Apocalypse
The second line-up's first album, with the London Symphony Orchestra, produced by George Martin.
Mahavishnu Orchestra, 1974
- Released
- April 1974
- Recorded
- March 1974
- Studio
- AIR Studios, London
- Label
- Columbia
- Producer
- George Martin
- Length
- 52:23
The first album by the second line-up was made in London in March 1974 with the London Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Michael Tilson Thomas, who also played piano. Michael Gibbs did the orchestration, George Martin produced and Geoff Emerick engineered. Martin regarded it as one of the best records he had ever made.
McLaughlin wrote all the music. The lyrics to Smile of the Beyond are by Mahalakshmi Eve McLaughlin, and a poem by Sri Chinmoy is on the back cover. The album reached 43 on the Billboard 200 and 10 on the jazz chart.
Track listing
- Power of Love4:36
- Vision Is a Naked Sword14:16
- Smile of the Beyond7:56
- Wings of Karma6:12
- Hymn to Him19:23
Personnel
- John McLaughlin guitars
- Gayle Moran keyboards, vocals
- Jean-Luc Ponty electric violin, electric baritone violin
- Ralphe Armstrong bass guitar, vocals
- Narada Michael Walden drums, percussion, vocals
- Michael Tilson Thomas conductor, piano
- Michael Gibbs orchestration
- Marsha Westbrook viola
- Carol Shive violin, vocals
- Philip Hirschi cello, vocals
- George Martin producer
- Geoff Emerick engineer
More from Mahavishnu Orchestra
The Inner Mounting Flame (1971), Birds of Fire (1973), Between Nothingness & Eternity (1973), Visions of the Emerald Beyond (1975), Inner Worlds (1976), Mahavishnu (1984), The Lost Trident Sessions (1999), Adventures in Radioland
Sources
- Apocalypse (Mahavishnu Orchestra album), Wikipedia
- Mahavishnu Orchestra, Wikipedia