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2 | [[caption-width-right:300:Psychedelic guitar sold separately.]] |
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4 | ''The Boston Record'' is a 2014 LiveAlbum by Music/JohnMcLaughlin and the 4th Dimension, a jazz-rock group. Recorded at Berklee College in June 2013, ''The Boston Record'' features the 72-year old guitarist revisiting seven of his past compositions along with "Echoes From Then" and "Call & Answer" from the band's 2012 album, ''[[PunBasedTitle Now Here This]]''. Heavier than the rest of the band's output so far, it sonically resembles [=McLaughlin's=] early work with The Music/TonyWilliams Lifetime and his own Mahavishnu Orchestra. |
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7 | !!Tracklist: |
8 | # "Raju" - 8:36 |
9 | # "Little Miss Valley" - 9:21 |
10 | # "Abbaji" - 6:53 |
11 | # "Echoes From Then" - 8:15 |
12 | # "Señor C.S." - 2:49 |
13 | # "Call & Answer" - 9:17 |
14 | # "Hijacked" - 4:56 |
15 | # "Maharina" - 6:45 |
16 | # "You Know You Know" - 6:11 |
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18 | !! ''The Boston Record'' demonstrates the following tropes: |
19 | * CallAndResponseSong: One piece is actually titled "Call & Answer". The device is also very prominent on "You Know You Know". |
20 | * CallBack: The album is a callback to [=McLaughlin=]'s older albums. |
21 | * DesignStudentsOrgasm: The psychedelic album cover. |
22 | * EpicRocking: Only "Señor C.S." and "Hijacked" clock in at under six minutes long. |
23 | * ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin: It's a LiveAlbum recorded in UsefulNotes/{{Boston}}. |
24 | * {{Fanservice}}: Non-sexual example (thankfully, given the leader's age) - the concluding "You Know You Know" is the only Mahavishnu Orchestra piece of the evening, and [=McLaughlin=] throws various [[EpicRiff famous riffs]] into the [[CallAndResponseSong call and response]] section - among them "[[Music/JimiHendrix Foxey Lady]]", "[[Music/MilesDavis Jean-Pierre]]", and "[[Music/TheAllmanBrothersBand Mountain Jam]]". The crowd responds as expected - [[{{Pun}} he knew they'd know]], you see. |
25 | * FunkRock: "Little Miss Valley" qualifies as jazz-funk-rock. |
26 | * GratuitousForeignLanguage: One song, "Abbaji", is titled after the Hindu for "father". |
27 | * {{Instrumentals}}: Only two songs have vocals. |
28 | ** {{Scatting}}: "Echoes From Then" |
29 | * LeadDrummer: Ranjit Barot may not have his name in the band title, but he has plenty of soloing space and handles all of the vocal duties. |
30 | * LimitedLyricsSong: "Abbaji" has only two lines - "love and understanding" and "love is understanding". |
31 | * LiveAlbum: All tracks are live |
32 | * NewSoundAlbum: Inverted - here, the band moves back towards [=McLaughlin's=] old sound. |
33 | * OneManSong: "Señor C.S." |
34 | * OneWomanSong: "Little Miss Valley". |
35 | * OneWordTitle: "Raju","Abbaji", "Hijacked" and "Maharina". |
36 | * RearrangeTheSong: Most of the songs are treated as harder rock pieces in the live setting. |
37 | * ShoutOut: "Señor C.S." is a tribute to [[Music/{{Santana}} Carlos Santana]], one of [=McLaughlin's=] occasional bandmates. |
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