The Inner Mounting Flame
Studio album by Mahavishnu Orchestra
Released	August, 1971
Recorded	1971
Genre	Jazz-rock fusion
Length	45:30
Label	Records
Producer	Mahavishnu Orchestra
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link
Mahavishnu Orchestra chronology
The Inner Mounting Flame (1971) Birds of Fire (1972)

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The back cover of the LP features a poem entitled "Aspiration" by Sri Chinmoy. Sri Chinmoy (Bengali: )(born August 27, 1931), originally Chinmoy Kumar Ghose, is an Indian philosopher, spiritual teacher (guru), musician, and author. ...

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. Remaster (and its derivations, frequently found in the phrases digitally remastered or digital remastering) is a word and concept ushered into the mass consciousness via the digital age, although it had existed before then. ... CD may stand for: Compact Disc Canadian Forces Decoration Cash Dispenser (at least used in Japan) CD LPMud Driver Centrum-Demokraterne (Centre Democrats of Denmark) Certificate of Deposit České Dráhy (Czech Railways) Chad (NATO country code) Chalmers Datorförening (computer club of the Chalmers University of Technology) a 1960s... Sony Music Entertainment is a major global record label controlled by the Sony Corporation. ... Liner notes are the booklets which come inserted into the compact disc jewel case or any sound recording container. ...

The Inner Mounting Flame consists solely of original compositions by John McLaughlin. He was also the producer. John McLaughlin John McLaughlin (aka pinyon)(born January 4, 1942), also Mahavishnu John McLaughlin, is a jazz fusion guitar player from Doncaster, Yorkshire in England. ...

The track 'You Know You Know' was sampled in Massive Attack's 'One Love'. Massive Attack are a trip hop band from Bristol, Great Britain. ...

Track listing

All tracks composed by John McLaughlin.

1. "Meeting Of The Spirits" – 6:52
2. "Dawn" – 5:10
3. "Noonward Race" – 6:28
4. "A Lotus On Irish Streams" – 5:39
5. "Vital Transformation" – 6:16
6. "The Dance Of Maya" – 7:17
7. "You Know You Know" – 5:07
8. "Awakening" – 3:32

Personnel

• John McLaughlin - Guitar
• Rick Laird - Bass
• Billy Cobham - Percussion
• Jan Hammer - Keyboards, Organ
• Jerry Goodman - Violin

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External links

• Aspiration - by Sri Chinmoy