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FrançaisWith the completion of legendary guitarist John McLaughlin’s 2007 tour with his new group The 4th Dimension—his first fusion tour in North America in nearly a decade, there are plenty of opportunities to reexamine the tour in the context of earlier groups. While for some, the litmus test will always be his first, groundbreaking Mahavishnu Orchestra that recorded the classic The Inner Mounting Flame (Columbia, 1972), the truth is that McLaughlin has continued to evolve in a myriad of contexts. From the Indo-centric Shakti and Remember Shakti to his trio with Trilok Gurtu and his late 1990s Heart of Things band, each of McLaughlin’s groups has possessed its own distinctive personality.
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1 GAIZKA S.
// Nov 27, 2007 at 10:54 am
I love this DVD, and I have to say I saw the 1984 show live in Vitoria, Spain. I will never forget this show! all the audience was knock out with the first piece “radioactivity”. John´s new guitar and musicians put me out for long time. all the compositions are pretty good and though has passed some time from that day and I´ve played so so so many times this cd “mahasvishnu” I´m playing the dvd like it was the first time. John´s playing on roland guitar and les paul special guitar is like always relevant to my conception of music and HIS musical vision has no comparison on any other artist…
2 Armin
// Dec 14, 2007 at 1:46 am
Many, many authoring errors on the dvds. The labels are reversered, the disk labeled as 1974 is actually the 1984 and vice versa. I could go on but I’ll leave it at that.
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