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Marbles (w/ Stefan Goldmann version)

by Johп McLaughlin

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MACRO M78

Marbles is the legendary 1970 proto punk / dance classic from John McLaughlin’s US debut album 'Deνotion', recorded at the time in which he played on Miles Davis' Bitches Brew and taped the Record Plant sessions with Jimi Hendrix.

Marbles didn't just deliver jazz rock's most danceable 4/4 beat, played by Band of Gypsies drummer Buddy Miles. It is also centered with a once-in-a-generation bass line laid down by Billy Rich. Larry Young's otherworldly Hammond textures predate a lot of what synthesizers were to do much later, and the blowtorch energy emanating from John McLaughlin's cranked-up amp went beyond what most would have dared during the defining era of heavy rock guitar. An apex achievement at the intersection of jazz rock, guitar rock and dance music without parallel, before or since. 

Here, a thorough remaster is supplemented by a new and throbbing techno version by Stefan Goldmann. The latter leans heavily on the tune's signature bass line. And what a bass line it is. Multiple musical hints appear throughout this 2025 version – at forms, ideas and sounds which have emerged in dance music since 1970, highlighting how well the central elements of the original composition have held out through disco, post punk, house, techno and anything else that has leaned onto the solid foundation of a 4/4 bass drum in the past fifty five years. Now here we have steady sequencer bass, voice-like synthesis (mirroring McLaughlin's handling of the wah-wah pedal), percussive echoes... And all fit like a glove.


Background: John McLaughlin arrived in New York in 1969 to join Tony Williams' new group Lifetime which also featured Larry Young and eventually Jack Bruce (of Cream). On the second day in town he found himself in the studio with Miles Davis, recording the seminal 'In a Silent Way' album. His playing would also take center stage in Bitches Brew, Jack Johnson, On The Corner and several other Davis key works of his much beloved first electric era. In between a busy schedule with Lifetime and Davis, McLaughlin also recorded two solo albums in 1970, 'Deνotion' with an all-electric group and ‚'My GoaI’s Bеyоnd' as its acoustic counterpart. By the time he formed his group Mahavishnu Orchestra in 1972, McLaughlin was firmly established as the most important practitioner of his instrument of his generation, within and well beyond the emerging jazz rock / fusion genre. Over the ensuing decades he has continued to evolve and surprise with unwavering consistency.

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released March 7, 2025

A:
John McLaughliп – guitar
Larry Youпg – organ
Billy Rich – bass
Buddy Miles – drums

Written by John McLaughlin.
Restoration / additional processing by Stefan Goldmann.
Mastered by Rashad Becker.

B:
Version performed & produced by Stefan Goldmann.
Written by John McLaughlin.
Mastered by Rashad Becker.




JUNO DAILY (UK) ‘True greatness… together with a reworking by Goldmann himself, that joins the dots from the original’s proto-techno stromp through its Moroder-esque bassline and on, to today’s dancefloor sensibilities. It’s a true corker.’ – ‘Single of the year so far by a long chalk.‘ (Ben Wilmott)

JD Twitch / Optimo: ‘The remaster sounds incredible – wow! And the cover version is truly fantastic. I can not wait to play this out.’

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