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Extrapolation (album)

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Released
  
1969

Artist
  
John McLaughlin

Producer
  
Giorgio Gomelsky

Length
  
40:42

Release date
  
1969

Label
  
Marmalade

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Recorded
  
Advision Studios in London on January 18, 1969

Extrapolation (1969)
  
Where Fortune Smiles (1970)

Genres
  
Jazz, Jazz fusion, Post-bop

Similar
  
John McLaughlin albums, Jazz fusion albums

John mclaughlin extrapolation full album


Extrapolation is the debut album by jazz guitarist John McLaughlin. It was recorded at Advision Studios in London on January 18, 1969 and first released later that year in the United Kingdom by Giorgio Gomelsky's Marmalade Records.

Contents

The album was not released in the United States until 1972, following McLaughlin's success as the leader of the Mahavishnu Orchestra. The first US release and other subsequent re-issues are on the Polydor Records label.

Track listing

All tracks were composed by John McLaughlin.

  1. "Extrapolation" – 2:57
  2. "It's Funny" – 4:25
  3. "Arjen's Bag" – 4:25 (re-titled "Follow Your Heart" when recorded the following year with Joe Farrell, and by McLaughlin solo on My Goal's Beyond)
  4. "Pete the Poet" (named in honor of Pete Brown) – 5:00
  5. "This Is for Us to Share" – 3:30
  6. "Spectrum" – 2:45
  7. "Binky's Beam" – 7:05 (this track is often listed incorrectly as "Binky's Dream")
  8. "Really You Know" – 4:25
  9. "Two for Two" – 3:35
  10. "Peace Piece" – 1:50

Personnel

  • John McLaughlin – guitar
  • Brian Odgers (incorrectly named "Odges" on the album notes) – bass
  • Tony Oxley – drums
  • John Surman – baritone and soprano saxophones
  • Songs

    1Extrapolation3:53
    2It's Funny4:23
    3Arjen's Bag4:11

    References

    Extrapolation (album) Wikipedia