Live (Return to Forever album)

Live

Live album by Return to Forever

Recorded

21 May 1977

Genre

Jazz-rock

Length

49:12 (LP)
168.11 (4LP/3CD)
151:46 (2CD)

Return to Forever chronology

Musicmagic
(1977)

Live
(1977)

Best of Return to Forever
(1980)

Alternative covers

Live 2-CD cover (1992, US).

Live: The Complete Concert 2-CD cover (2000, US).

The Complete Columbia Albums Collection (2011) 5-CD boxed set cover

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[1]

Live is the final album by fusion band Return to Forever. It was recorded live at the Palladium in New York City on May 20 and 21 1977 as part of the Musicmagic tour to support the album of the same name. This was the only tour to feature the Musicmagic (1977) lineup, which included original members Chick Corea, Stanley Clarke, and Joe Farrell, along with newly added member, Chick Corea's wife, Gayle Moran on vocals, piano and organ, and a six-piece horn section.

Originally released as a single LP, the album was re-issued in 1978 as a 4-LP set called Return to Forever Live: The Complete Concert, which contained the full concert as heard by those who attended, including extended sections of dialogue and audience applause.

Release history

The original release was a single LP with a cover featuring Picasso's Three Musicians. A greatly expanded version of the album was released in 1978 on 4 LPs as Return to Forever Live: The Complete Concert,, showcasing the entire two-hour-and-forty-minute concert. This Complete Concert release features a plain dark blue cover with a stylized "RTF" logo and contains the entireties of pieces that had been edited down for the original one LP release, including a version of "Spanish Fantasy"; the intro to which was previously released in edited form as "Chick's Piano". Also included are spoken introductions to songs by Clarke, including one in which he is heckled by the audience for announcing the concert's final piece.

Different versions of The Complete Concert have been re-issued on CD - in both 2 CD and 3-CD sets. A Japanese 3 CD version, released in 1993, contains the complete recording exactly as found on the original 4 LP version, retaining "The Endless Night" and "Musicmagic" as two separate parts each. Corea's introduction of the musicians is appended to the end of "The Endless Night (part 2)". The first US (2) CD version was released by Columbia Legacy (C2K 47479) in 1992 with the stylized RTF logo on a red background titled simply, Return to Forever Live, and was subsequently reissued with a blue cover in 2000 (468923 2) titled, Return to Forever Live: The Complete Concert. Both of these US CD releases contain the edited versions of "The Musician" and "So Long Mickey Mouse" that were on the original single LP, while removing both the four-minute introduction of the musicians by Corea after "The Endless Night" and several extended passages of audience noise. "Chick's Piano Solo" and "Spanish Fantasy" are combined into one track, as are the two parts of "The Endless Night" and "Musicmagic". Track times differ between the 1992 and 2000 reissues, due to track intros appearing appended either before the song itself, or after the previous song; below, the 1992 times are used. Both versions have been digitally remastered directly from the original master tapes to restore the low frequencies which were rolled off on the vinyl version to minimise tracking problems.

In June, 2011, Columbia (Sony) released a 5-CD boxed set, Return to Forever, The Complete Columbia Albums Collection which includes the entire 1977 Live, The Complete Concert recording on 3 CDs together with 1976's Romantic Warrior and 1977's Musicmagic.^[2] The 3-CD version Return to Forever Live: The Complete Concert, 3-Record Set was released in Japan in September 2011 as a Blue-Spec CD limited boxset reproducing the original Japanese 1978 LP boxset. However, this 2011 reissue features "The Endless Night" and "Musicmagic" as one track each, instead of the original splits and fades of each song.

Track listing

All songs written and composed by Chick Corea, except where noted.

Live

Left disc
No.	Title	Length
1.	"So Long Mickey Mouse" (Stanley Clarke)	6:53
2.	"The Musician"	7:03
3.	"Chick's Piano"	4:35
4.	"Musicmagic" (Corea, Gayle Moran)	6:29

Side two
No.	Title	Length
1.	"The Moorish Warrior and Spanish Princess" (Clarke)	6:39
2.	"Come Rain or Come Shine" (Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer)	3:19
3.	"The Endless Night (part I)" (Corea, Moran)	8:00
4.	"The Endless Night (part II)" (Corea, Moran)	7:14

Live: The Complete Concert - original vinyl pressing

Side one
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Opening '77"	7:07
2.	"The Endless Night (part 1)" (Corea, Gayle Moran)	12:14

Side two
No.	Title	Length
1.	"The Endless Night (part 2)" (Corea, Gayle Moran)	8:19
2.	"Introduction of Musicians"	3:44
3.	"The Musician"	14:03

Side three
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Introduction / Hello Again" (Clarke)	7:41
2.	"So Long Mickey Mouse" (Clarke)	11:01
3.	"Musicmagic (part 1)" (Corea, Moran)	3:46

Side four
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Musicmagic (part 2) / Applause" (Corea, Moran)	23:45

Side five
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Introduction / Come Rain or Come Shine / Fine and Dandy" (Mercer, Arlen; Kay Swift, James Warburg)	3:55
2.	"Serenade"	15:01

Side six
No.	Title	Length
1.	"The Moorish Warrior and Spanish Princess" (Clarke)	19:30

Side seven
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Introduction / Chick's Piano Solo"	17:05

Side eight
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Spanish Fantasy"	11:20
2.	"On Green Dolphin Street" (Bronisław Kaper, Ned Washington)	9:21

Live: The Complete Concert - 3 Record Set (Japan)

Disc one
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Opening '77"	7:07
2.	"The Endless Night (part 1)" (Corea, Gayle Moran)	12:14
3.	"The Endless Night (part 2) / Introduction of Musicians" (Corea, Gayle Moran)	12:02
4.	"The Musician"	14:03

Disc two
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Introduction / Hello Again" (Clarke)	7:41
2.	"So Long Mickey Mouse" (Clarke)	11:01
3.	"Musicmagic (part 1)" (Corea, Moran)	3:46
4.	"Musicmagic (part 2) / Applause" (Corea, Moran)	23:45

Disc three
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Introduction / Come Rain or Come Shine / Fine and Dandy" (Mercer, Arlen; Kay Swift, James Warburg)	3:56
2.	"Serenade"	15:03
3.	"The Moorish Warrior and Spanish Princess" (Clarke)	19:39
4.	"Introduction / Chick's Piano Solo"	17:08
5.	"Spanish Fantasy"	11:53
6.	"On Green Dolphin Street" (Bronisław Kaper, Ned Washington)	8:49

Live: The Complete Concert (US)

Disc one
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Opening '77"	7:10
2.	"The Endless Night / Introduction of Musicians" (Corea, Gayle Moran)	20:23
3.	"The Musician"	6:58
4.	"Stanley's Introduction"	1:24
5.	"Hello Again" (Clarke)	6:02
6.	"So Long Mickey Mouse" (Clarke)	6:43
7.	"Musicmagic" (Corea, Moran)	27:26

Disc two
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Introduction / Come Rain or Come Shine / Fine and Dandy" (Mercer, Arlen; Kay Swift, James Warburg)	3:55
2.	"Serenade"	14:53
3.	"The Moorish Warrior and Spanish Princess" (Clarke)	19:20
4.	"Stanley's Introduction"	2:02
5.	"Spanish Fantasy"	24:46
6.	"Chick's Closing Introductions"	1:09
7.	"On Green Dolphin Street" (Bronisław Kaper, Ned Washington)	9:35

Live: The Complete Concert - 3 CD Set (Japan 2011 reissue)

Disc one
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Opening '77"	7:09
2.	"The Endless Night" (Corea, Gayle Moran)	20:30
3.	"Chick Corea: Spoken Intro of the Musicians"	3:43
4.	"The Musician"	14:04

Disc two
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Stanley Clarke: Spoken Intro to Hello Again / So Long Mickey Mouse"	1:38
2.	"Hello Again" (Clarke)	6:02
3.	"So Long Mickey Mouse" (Clarke)	10:51
4.	"Musicmagic" (Corea, Moran)	27:57

Disc three
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Come Rain or Come Shine / Fine and Dandy" (Mercer, Arlen; Kay Swift, James Warburg)	3:55
2.	"Stanley Clarke: Spoken Intro to Serenade"	0:58
3.	"Serenade"	13:56
4.	"Chick Corea: Spoken Intro to The Moorish Warrior and Spanish Princess"	1:05
5.	"The Moorish Warrior and Spanish Princess" (Clarke)	18:16
6.	"Stanley Clarke: Spoken Intro to Chick Corea's Piano Solo"	2:01
7.	"Chick's Piano Solo"	14:31
8.	"Spanish Fantasy"	11:21
9.	"On Green Dolphin Street" (Bronisław Kaper, Ned Washington)	9:30

Personnel

Gayle Moran – vocals, piano, organ
Joe Farrell – tenor and soprano saxophone, flute
James Tinsley – trumpet, piccolo
John Thomas – trumpet, flugelhorn
Harold Garret – trombone
Jim Pugh – trombone
Ron Moss – trombone
Chick Corea – keyboards, vocals
Stanley Clarke – electric bass, acoustic bass, vocals
Gerry Brown – drums

Chart performance

Year	Chart	Position
1978	Billboard 200	155^[3]
1978	Billboard Jazz Albums	12^[3]

References

↑ Yanow, Scott. "Live [2 CD] - Return to Forever | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved 20 July 2011.
↑ Doug Payne Review of Return to Forever - The Complete Columbia Albums Collection
1 2 "Live: Complete Concert - Return to Forever | Awards | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved 27 October 2013.

Columbia 35281 (1 LP)
Columbia C4X 35350 (4 LPs)
Columbia/Legacy C2K 47479 (2 CDs)
Columbia 468923 2 (2 CDs)
Sony Records (J) SRCS 7142 2
Sony Records (J) SICP-20305~7

Return to Forever

Chick Corea Stanley Clarke Lenny White Frank Gambale Jean-Luc Ponty Joe Farrell Airto Moreira Flora Purim Bill Connors Steve Gadd Mingo Lewis Earl Klugh Al Di Meola Gerry Brown Harold Garrett Gayle Moran James E. Pugh John Thomas James Tinsley Ron Moss

Studio albums	Return to Forever Light as a Feather Hymn of the Seventh Galaxy Where Have I Known You Before No Mystery Romantic Warrior Musicmagic

Live albums	Return to Forever Live / ...Live: The Complete Concert Returns The Mothership Returns

Compilations	The Best of Return to Forever (1980) Sony This is Jazz, Vol. 12 (1996) Sony Return to the Seventh Galaxy: The Anthology (1996) Verve Return to Forever: The Anthology (2008) Concord Return to Forever: The Complete Columbia Albums Collection (2011) Sony

Videos	Return to Forever: Returns - Live at Montreux (2009)

Related	Captain Marvel (1972) Verve Forever (Corea, Clarke & White) (2011) Concord

Chick Corea (discography)

As leader	Tones for Joan's Bones Now He Sings, Now He Sobs Is Sundance The Song of Singing A.R.C. The Leprechaun My Spanish Heart The Mad Hatter Secret Agent Friends Tap Step Three Quartets Trio Music Touchstone Again and Again Summer Night: Live Chick Corea Akoustic Band Alive Time Warp Rendezvous in New York The Ultimate Adventure Super Trio Five Peace Band Live The Vigil Trilogy

Solo albums	Piano Improvisations Vol. 1 Piano Improvisations Vol. 2 Delphi I Delphi II & III Expressions Children's Songs Solo Piano - Originals Solo Piano - Standards

Collaborations	Super Nova An Evening With Herbie Hancock & Chick Corea: In Concert CoreaHancock Chick Corea & Lionel Hampton in Concert Voyage Play The Mozart Sessions The Enchantment Duet

with Gary Burton	Crystal Silence Duet In Concert, Zürich, October 28, 1979 Lyric Suite for Sextet Native Sense - The New Duets Like Minds The New Crystal Silence Hot House

with Circle	Circling In Circulus Circle 1: Live in Germany Concert Paris Concert Circle 2: Gathering

with Miles Davis	Water Babies Filles de Kilimanjaro In a Silent Way Bitches Brew Jack Johnson Black Beauty: Miles Davis at Fillmore West Miles Davis at Fillmore: Live at the Fillmore East Circle in the Round Live-Evil On the Corner Big Fun Bitches Brew Live

with Elektric Band	The Chick Corea Elektric Band Light Years Eye of the Beholder Inside Out Beneath the Mask Live From Elario's (First Gig) To the Stars

with Joe Farrell	Joe Farrell Quartet Outback Skate Board Park

with Stan Getz	Sweet Rain Captain Marvel

with Herbie Mann	Latin Mann Afro to Bossa to Blues Standing Ovation at Newport The Roar of the Greasepaint, the Smell of the Crowd Monday Night at the Village Gate

with Blue Mitchell	The Thing to Do Down with It! Boss Horn

with Origin	Live at the Blue Note A Week at The Blue Note Change corea.concerto – Spain For Sextet & Orchestra – Piano Concerto No.1

with Return to Forever	Return to Forever Light as a Feather Hymn of the Seventh Galaxy Where Have I Known You Before No Mystery Romantic Warrior Musicmagic Live Returns Forever [as Corea, Clarke & White] The Mothership Returns

with others	The Laws of Jazz Flute By-Laws Moto Grosso Feio Turkish Women at the Bath The Creeper Merry-Go-Round Going to the Rainbow Round Trip Echoes of an Era Big Band Elektric Band II: Paint the World

Compilations	Inner Space The Complete "Is" Sessions

Soundtracks	Happy Anniversary, Charlie Brown

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