Extrapolation is the debut album by Jazz

Jazz

Jazz is a musical style that originated at the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States. It was born out of a mix of African and European music traditions. From its early development until the present, jazz has incorporated music from 19th and 20th...

 guitar

Guitar

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ist John McLaughlin

John McLaughlin (musician)

John McLaughlin , also known as Mahavishnu John McLaughlin, is an English guitarist, bandleader and composer...

. It was recorded at Advision Studios

Advision Studios

- Origins :Founded in the 1960s by Guy Whetstone and Stephen Appleby, Advision originally provided voiceovers and jingles for television advertisements. The studio was initially located at 83 New Bond Street, but moved to 23 Gosfield Street in 1969. The studio complex was built to be able to house...

 in London

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 on January 18, 1969 and first released later that year by Giorgio Gomelsky

Giorgio Gomelsky

Giorgio Gomelsky is a filmmaker, impresario, music manager, songwriter and record producer. He owned the Crawdaddy Club where The Rolling Stones were house band, and he was involved with their early management. He hired The Yardbirds as a replacement and managed them. He was also their...

's Marmalade Records

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.

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

Polydor Records

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 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
   Joe Farrell Quartet
   Joe Farrell Quartet is a jazz album by Joe Farrell on the CTI Records label. It was recorded at the Van Gelder Studio on 1 and 2 July 1970. This album was re-released as Song of the Wind in 1974 with different cover art.-Side one:...
   
    when recorded the following year with Joe Farrell
   Joe Farrell
   Joseph Carl Firrantello , known as Joe Farrell, was an American jazz saxophonist and flutist. He is best known for a series of albums under his own name on the CTI record label and for playing in the initial incarnation of Chick Corea's Return to Forever.-Biography:Farrell was born in Chicago...
   
   , and by McLaughlin solo on My Goal's Beyond
   My Goal's Beyond
   My Goal's Beyond is the third solo album of John McLaughlin. The album was originally released on Douglas Records in the US. It was later reissued by Rykodisc....
   
   )
4. "Pete the Poet
   Pete Brown
   Peter Ronald Brown is an English performance poet and lyricist.Best known for his collaborations with Jack Bruce, Brown also worked with The Battered Ornaments, formed his own group Pete Brown & Piblokto!, and worked with Graham Bond and Phil Ryan. Brown also writes film scores and formed a film...
   
   " – 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
  Tony Oxley
  Tony Oxley is an English free-jazz drummer and one of the founders of Incus Records.-Biography:Tony Oxley was born in Sheffield, England. A self-taught pianist by age eight, he first began playing the drums at seventeen. While in the Black Watch military band from 1957 to 1960 he studied music...
  
   – drums
• John Surman
  John Surman
  John Douglas Surman is an English jazz saxophone, bass clarinet and synthesizer player, and composer of free jazz and modal jazz, often using themes from folk music as a basis...
  
   – baritone and soprano saxophones

Billboard album charts

Billboard charts

The Billboard charts tabulate the relative weekly popularity of songs or albums in the United States. The results are published in Billboard magazine...

Chart	Peak	Year
Pop Albums	152	1972

External links

• [ Allmusic album main page]
• MP3.com album main page
• Review on jazz.com