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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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