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* HeAlsoDid: His list of credits as a sideman is colossal, but a particularly noteworthy one is his lead guitar performance on much of Carla Bley and Paul Haines' triple-LP "jazz opera" ''Escalator Over the Hill'', which was released in 1971 after three years of recording - not due to any delays in the recording itself, mind you, but just due to the complexity of the material and the issues involved with scraping together the funds to produce it. Some 50 people appear on the recording either as musicians or vocalists, among them Music/LindaRonstadt and [[Music/{{Cream}} Jack Bruce]], not to mention the massive cast of people involved in producing it.

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* HeAlsoDid: His list of credits as a sideman is colossal, but a particularly noteworthy one is his lead guitar performance on much of Carla Bley and Paul Haines' triple-LP "jazz opera" ''Escalator Over the Hill'', which was released in 1971 after three years of recording - not due to any delays in the recording itself, mind you, but just due to the complexity of the material and the issues involved with scraping together the funds to produce it. Some 50 people appear on the recording either as musicians or vocalists, vocalists (or both), among them Music/LindaRonstadt and [[Music/{{Cream}} Jack Bruce]], not to mention the massive cast of people involved in producing it.
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* HeAlsoDid: His list of credits as a sideman is colossal, but a particularly noteworthy one is the lead guitar performance on Carla Bley and Paul Haines' triple-LP "jazz opera" ''Escalator Over the Hill'', which was released in 1971 after three years of recording - not due to any delays in the recording process, mind you, but just because the music was so complex. Some 100 people were involved in the recording in some way or another, also including Music/LindaRonstadt and [[Music/{{Cream}} Jack Bruce]].

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* HeAlsoDid: His list of credits as a sideman is colossal, but a particularly noteworthy one is the his lead guitar performance on much of Carla Bley and Paul Haines' triple-LP "jazz opera" ''Escalator Over the Hill'', which was released in 1971 after three years of recording - not due to any delays in the recording process, itself, mind you, but just because due to the music was so complex. Some 100 people were complexity of the material and the issues involved in with scraping together the funds to produce it. Some 50 people appear on the recording in some way either as musicians or another, also including vocalists, among them Music/LindaRonstadt and [[Music/{{Cream}} Jack Bruce]].Bruce]], not to mention the massive cast of people involved in producing it.
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* HeAlsoDid: His list of credits as a sideman is colossal, but a particularly noteworthy one is the lead guitar performance on Carla Bley and Paul Haines' triple-LP "jazz opera" ''Escalator Over the Hill'', which was released in 1971 after three years of recording - not due to any delays in the recording process, mind you, but just because the music was so complex. Some 100 people were involved in the recording in some way or another, also including Music/LindaRonstadt and [[Music/{{Cream}} Jack Bruce]].
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* Creator/{{Hipgnosis}}: Helped design the cover for [=McLaughlin=]'s 1982 album ''Music Spoken Here''.
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* TheShelfOfMovieLanguishment: The Mahavishnu Orchestra's third album languished in a vault for twenty-six years because the group couldn't agree on its value ([=McLaughlin=] himself always maintained it was the best thing they recorded). It was finally released in 1999 as ''The Lost Trident Sessions''.
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* Creator/{{Hipgnosis}}: Helped design the cover for [=McLaughlin=]'s 1982 album ''Music Spoken Here''.
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