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Listen to whole thing, but from 3:39 on in particular. Comments please.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GSv6SEN3SKo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-tzemFUZ940

Live at Mar y Sol Festival

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I think he had too much coffee that day! Wow.

It's fast playing.

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I must say that I am still a sucker for this album. It is quite energetic and I love the garage sound. It makes me smile.

And as Zappa said, McLaughlin really did achieve to treat the guitar as a machine gun!!! (In an 1980s concert I have on DVD, he actually plays on a guitar with some stupid contraption attached that makes it LOOK like a machine gun. Hillarious!)

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"Everybody in this room is wearing a uniform, and don't kid yourself" - FZ
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You Know, You Know is my favourite on there, but Noonward Race is cool and I like the whole album. Still very listenable for me.

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The way I see it Barry, this should be a very dynamite show.

Before I even clicked on the link I had a feeling it would be The Noonward Race! This is still one of the most incredible things i`ve ever listened to.

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My favourite LP of all time. Amazing that it was recorded in an afternoon.

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A Blanket in my Muesli. A Blanket in my what??

He's a CEO for Chrissakes!

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I'd buy this, but there's been faster players with more control since.

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You gotta give the people something good to read, on a Sunday

I love the album, but I tend to skip Nooward Race, too tense, even for me...

You Know, You Know, on the other hand...

Or what about this one:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kDA7wrwGYNk

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The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true Art and Science. - Albert Einstein

There are sublime moments on Noonward Race. Did you know JMac played a rented guitar?

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A Blanket in my Muesli. A Blanket in my what??

He's a CEO for Chrissakes!

Really?

on the opposite side of the spectrum:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x2tOR93FOlg

Also, from the Electric Guitarist album, one of my favourites:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x2tOR93FOlg
(followed by a song I would pair with Noonward Race, called Phenomenon: Compulsion)


For the historic record:

Jimi Hendrix & John McLaughlin jam (best quality)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PZzIB9xx-gg

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The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true Art and Science. - Albert Einstein

Hard to believe Inner Mounting Flame was recorded 40 years ago.

"that drummer" scared the shit outta Frank Zappa, and so Zappa hired 2 drummers.

No shit!

Since I wrote this I've been listening to this album throughtout a lot and sometimes on repeat... It has climbed amidst top of my all time favourite records... Nooward Race has grown in my book.

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The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true Art and Science. - Albert Einstein

I read that Jerry Goodman and Rick Laird were having a punchup while JMc and Billy Cobham were playing this, JMc liked the way it sounded without bass and violin, the rest is history.