''Electric Dreams'' is the fifth solo album by English

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guitarist

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and his "One Truth Band" (featuring violinist

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, keyboardist

Stu Goldberg Stuart Wayne "Stu" Goldberg (born July 10, 1954 in Malden, Massachusetts) is an American jazz keyboardist. Goldberg was born in Massachusetts but raised in Seattle, and played with Ray Brown at the Monterey Jazz Festival in 1971. He attended ...

, bassist Fernando Saunders, percussionist Alyrio Lima and drummer Tony “Thunder” Smith) released in 1979. Between his third and fourth solo albums he spent several years leading the

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(which featured Goldberg), and

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(which featured Shankar). While performing with

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, Davis had titled a song on the album '' Bitches Brew'' “John McLaughlin”. McLaughlin returns the favour here, naming a song "Miles Davis".

Track listing

All songs by John McLaughlin unless otherwise noted. # "Guardian Angels" – 0:51 # "Miles Davis" – 4:54 # "Electric Dreams, Electric Sighs" – 6:57 # "Desire and the Comforter" – 7:34 # "Love and Understanding" – 6:36 # "Singing Earth" (Stu Goldberg) – 0:37 # "The Dark Prince" – 5:15 # "The Unknown Dissident" – 6:16

Personnel

– Electric Guitar, 6 + 12 + 13 String Acoustic Guitars and Banjo *

– Acoustic and Electric Violin *

– Electric Piano, Moog Synthesizer with Steiner Parker Modifications, Prophet Synthesizer, Hammond Organ * Fernando Saunders – Fender Bass, Acoustic Bass, Vocals on "Love and Understanding" *

Tony Thunder Smith Tony "Thunder" Smith is an American drummer best known as a member of the Lou Reed backing band. He was former member of Jan Hammer Group with whom he recorded the album ''Jeff Beck with the Jan Hammer Group Live'', and was the drummer for Frenc ...

– Drums, Vocals *Alyrio Lima – Percussion, Amplified Chinese Cymbals *

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– Alto Saxophone on "The Unknown Dissident"

Chart positions

References

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