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John McLaughlin: Devotion

by Walter Kolosky
November 17, 2002

Originally released in 1970 but re-released regularly since, Devotion is a hard driving, spaced-out, distorted hard-jazz-rock album featuring organist Larry Young, drummer Buddy Miles, and the little known bassist Billy Rich. This album was recorded close to the period when McLaughlin had been jamming with Jimi Hendrix, Young, Miles and Dave Holland. Terrible bootlegs exist of ...

John McLaughlin with The One Truth Band: Electric Dreams

by Walter Kolosky
November 17, 2002

The last three minutes of “Desire and the Comforter" from Electric Dreams say it all about John McLaughlin. He just tears apart his electric guitar with cascades of funk, blues, rock, jazz, and Far-Eastern scales. Every strike of a string has individual meaning. His guitar soars above the chord changes and captures the spirit of the ...

John McLaughlin: Electric Guitarist

by Walter Kolosky
November 17, 2002

If you listen to McLaughlin's version of “My Foolish Heart" from 1978's Johnny McLaughlin - Electric Guitarist, it's hard to logically explain how the same guitarist had also produced the sounds found on so many of his earlier records. It's hard to reconcile this tune with his approach on his debut Extrapolation, Miles' Tribute to Jack ...

John McLaughlin: Belo Horizonte

by Walter Kolosky
November 15, 2002

Shame, shame, shame on Warner Brothers for not releasing 1981's Belo Horizonte on CD until more than 18 years after it went out of print! Belo's original claim to fame was that McLaughlin played acoustic and the rest of the band played electric--apparently a new technological breakthrough! (The fact was announced loudly by a big sticker ...

John McLaughlin: After the Rain

by Walter Kolosky
November 15, 2002

After the Rain received much praise in 1994 from many critics who usually consider McLaughlin's approach to music a bit too cosmic. The feelings among McLaughlin devotees were more mixed, however--there was some talk that McLaughlin may be running out of ideas. After all, this was the second tribute album he had released in the last ...

John McLaughlin and Mahavishnu: Adventures in Radioland

by Walter Kolosky
November 14, 2002

Yet another revamped Mahavishnu emerged in 1986 and released Adventures In Radioland. McLaughlin was having a hard time in the 1980's obtaining a decent record contract. He eventually found a home at Relativity. Relativity, being a minor label, did not do a good job of distributing Adventures in Radioland. Due to this fact, it is one ...

John McLaughlin: Extrapolation

by Walter Kolosky
November 13, 2002

If you were looking for one John McLaughlin record you might play for a curious friend, this would be the one. Extrapolation was McLaughlin's first album release as a leader, and it sounds as fresh today as it did way back in 1969. From the opening strains of “Extrapolation" to the closing softness of “Peace Piece," ...

The Inner Mounting Flame - Birds Of Fire

By John McLaughlin

Label: Sony Music
Released: 2001
Track listing:

The Inner Mounting Flame: "Meeting of The Spirits"; "Dawn; "The Noonward Race"; "A Lotus On Irish Streams"; "Vital transformation"; "The Dance of Maya", "You Know You Know"; "Awakening".

Birds Of Fire: "Birds Of Fire"; "Miles Beyond"; "Celestial Terrestrial Commuters"; "Sapphire Bullets Of Pure Love"; "Thousand Island Park"; "One Word'; "sanctuary"; "Open Country Joy"; "Resolution".

The Eternal Flame

By Mahavishnu Orchestra

Label: Klondike Records (3)
Released: 2001
Track listing: Meetings Of The Spirit; Unknown Song; The Dance Of Maya; A Lotus On Irish Streams; The Nonward Race;

John McLaughlin/ Mahavishnu Orchestra: The Inner Mounting Flame - Birds Of Fire

by Alan Brooks
April 1, 2001

This is a review of the similarities of The Inner Mounting Flame and Birds Of Fire, both performed by the Mahavishnu Orchestra, led by John McLaughlin, the guitarist and composer. The Inner Mounting Flame, originally released in 1971, and re-issued as a remaster in 1999, is the better of the two albums. Birds Of Fire, originally ...