John McLaughlin
Devotion


CD reissue cover, the original was totally different


1. Marbles - (4:05)
2. Siren - (5:55)
3. Don't Let the Dragon Eat Your Mother - (5:18)
4. Purpose of When - (4:42)
5. Dragon Song - (4:13)
6. Devotion - (11:25)

Total time: 35:40

John McLaughlin - guitar
Larry Young - organ & electric piano
Billy Rich - bass
Buddy Miles - drums & perc

Recorded at Record Plant Studios, New York City, February 1970.
Produced by Alan Douglas & Stefan Bright.


------------------- All-Music Guide Album --------------------

Rating : Best-of-Artist
Rating : Best-of-Genre (First Pick)
Charts : Down Beat #3.0

Initial fusion session from 1968. "Marbles" and "Dragon Song" are prototype for this genre. Larry Young is positively siderial on Hammond B-3.
~Michael G. Nastos

An early winner suggesting McLaughlin would be a jazz-rock innovator. Buddy Miles holds the fort on drums. ~Ron Wynn


(Review) Album review by Walter Kolosky.

1970 LP
Douglas 4
Epic KZ 31568
CBS DGL 65075
Douglas DGL 65075 (GB)
Columbia DGL 31568 (US)
Douglas 64537 (Holland)
Celluloid OAO 5010 (US)
CBS DGL 65075
CBS-Sony ECPL 59
CD
Celluloid CEL.N.Y.5506 (US)
IRS 972.506 (WG)
Celluloid CELD 5010