Inside (Paul Horn album)

Inside is an album by American flautist and composer Paul Horn, released in 1969 by Epic Records.

He became a pioneer of world and new age music with his 1969 album, Inside.

Inside became a commercial success, selling over one million copies worldwide and became one of the earliest examples of world fusion and New-age music.

Paul Horn (beginning with 1968's Inside) was one of the important predecessors.

It was recorded inside the Taj Mahal in Agra, India on April 25, 1968 during Horn's visit to produce a documentary about Maharishi Mahesh Yogi and Transcendental Meditation.

Inside is an album by American flautist and composer Paul Horn, released in 1969 by Epic Records.

It was recorded inside the Taj Mahal in Agra, India on April 25, 1968 during Horn's visit to produce a documentary about Maharishi Mahesh Yogi and Transcendental Meditation.

It was recorded inside the Taj Mahal in Agra, India on April 25, 1968 during Horn's visit to produce a documentary about Maharishi Mahesh Yogi and Transcendental Meditation. In 1967, Horn decided to pursue a "spiritual pilgrimage" and became one of the celebrity musicians to accompany The Beatles on their visit to India in February 1968 to complete a Transcendental Meditation course with Maharishi Mahesh Yogi at his ashram in Rishikesh.

It was recorded inside the Taj Mahal in Agra, India on April 25, 1968 during Horn's visit to produce a documentary about Maharishi Mahesh Yogi and Transcendental Meditation. In 1967, Horn decided to pursue a "spiritual pilgrimage" and became one of the celebrity musicians to accompany The Beatles on their visit to India in February 1968 to complete a Transcendental Meditation course with Maharishi Mahesh Yogi at his ashram in Rishikesh.

Inside became a commercial success, selling over one million copies worldwide and became one of the earliest examples of world fusion and New-age music.

In 1967, Horn decided to pursue a "spiritual pilgrimage" and became one of the celebrity musicians to accompany The Beatles on their visit to India in February 1968 to complete a Transcendental Meditation course with Maharishi Mahesh Yogi at his ashram in Rishikesh.

In 1967, Horn decided to pursue a "spiritual pilgrimage" and became one of the celebrity musicians to accompany The Beatles on their visit to India in February 1968 to complete a Transcendental Meditation course with Maharishi Mahesh Yogi at his ashram in Rishikesh.

In 1967, Horn decided to pursue a "spiritual pilgrimage" and became one of the celebrity musicians to accompany The Beatles on their visit to India in February 1968 to complete a Transcendental Meditation course with Maharishi Mahesh Yogi at his ashram in Rishikesh.

In 1967, Horn decided to pursue a "spiritual pilgrimage" and became one of the celebrity musicians to accompany The Beatles on their visit to India in February 1968 to complete a Transcendental Meditation course with Maharishi Mahesh Yogi at his ashram in Rishikesh.

The trip included a visit to New Delhi where Horn recorded tracks for Paul Horn in Kashmir – Cosmic Consciousness and Paul Horn in India – Ragas for Flute, Veena, and Violin, two albums that marked a major stylistic departure from Horn's jazz origins.

Archer, not knowing this, proceeded to set up the recording equipment which included a microphone and a Nagra portable tape recorder.

With his alto flute assembled Horn blew a low C note, which "filled the entire room and hung there" as the guard "stood there transfixed".

The first contact was his friend Richard Bock, the founder of Pacific Jazz Records, who forwarded the album to the marketing man, Massey Lipton.

The first contact was his friend Richard Bock, the founder of Pacific Jazz Records, who forwarded the album to the marketing man, Massey Lipton.

His request for the album to be packaged in a gatefold sleeve, which allowed two inner surfaces, initially caused problems, as the Epic's policy only granted gatefold sleeves for double albums which were sold for $4.99 instead of $3.99 for a standard record.

His request for the album to be packaged in a gatefold sleeve, which allowed two inner surfaces, initially caused problems, as the Epic's policy only granted gatefold sleeves for double albums which were sold for $4.99 instead of $3.99 for a standard record.

Horn expressed greater satisfaction with the design for the album's 1980s reissue by Kuckuck/Celestial Harmonies.

Bruce Temple for The Courier-Journal considered the Taj Mahal to be "one of the most intriguing recording studios in the world" because of the album.

In a review published in the Pensacola News Journal, Cliff Smith wrote: "To hear this LP is to know why Horn was compelled to play in this acoustical wonderland. I've never heard such a sound in my life", and praised its "intrigue and beauty".

Gene Lees of High Fidelity called the music "serene" in a recording that "has an incredible ambience, an otherworldly beauty that communicates itself with gentle insistence."

In a retrospective review for AllMusic, Jim Brenholts gave the album four-and-a-half stars out of five.