboards] and Moog: Jan Hammer percussion: Billy Cobham violin: Jerry Goodman engineered at: CBS (New York City, encompassing studios at 7th Ave, and 52nd & 30th St) in New York, United States and Trident Studios (London, UK) in Soho recording of: Resolution (in 1972-08) composer: John McLaughlin (guitarist) publisher: Chinmoy Music, Inc.	4	2:11

Credits

Release

bass:	Rick Laird
electric guitar:	John McLaughlin (guitarist)
keyboard:	Jan Hammer
membranophone:	Billy Cobham
violin:	Jerry Goodman

Discogs:	https://www.discogs.com/release/584022 [info]

Release group

included in:	Original Album Classics The Complete Columbia Albums Collection The Perfect Jazz Collection II by Various Artists (add compilations to this artist)

Discogs:	https://www.discogs.com/master/72290 [info]
other databases:	https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/mahavishnu_orchestra/birds_of_fire/ [info]
Allmusic:	https://www.allmusic.com/album/mw0000649622 [info]
Wikidata:	Q2394628 [info]

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Release information

Barcode:: [none]
Format:: 12" Vinyl
Length:: 40:16

Additional details

Type:: Album
Status:: Official
Language:: English
Script:: Latin
Data quality:: Normal

Labels

Columbia
KC 31996

Release events

United States
1973

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