The Inner Mounting Flame Tour
Tour by Mahavishnu Orchestra
Associated albumThe Inner Mounting Flame
Start dateJuly 21, 1971 (1971-07-21)
End dateDecember 27, 1972 (1972-12-27)
Legs3
No. of shows177 in North America
5 in Europe
182 in total
(186 scheduled)
Mahavishnu Orchestra concert chronology
  • The Inner Mounting Flame Tour
    (1971–72)
  • Birds of Fire Tour
    (1973)

The Inner Mounting Flame Tour was the first concert tour by the jazz fusion band Mahavishnu Orchestra.

History

The band's first ever live performance was on July 21, 1971 at the Gaslight at the Au Go Go in New York City, where they opened for blues guitarist John Lee Hooker.[1] McLaughlin recalled: "The first set was shaky but the second set just took off and every night it was great. They wanted to hold us over and a few days after the second week ... we went into the studio".[2] The band ending up doing a 18-date residency at the night club. The band ended up performing in several colleges, high schools, night clubs, music venues with a capacity of less than a thousand people, and small arenas and sports venues across the United States. The band also played at the Mar y Sol Pop Festival in Puerto Rico, the Summerfest festival in Milwaukee, and many more festivals across North America. The group also played in Europe for the first time, simply appearing at music festivals. The band grew to popularity thanks to appearing at festivals and touring endlessly, and the group's shows were praised by The Harvard Crimson and The New York Times.[3][4]

Live releases

Live material from this tour has appeared on the following releases:

Tour band

Typical set lists

All songs written by John McLaughlin.

1971[5]
  1. "Miles Beyond"
  2. "Dream"
  3. "Vital Transformation"
  4. "Dawn"
  5. "Sanctuary"
  6. "Awakening"
1972[6]
  1. "Meeting of the Spirits"
  2. "You Know You Know"
  3. "The Dance of Maya"
  4. "One Word"
  5. "A Lotus on Irish Streams"
  6. "The Noonward Race"

Tour dates

Date City Country Venue
North America[7][8]
July 21, 1971[a] New York City United States Gaslight at the Au Go Go
July 22, 1971[a]
July 23, 1971[a]
July 24, 1971[a]
July 25, 1971[a]
July 26, 1971[a]
July 28, 1971[b]
July 29, 1971[b]
July 30, 1971[b]
July 31, 1971[b]
August 1, 1971[b]
August 2, 1971[b]
August 4, 1971
August 5, 1971
August 6, 1971
August 7, 1971
August 8, 1971
August 9, 1971
September 14, 1971
(2 shows)[c] 		Beacon Theatre
September 15, 1971
(2 shows)[c]
October 2, 1971 Madison Baldwin Gym
October 22, 1971 Providence Alumnae Hall
November 4, 1971 Syracuse Jabberwocky
November 5, 1971
November 6, 1971
November 18, 1971[d] Durham University of New Hampshire
November 20, 1971[d] Cortland Lusk Field House
November 28, 1971[e] Stony Brook Pritchard Gymnasium
December 3, 1971[d] Orono Memorial Hall
December 4, 1971[d] Kingston Frank W. Keaney Gymnasium
December 9, 1971[d] Potsdam Clarkson College of Technology Gymnasium
December 10, 1971[d] Burlington Roy L. Patrick Gymnasium
December 11, 1971
(2 shows)[d] 		Stony Brook Pritchard Gymnasium
December 21, 1971 Chicago Quiet Knight
December 22, 1971
December 23, 1971
December 24, 1971
December 25, 1971
December 26, 1971
December 29, 1971 New York City Carnegie Hall
January 22, 1972[f] Schenectady Memorial Chapel
January 23, 1972[f] Philadelphia Villanova Field House
January 26, 1972[f] Boston Symphony Hall
January 28, 1972[f] Providence Loew's Theatre
January 29, 1972[f] Buffalo Century Theatre
February 3, 1972 Roslyn My Father's Place
February 4, 1972
February 5, 1972
February 6, 1972
February 12, 1972 Nashville Neely Auditorium
February 18, 1972[g] Philadelphia Spectrum
February 19, 1972 East Garden City Nassau Community College
February 20, 1972 Brockport SUNY Brockport
February 25, 1972 Columbia Carolina Coliseum
February 26, 1972 Grinnell Grinnell College
February 27, 1972 Minneapolis Guthrie Theater
February 28, 1972 Columbia Livestock Center
March 1, 1972 Evanston Cahn Auditorium
March 3, 1972 Milwaukee Milwaukee Performing Arts Center
March 4, 1972 Worcester Clark University
March 8, 1972 West Chester Hollinger Field House
March 11, 1972 Bethlehem Grace Hall
March 12, 1972 Oswego Laker Hall
March 17, 1972 Brownsville Zodiac
March 18, 1972 Waterville Horsetrader and Coffee House
March 21, 1972[h] Denver Denver Coliseum
March 22, 1972[h] Long Beach Long Beach Arena
March 23, 1972
(2 shows)[h] 		Santa Monica Santa Monica Civic Auditorium
March 24, 1972 San Francisco Winterland Ballroom
March 25, 1972
March 27, 1972 Los Angeles Whisky a Go Go
March 28, 1972
April 1, 1972 Princeton Alexander Hall
April 3, 1972[i] Manatí Puerto Rico Tortuguero Lagoon
April 7, 1972 Ewing Township United States Kendall Hall
April 8, 1972 Asbury Park Sunshine In
April 9, 1972 New York City Philharmonic Hall
April 11, 1972 Wilmington Delcastle Technical High School
April 14, 1972 Carlisle Dickinson Dining Hall
April 16, 1972 Boston Aquarius Theater
April 17, 1972 Detroit Cobo Arena
April 19, 1972 Middletown Dave Finkelman Auditorium
April 20, 1972 Yellow Springs Antioch College
April 21, 1972 Cleveland Public Hall
April 22, 1972 Marietta Ban Johnson Field House
April 23, 1972 Cincinnati Xavier University Fieldhouse
April 24, 1972 Bloomington Town Cinema Theatre
April 25, 1972 Indianapolis Ritz Theater
April 28, 1972 Providence George V. Meehan Auditorium
April 29, 1972 Syracuse Skytop
Hamilton Cotterell Court
April 30, 1972 Buffalo Kleinhans Music Hall
May 4, 1972 New York City City College of the City University of New York
May 5, 1972 New Haven Woolsey Hall
May 6, 1972 Coral Gables Union Patio
May 7, 1972 Atlanta Sports Arena
May 9, 1972[j] New York City City College of the City University of New York
May 12, 1972 Indiana College Lodge
May 13, 1972 Blackwood Camden County College
May 14, 1972 Alfred Alfred University
May 15, 1972 New York City Assembly Hall
May 17, 1972 Newtown Council Rock High School North
May 20, 1972 Passaic Capitol Theatre
May 21, 1972 Chicago Auditorium Theatre
May 24, 1972 Boca Raton Florida Atlantic University
May 26, 1972 Tampa Fort Homer W. Hesterly Armory
May 27, 1972[k] Pembroke Pines Hollywood Sportatorium
May 28, 1972 Tallahassee Bobby Tully Gymnasium
June 2, 1972 Orlando Orlando Sports Stadium
June 9, 1972 Dallas Dallas Memorial Auditorium
June 10, 1972 Austin Armadillo World Headquarters
June 11, 1972 Houston Hofheinz Pavilion
June 12, 1972
(2 shows) 		San Diego The Funky Quarters
June 14, 1972 Los Angeles Whisky a Go Go
June 15, 1972
June 16, 1972
June 17, 1972
June 18, 1972[l] Berkeley Berkeley Community Theatre
June 21, 1972 Boston Boston Common
July 6, 1972
(2 shows)[m] 		New York City Carnegie Hall
July 7, 1972 Hartford Bushnell Memorial Hall
July 8, 1972 Stockbridge Lenox Arts Center at the Music Inn
July 10, 1972 Amherst Student Union Ballroom
July 17, 1972 Hackensack Orrie de Nooyer Auditorium
July 19, 1972 Cincinnati Reflections
July 20, 1972 Columbus Agora Ballroom
July 21, 1972 Dayton Victoria Opera House
July 22, 1972 Indianapolis Ritz Theater
July 23, 1972[n] Milwaukee Henry Maier Festival Park
July 29, 1972
(2 shows) 		Westport Staples High School
July 30, 1972 Hyannis Cape Cod Melody Tent
July 31, 1972 Gaithersburg Shady Grove Music Fair
August 4, 1972 Wildwood Wildwood Convention Hall
August 5, 1972[o] New York City Wollman Rink
August 7, 1972 Baltimore Painters Mill Music Fair
August 9, 1972[p] Highland Park The Pavilion
August 10, 1972 Detroit Ford Auditorium
August 11, 1972[q] Akron Rubber Bowl
August 12, 1972 Ann Arbor Crisler Arena
August 13, 1972 Minneapolis Guthrie Theater
Europe[8]
August 15, 1972 Copenhagen Denmark —
August 17, 1972[r] Munich West Germany Deutsches Museum
August 20, 1972[s] Montreux Switzerland Pavillon Montreux
August 21, 1972 Saint-Tropez France —
August 23, 1972[t] Ollioules Châteauvallon-Scène nationale [fr]
August 25, 1972[u] London England Paris Theatre
September 2, 1972[v] Crystal Palace Bowl
North America[8]
September 8, 1972 Durham United States Cameron Indoor Stadium
September 9, 1972 Atlanta Atlanta Symphony Hall
September 15, 1972 Middletown Wesleyan Hockey Rink
September 16, 1972 Putney Windham College Fieldhouse
September 17, 1972 Troy RPI Field House
September 22, 1972 Rutherford Rutherford Campus Gymnasium
September 23, 1972 Pittsburgh Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Hall and Museum
October 1, 1972 Philadelphia Academy of Music
October 6, 1972 Buffalo Buffalo State Union Social Hall
October 13, 1972 Washington, D.C. Lisner Auditorium
October 14, 1972 Cincinnati Cincinnati Gardens
October 15, 1972 Coral Gables Union Patio
October 27, 1972 Boston Aquarius Theater
October 28, 1972 Princeton Alexander Hall
October 29, 1972
(2 shows) 		Plattsburgh Hawkins Hall
November 3, 1972 Chicago Aragon Ballroom
November 4, 1972 Lawrence Hoch Auditorium
November 5, 1972 St. Louis Kiel Auditorium
November 6, 1972 Albuquerque Student Union Ballroom
November 9, 1972 Berkeley Berkeley Community Theatre
November 10, 1972 Santa Monica Santa Monica Civic Auditorium
November 11, 1972 Seattle Paramount Theatre
November 19, 1972 Waterbury Palace Theater
December 1, 1972 Middlebury Middlebury College
December 2, 1972 Providence Palace Concert Theater
December 3, 1972 Williamstown Chapin Hall
December 5, 1972 Loretto Maurice Stokes Field House
December 8, 1972 Poughkeepsie Kenyon Gym
December 9, 1972 Philadelphia Irvine Auditorium
December 10, 1972 New Britain Welte Auditorium
December 27, 1972 Pembroke Pines Miami-Hollywood Motorsports Park

Notes

  1. ^ a b c d e f The band opened for John Lee Hooker on July 21–26, 1971.
  2. ^ a b c d e f The band opened for Spencer Davis and Peter Jameson on July 28–August 2, 1971.
  3. ^ a b The band opened for the Steve Miller Band and the Cannonball Adderley Quintet on September 14–15, 1971.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g The band opened for Blue Öyster Cult and the Byrds on November 18 and 20, December 3–4, 9–11, 1971.
  5. ^ The band opened for Yes and the Kinks on November 28, 1971.
  6. ^ a b c d e The band opened for Jerry Garcia and Howard Wales on January 22–23, 26, 28–29, 1972.
  7. ^ The band opened for T. Rex on February 18, 1972.
  8. ^ a b c The band opened for Emerson, Lake & Palmer on March 21–23, 1972.
  9. ^ The concert on April 3, 1972 was a part of the Mar y Sol Pop Festival.
  10. ^ The concert on May 9, 1972 was rescheduled from May 4, 1972.
  11. ^ The band opened for Seatrain on May 27, 1972.
  12. ^ The band opened for Cheech & Chong on June 18, 1972.
  13. ^ The band's concert on June 6, 1972 was a part of the Newport Jazz Festival-New York.
  14. ^ The concert on July 23, 1972 was a part of Summerfest.
  15. ^ The concert on August 5, 1972 was a part of the Schaefer Music Festival.
  16. ^ The concert on August 5, 1972 was a part of the Ravinia Festival.
  17. ^ The band opened for Yes on August 11, 1972.
  18. ^ The concert on August 17, 1972 was a part of Jazz Now!.
  19. ^ The concert on August 20, 1972 was a part of the Montreux Jazz Festival.
  20. ^ The concert on August 23, 1972 was a part of the Châteauvallon Jazz Festival.
  21. ^ The concert on August 25, 1972 was for Sounds for Saturday.
  22. ^ The concert on September 2, 1972 was a part of Garden Party V.

References

Citations

  1. ^ Walter Kolosky (November 7, 2011). "The Guitar Channel: Exclusive: After 40 Years, The Mahavishnu Orchestra Looks Back". Guitar-channel.com. Retrieved 23 August 2019.
  2. ^ Patrick Snyder-Scumpy, Frank DeLigio (November 1973). "John McLaughlin & The Mahavishnu Orchestra: Two Sides to Every Satori". Crawdaddy. Retrieved 23 August 2019.
  3. ^ Roger L. Smith (February 11, 1972). "Rock and Schlock". The Harvard Crimson. Retrieved 23 August 2019.
  4. ^ Don Heckman (July 7, 1972). "Jazz: Mahavishnu, A Trip Into Rock". The New York Times. Retrieved 23 August 2019.
  5. ^ "Mahavishnu Orchestra Average Setlists of year: 1971 | setlist.fm". Setlist.fm. Retrieved 23 August 2019.
  6. ^ "Mahavishnu Orchestra Average Setlists of year: 1972 | setlist.fm". Setlist.fm. Retrieved 23 August 2019.
  7. ^ "Mahavishnu Orchestra Gig List 1971 - Walter Kolosky". Walterkolosky.com. Site contains pictures of concert tour posters. Retrieved 24 August 2019.
  8. ^ a b c "Mahavishnu Orchestra Gig List 1972 - Walter Kolosky". Walterkolosky.com. Site contains pictures of concert tour posters. Retrieved 24 August 2019.

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