Mahavishnu Orchestra – Birds Of Fire

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Label:	CBS – S 65321
Format:	Vinyl , LP, Album
Country:	UK
Released:	1973
Genre:	Rock
Style:	Jazz-Rock

Tracklist

A1	Birds Of Fire	5:44
A2	Miles Beyond Written-By – Miles Davis	4:41
A3	Celestial Terrestrial Commuters	2:55
A4	Sapphire Bullets Of Pure Love	0:21
A5	Thousand Island Park	3:21
A6	Hope	1:57
B1	One Word	9:56
B2	Sanctuary	5:06
B3	Open Country Joy	3:54
B4	Resolution	2:09

Companies, etc.

Phonographic Copyright ℗ – CBS Inc.
Copyright © – Copyright Control
Copyright © – Sri Chinmoy Lighthouse
Published By – Chinmoy Music, Inc.
Engineered At – Trident Studios
Engineered At – CBS Studios, New York
Pressed By – CBS Pressing Plant, Aston Clinton
Made By – Shorewood Packaging Co. Ltd.

Credits

Bass – Rick Laird
Composed By [All Compositions By] – John McLaughlin
Design [Album Design] – Ashok (2)
Engineer [Engineering] – Ken Scott
Guitar – John McLaughlin
Keyboards, Synthesizer [Moog] – Jan Hammer
Lacquer Cut By – PN*
Management – Nathan Weiss
Percussion – Billy Cobham
Photography By – Pranavananda
Producer [Produced By] – Mahavishnu Orchestra
Sleeve Notes [Revelation] – Sri Chinmoy
Violin – Jerry Goodman

Notes

This variant has a textured sleeve and a Pete Norman lacquer cut on Side A, as indicated by the PN etching in the runout area.
Birds Of Fire is also similar, lacks the PN etching, but has an additional CBS in runouts and a non-textured sleeve.

Comes with a printed CBS Records company inner sleeve: "The Inner Sleeve Issue III".

Catalog number on labels : S 65321
Catalog number on sleeve : 65321

Runout details are stamped except hand etched 'PN'.

[Rear sleeve:]
[Revelation by Sri Chinmoy]
© Copyright 1972 Sri Chinmoy Lighthouse
Album design by Ashok (Chris Poisson)
Engineering: Ken Scott, Trident Studios, London, and Jim Green, CBS, New York
Management: Nathan Weiss, 888 7th Ave., New York, N.Y.
℗ 1973 CBS, Inc.
CBS is a Trademark of the Columbia Broadcasting Systems Inc., U.S.A.
Shorepak by Shorewood Packaging Co. Ltd., England

[Inner sleeve:]
Patent No. 1,125,555
Made in Great Britain.

[Labels:]
Cop. Con.
℗1973 CBS Inc.
Made in England

Barcode and Other Identifiers

Other (US catalog number in parantheses on labels): KC 31996
Matrix / Runout (A-side label): S 65321 A
Matrix / Runout (B-side label): S 65321 B
Matrix / Runout (A-side runout, variant 1): S 65321 A3 PN
Matrix / Runout (B-side runout, variant 1): S 65321 B1
Matrix / Runout (A-side runout, variant 2): S 65321 A3 6 PN B
Matrix / Runout (B-side runout, variant 2): S 65321 B1 10 D
Matrix / Runout (A-side runout, variant 4): S 65321 A3 PN D 6
Matrix / Runout (B-side runout, variant 4): S 65321 B1 D 3 2

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	Title (Format)	Label	Cat#	Country	Year
Recently Edited	Birds Of Fire (Acetate, LP, 33 ⅓ RPM, Album, Stereo)	Columbia	31996	US	1972
Recently Edited	Birds Of Fire (LP, Album, Stereo)	CBS	CBS S 65321, S 65321	Europe	1973
Recently Edited	Birds Of Fire (LP, Album, Stereo, Terre Haute Pressing)	Columbia	KC 31996	US	1973
New Submission	Birds Of Fire (Album, LP)	CBS	SBP234294	Australia	1973
New Submission	Birds Of Fire (LP, Album, Quadraphonic, Pitman)	Columbia	CQ 31996	US	1973