''Adventures in Radioland'' is a 1987 album by the John McLaughlin-headed group

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, released by the Relativity

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which represents McLauglin's interest in electronic technology. It features McLaughlin using the New England Digital

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with NED's proprietary guitar interface. The album was recorded at Psycho Recording Studios & Sampling in

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initially by Craigh Milliner then finished by Max Costa and mixed by John McLaughlin and Max Costa. It was released on CD by the

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label in 1993.

Track listing

Personnel

* John McLaughlin – guitars * Danny Gottlieb – drums *

Jonas Hellborg Jonas Hellborg (born 7 June 1958) is a Swedish bass guitarist. He has collaborated with John McLaughlin, Ustad Sultan Khan, Fazal Qureshi, Bill Laswell, Shawn Lane, Jens Johansson, Anders Johansson, Ginger Baker, Michael Shrieve, V. Selvaga ...

– bass guitar *

Bill Evans William John Evans (August 16, 1929 – September 15, 1980) was an American jazz pianist and composer who worked primarily as the leader of his trio. His use of impressionist harmony, interpretation of traditional jazz repertoire, block ch ...

– saxophones, keyboards (4) *

Mitchel Forman Mitchel Forman (born January 24, 1956) is a jazz and fusion keyboard player. Biography and music career Mitchel Forman began studying classical piano at the age of seven. At 17 he entered the Manhattan School of Music (MSM) for three years of s ...

– keyboards

References

Mahavishnu Orchestra albums Wounded Bird Records albums 1987 albums PolyGram albums Relativity Records albums {{1980s-jazz-album-stub