1972 was an incredible year for John McLaughlin (guitar), Jan Hammer (keyboards), Billy Cobham (drums), etc. As the Mahavishnu Orchestra, these 5 multi-talented musicians not only made up one of the first classic jazz/rock fusion outfits, but they also delivered the masterpiece Birds Of Fire, one of the more successful albums of that year, catapulting them into the upper rungs of the album charts.A true audiophile dream album come true, Birds Of Fire is now proudly revisited in the 180 Gram format, mastered from the original Columbia tapes by Joe Reagoso and Kevin Gray at AcousTech +RTI.