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Track Listings

1 Radio-Activity
2 Nostalgia
3 Nightriders
4 East Side West Side
5 Clarendon Hills
6 Jazz
7 The Unbeliever
8 Pacific Express
9 When Blue Turns Gold

Editorial Reviews

John McLaughlin is regarded as one of the greatest guitarists in the history of music. Making albums from the 60's through the present, his intense guitar work with the Mahavishnu Orchestra and Miles Davis gave birth to jazz/fusion. In 1984 he formed a reincarnation of sorts of the Mahavishnu Orchestra. Featuring original Mahavishnu drummer Billy Cobham, plus saxophonist Bill Evans and bassist Jonas Hellborg, this high-energy electric album is regarded as one of his best efforts and has been his most sought after album for CD reissue. It is making it's worldwide CD debut! Wounded Bird Records.

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  • Is Discontinued By Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ No
  • Product Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5 x 5.5 x 0.25 inches; 4 ounces
  • Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ Wounded Bird Records
  • Original Release Date ‏ : ‎ 2021
  • Date First Available ‏ : ‎ January 20, 2007
  • Label ‏ : ‎ Wounded Bird Records
  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B000068TLK
  • Country of Origin ‏ : ‎ USA
  • Number of discs ‏ : ‎ 1
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.3 4.3 out of 5 stars 48 ratings

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4.3 out of 5 stars
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John P. LeBrun
5.0 out of 5 stars intense performance. highly underrated.
Reviewed in the United States on August 31, 2022
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anyone who dismisses the last three mahavishnu orchestra releases is missing out on some great music. all three of them have numerous moments of musical bliss. this one is much more of a total band effort, with less soloing than the the two. Do not miss out on this cd because of jive reviews, because it is splendid. i find it comical that reviewers claim billy cobham ran out and left the sessions. it is a joke. i was lucky enough to catch the original MVO three times and know that this is not that but it is just as enjoyable. so do not cow tow to the snobs. enjoy this cd.
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Barry
5.0 out of 5 stars More Great Mahavishnu
Reviewed in the United States on January 11, 2018
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Excellent album by John McLaughlin and the Mahavishnu Orchestra. Decent recording and excellent music and playing as usual. Glad to have bought this.
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N. Franklin
5.0 out of 5 stars eighties revisited
Reviewed in the United States on February 7, 2007
I first bought this album on vinyl in 1986 at Tower Records, Piccadilly Circus, London. There came a point where I no longer had a turntable so I got rid of all my vinyl albums (big mistake!). I was delighted to see the album had been re-issued on CD as I could vividly remember the rush of first listening to this album. This album is a delight for any lover of good music and especially for fans of mclaughlin/mahavishnu/jazz/fusion. There is a veritable feast of delights inducing all kinds of emotions. Like all good jazz you must allow each of the tracks to develop and reach their climax to achieve the emotional high. Beautiful and Nostalgic.
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Dirk M. Sampath
4.0 out of 5 stars Blue-to-Gold haunts me
Reviewed in the United States on December 14, 2012
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I missed this CD when it came out in 1985; never saw it in the record stores I frequented (remember: pre-Internet (WWW) days...).

I only acquired it about 20 years later (so 'new' to me). I don't think it sounds 'dated'(in 2012).

But the last track, "When Blue Turns to Gold," haunts me...Whenever I'm 'chilling out' playing selections from various CDs, I end the trip-journey with, this "...Blue...Gold" gem...
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Farhad Bahrami
5.0 out of 5 stars Great players, great sounds
Reviewed in the United States on December 2, 2004
The players here are great: Billy Cobham of course in his only comeback to Mahavishnu, Bill Evans on saxes/flute, Mitch Foreman on keys, and bass monster Jonas Hellborg. And as for McLaughlin, if you like John's music - which I love - he is his usual fired-up but meditative self.

The sound, as other reviewers have pointed out, is all electric, and if you like that sort of thing, there are some wonderful voices: listen to the awesome "violin" (synth guitar) on the opening "Radio-Activity", or the "trombone" (synth guitar or keys?) on "Florianapolis", or the fluttering duetting flutes (one real, one synth guitar) on "Pacific Express".

While I agree with other reviewers that not all the tunes will end up as standards, I think that a few really should: "Nostalgia" is a beautiful ballad (with a great solo), and "Pacific Express" - with it's flowing melody over driving rhythm section - is unforgettable.

I had this album on LP and got it as soon as it came out on CD. If you like electric jazz, you'll like this.
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Ian K. Hughes
3.0 out of 5 stars an uneven album ( highly influenced by Weather Report )
Reviewed in the United States on June 25, 2002
Under the leadership of famed jazz musician John McLaughlin, "MAHAVISHNU" ( recorded 1984 ) proved to be the last of three albums McLaughlin recorded for the Warner Brothers label. There are intriguing links as well as some disparities between the three. Both "BELO HORIZONTE" and "MUSIC SPOKEN HERE" were mixtures of acoustic and electric instrumentation; the former work had the lighter clarity of an acoustic atmosphere ( "early morning" ) while the latter was steeped in the shadowy hues of more synthesized textures ( "early evening" ). "MAHAVISHNU" ( recorded with a different group of musicians ) displayed a music evocative of a yet darker realm ( "midnight" ). All of the albums, in various ways, draw compositional and textural inspiration from the landmark work of the most consistently creative and long-lived "fusion" band, Weather Report. As to the differences, "BELO HORIZONTE" and "MUSIC SPOKEN HERE" are far more creatively original than the album under review. "MAHAVISHNU", while interesting, cannot help but fall short in comparison to the ( now defunct ) group that so influenced its music.
"MAHAVISHNU" has a mysterious history. First there was the album title, starkly evoking the name of the famed "fusion" band from the 1970's. Then there was the somewhat bizarre original album cover, with its prominent display of the title taking 50% of available surface area and featuring an unidentified photo of McLaughlin in the center. Drummer Billy Cobham ( McLaughlin's bandmate in the original Mahavishnu Orchestra ) was on hand for the recording sessions that produced the album but not for the subsequent tour in Fall 1984 ( when Danny Gottlieb took over the spot ). Finally, this recent re-release by the Wounded Bird label is the first time "MAHAVISHNU" has appeared in CD format, an absence of almost 20 years that has puzzled many of John McLaughlin's longtime admirers.
As if to further emphasize the unique aspects of this recording, McLaughlin moved away from the acoustic nylon-string guitar he had been using almost exclusively for the previous four years and started experimenting with a guitar-synthesizer ( "Synclavier II" ). This guitar was, at the time, state of the art technology and while a "standard" solid-body electric was used on a few tunes, the majority of the time McLaughlin employed the "Synclavier". As might be expected, some of his synthesized sounds ( "patches" ) are more intriguing than others and at times the combination of McLaughlin's guitar-synth with Mitchell Forman's keyboards seems to muddy the ( electric ) waters. However, those familiar with McLaughlin's playing should have no trouble distinguishing his improvisations, as his choice of scales, intervallic patterns and rhythmic ideas are characteristic of his well-developed, "horizontal" playing style. It is quite fascinating to hear McLaughlin's playing on this particular album, as the guitar-synthesizer allows him even more liberty to phrase in the linear fashion so redolent of the horn players ( Coltrane, Miles ) that influenced him.
Billy Cobham's contribution is absolutely crucial, his tightly controlled and explosive drumming providing a powerful backdrop for the compositions played by a band that features ( in addition to Cobham ) McLaughlin, Bill Evans ( saxophones ), Mitchell Forman ( keyboards ) and Jonas Hellborg ( electric bass ).
"Radio-Activity", beginning with a rock-solid electronic vamp, features a soft yet piercingly menacing upper register line, giving way in turn to a burning, modally constructed solo by McLaughlin ( a la "Birds of Fire" ) and a darting, filigree improv by Bill Evans on soprano sax.
The aptly named "Nostalgia" opens with a beautiful raga-like call and response ( played over a pedal point "drone" ) by Evans and McLaughlin, who uses a reedy synth "patch" that perfectly catches the mood evoked in the title of this haunting composition.
"Nightriders" is a forgettable pop tune with a particularly unappealing keyboard obbligato.
"East Side West Side", an up-tempo tune with quasi-bop changes, features an exciting series of trade-off exchanges with Bill Evans ( the latter very much influenced by Michael Brecker ).
"Clarendon Hills", written by Bill Evans, is the weakest tune on the album, cloying and alarmingly close to a style that has been termed "fuzak".
"Jazz" is a hip, coruscating piece, a kind of homage to Wayne Shorter and Joe Zawinul as is "The Unbeliever", yet another tune reminiscent of Weather Report.
"Pacific Express" has a breezy, lyrical melody that somewhat redeems the noodling sections that bookend the piece.
The last tune, "When Blues Turns Gold", is a strange beauty. The band used in the 8 prior tunes is absent, in its place a one-time gathering where Katia Labeque's opening cadenza on classical piano morphs into a haunting blend of Hariprasad Chaurasia's flute, Zakir Hussain's tabla and McLaughlin's strummed acoustic steel-string guitar ( a la "Shakti" ), with the subtle backdrop of a chanted mantra appended to the closing moments. The effect, drawing on the analogy used at the beginning of the review, seems to indicate that "night" has ended its course and broken through yet again to the burnished beginning glory of yet another new "day".
After listening anew to "MAHAVISHNU", it is apparent that only McLaughlin and Cobham really operate at the same level. The group ( not surprisingly ) lacks the cohesiveness so characteristic of Weather Report and the ( original ) Mahavishnu Orchestra: a degree of communication that is very rare indeed and constitutes the gold standard of "fusion" groups. One more ( uneven ) album with the same band ( minus Cobham ) was cut in 1985.Years down the line ( 1997-98 ), McLaughlin would be far more successful with a similarly constructed "fusion" band ( "The Heart of Things" ) which, for the short time it was together, displayed the type of interplay and dynamism lacking in the group active in the mid 1980's.
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James Piatt
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent
Reviewed in the United States on October 8, 2005
I've been waiting a long while for this to become available on CD. I wore out several copies of this album back in the 80's...

Not many people can make a guitar synth work at all much less make one so musical.
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Julian Boyce
5.0 out of 5 stars THE FINEST MAHA' ALBUM EVER
Reviewed in the United States on June 21, 2002
Oh boy, this is what I've been waiting for (..and I've 'got a life' thanks, so I ain't a weirdo)
Intensity, passion, fever, energy, tranquility, transcendance and just plain beserker music.
What more do you want from fusion?
Buy it, steal it, beg for it...but don't take my word for it. Just listen to the ... thing!
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chornyvolk
5.0 out of 5 stars Absolutely fantastic cd. A must have
Reviewed in Canada on June 4, 2024
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Fast delivery and best cd I own now. I have 2000 cds.
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eRBe
5.0 out of 5 stars Empfehlenswert!
Reviewed in Germany on September 17, 2019
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Bleut
4.0 out of 5 stars Long lost album
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on September 23, 2013
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I originally bought this on LP during the 80s. 'Nostalgia' and 'Jazz' are two standout tracks. Other tracks are showing their age a bit but still good.
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Matthias Horwath
4.0 out of 5 stars Mahivshnu Orchestra in den 80ern?
Reviewed in Germany on March 28, 2018
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Zielmlich gute Scheibe, wenn man der Musik eine Entwicklung zugesteht und nicht an Billy Cobhams alten Drive festhalten will. Besonders zuträglich wurde dem MO das Einbeziehen eines Saxophonspielers. Das gibt dem Album eine eigene, jazzige und kitschfreie Note.
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Brad
3.0 out of 5 stars Warner時代のMcLaughlinは再評価に値する
Reviewed in Japan on May 7, 2006
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Warner Brothers時代のJohn McLaughlinのリーダー作は長期間廃盤状態が続いていたが，ここに来てようやくWounded Bird Records（かなりマニアックな再発盤の多い良心的なレーベルである）より本作及び”Music Spoken Here"と"Belo Horizonte"が再発された。これらWarner3部作は，ストイックなMcLaughlinワールドに接することができるものであり，より評価されて然るべき作品群だと思う。本作は"Mahavishnu"のタイトルゆえに過剰な期待を掛けられてしまう部分が多く，若干損をしているとも言えるが，これを"Mahavishnu Orchestra"の再編と考えずに聴けば，相応に楽しめるアルバムではある。本作でも当時の流行楽器，Synclavierを駆使して，従来のギター･フレーズをシンセに置き換えたようなサウンドを生み出しているのが面白い。共演者もテクニシャン揃いではあるが，やはりはBilly Cobhamがここでも突出した魅力を加えている。ただ，Warner3部作の中では，本作は豪華なメンツを揃えた割には作品としての出来は他の2作に譲るという感が強い。全体の出来としては3〜3.5星というところ。やはりMahavishnuにはヴァイオリンが欲しいようにも思える。
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