Return to Forever - 1974-08-09 - Denver, CO (pre-FM/FLAC)

(pre-FM FLAC)

Ebbet's Field,

Lineage
cd-r trade; purported to be pre-FM and/or Soundboard; TLH for WAV to Flac and Torrent Conversion

Chick Corea-keys
Stanley Clarke-bass
Lenny White-drums
Al Dimeola-guitar

01-Return to the 7th Galaxy
02-Vulcan Worlds
03-The Shadow of Lo
04-Where Have I Known You Before (Corea Solo spot)
05-Dimeola solo spot
06-Clarke Solo spot
07-White solo spot
08-Song to the Pharaoh Kings

This has doubtlessly been posted before. Just traded a flac version of this with someone, so having done the file conversion, thought I'd seed it if it wasn't active. Absolutely great sounding show from around the time Where Have I Known You Before came out and Dimeola had just joined the band. RTF's heyday, and the golden age of fusion. If you've not picked this up before, and you like this stuff, grab it now. Thanks to the person who traded it to me, the orignal taper, seeder, file fixers, etc.
All of the RTF family is still alive and well, so please support them all by purchasing their commercially available releases.

Return to Forever - 2011-07-29 - Marciac, FR (FM/FLAC)

(FM broadcast FLAC)

Lineage: 
FIP broadcast > Onkyo TX-8511 FM tuner > Edirol R-09 > HD via USB > Sound Forge 7.0 > CD Wave Editor > FLAC Frontend (level 6) 

Chick Corea: piano, keyboards
Jean Luc Ponty: electric Violin
Stanley Clarke: electric & Acoustic Bass
Frank Gambale: electric & Acoustic Guitar
Lenny White: drums

01.Introduction & Tuning
02.Medieval Overture
03.Señor Mouse
04.The Shadow of Lo (intro) / Sorceress
05.Band Introduction / Renaissance
06.After the Cosmic Rain
07.Romantic Warrior / Outro

TT 102:54

Return To Forever - 2008-07-25 - San Sebastian, ES (DVDfull pro-shot)

(DVDfull pro-shot)

Return To Forever

43 Jazzaldia Festival

San Sebastián, Spain

Proshot DVD

25 July 2008

Broadcast date: 21 August 2008 on Spanish TVE2

Lineage: 

dvb program stream -> TMPGenc DVD author -> Dimeadozen

Video Attributes:

Video compression mode: MPEG-2

TV system: 625/50 (PAL)

Aspect Ratio: 4:3

Display Mode: reserved

Source picture resolution: 720x576 (625/50)

Frame Rate: 25.00

Source picture letterboxed: Not letterboxed

Bitrate: 4.36Mbps

Audio Attributes:

Audio Coding mode: MPEG-1 or MPEG-2 without extension bitstream

Sampling Rate: 48kHz

Audio application mode: Not Specified

Number of Audio channels: 2.0

Number of Audio streams: 1

Chick Corea (p)

Stanley Clarke (b)

Al Di Meola (g)

Lenny White (dr)

01 - Intro ~ Jazz Show Theme

02 - Introduction ~ Return to Forever / Written Screen Shot w/ player

03 - Vulcan Worlds

04 - The Sorceress

05 - Space Circus

06 - Al's solo

07 - Chick's solo

08 - The Romantic Warrior (leading into)

09 - Stanley's solo Part 1

10 - Stanley's solo Part 2

11 - Duel Of The Jester And The Tyrant

12 - Ending Credits

80 Minutes.

Chapter break after each song. Incomplete setlist, no menu.

Return To Forever - 1974-07-03 - New York, NY (SBD/FLAC)

(Soundboard FLAC)

Carnegie Hall

Chick Corea - keyboards

Stanley Clarke - bass

Al DiMeola - guitar

Lenny White - drums

01. Applause / Ambiance 1:40

02. Beyond the Seventh Galaxy 3:18

03. Song Intro by Chick Corea 2:08

04. Song to the Pharoah Kings 15:42

05. Song Intro by Chick Corea 0:51

06. The Shadow of Lo 9:48

07. Song Intro by Stanley Clarke 0:52

08. Where Have I Known You Before 6:09

09. Stanley Clarke bass solo 5:12

10. Song Intro 0:43

11. The Vulcan Empire 10:05

12. Closing Announcements 1:47

Total time 58:15

Return to Forever - 1983-04-17 - Tokyo, JP (FM/FLAC)

(FM brodcast FLAC)

Live at Yomiuri Land Open Theatre East

SOURCE:
Radio Broadcast>trade>wav>Flac

SOUND:
Very Good

Chick Corea: fender, piano, keyb
Stanley Clarke: el-bass
Al DiMeola: guitar
Lenny White: drums

01 - Overture 6.58
02 - No Mystery 10.51
03 - Romantic Warrior 22.14
04 - Duel Of The Jester And The Tyrant 10.12
05 - Vulcan Worlds 4.48
06 - Song To The Pharoah Kings 24.26

Return to Forever - 1975-04-09 - Elgin, IL (FM/FLAC)

(FM broadcast FLAC)

Blue Moon Ballroom 

Elgin, Illinois, USA 

April 9, 1975

Chick Corea: keyboards 

Al DiMeola: guitars 

Stanley Clarke: bass 

Lenny White: drums, percussion

01 - Dayride 5:21

02 - Beyond the seventh galaxy 3:42 

03 - Sophistifunk 10:37 

04 - The shadow of Lo 11:09 

05 - Song to the Pharaoh kings 23:28 (spliced at 11:02 and 15:39 in source 2, 22:57) 

06 - The game maker 8:21 (last 18 seconds at end of this song spliced from source 2) 

runtime: 62:39 (minutes/ seconds) 

Lineage: FM => cassette => HHB CDR830/CD-R/W => EAC => Nero Wave Editor (track splits and fade in/fade out) => FLAC frontend (w/SBE correction) => upload (from tmat44) 

the last aprx. 18 seconds of track 4 from is from a different master tape with this lineage: 

WXRT "unconcert" FM broadcast > unknown reciever > Tandberg reel deck, unknown model > TDK audua 7" reel @ 3.3/4 ips > played on Teac X-700R reel deck into soundforge (wav) > flac (sb's aligned)

the initial source has additional lineage of flac > wav (balancing, splicing last track) > flac (sb's checked, already aligned)

Return to Forever - 1975-03-27 - Wallingford, CT (FM/FLAC)

(FM broadcast FLAC)

Return to Forever 

Trodnossel Studios 

Wallingford, Ct. USA 

recorded Thursday March 27, 1975 

broadcast on WPLR-FM Monday April 7, 1975 

Chick Corea: keys 

AL DiMeola: guitar 

Stanley Clarke: bass 

Lenny White: drums 

set 1 

01 intro FM + Chick 

02 Jungle Waterfall, Dayride > Beyond The Seventh Galaxy, intro Stanley 

03 The Shadow of Lo, //, intro 

04 Vulcan Worlds 

set 2 

05 // intro Chick 

06 Lopsy Lu 

07>08 Celebration Suite 

09 encore break, intro Chick 

10 Space Circus 

SOURCE: PRE FM BROACAST 

Return to Forever - 1974-03-24 - Roermond, NL (FM/FLAC)

(FM broadcast FLAC)

De Oranjerie

Lineage:
FM broadcast > Unknown recording device > CD in trade > EAC > HD > SoundForge 7.0 > CD Wave > FLAC Frontend (level 6)

Chick Corea: piano, keyboards
Bill Connors: guitars
Stanley Clarke: bass
Lenny White: drums

01 - Senyor Mouse

02 - After The Cosmic Rain

03 - Lenny White Solo / Theme To The Mothership

04 - Children’s Song / Space Circus

TT 57:36

Return to Forever - 1974-02-01 - Worcester, MA (pre-FM/FLAC)

(pre-FM FLAC)

Return to Forever (Bill Connors) 1974-02-01 Clark University, Worcester, Mass. (2 shows, 1st gen.) (FLAC)

Return to Forever: "Clarke at Clark"

Chick Corea: keyboards

Bill Connors: guitar

Stanley Clarke: bass

Lenny White: drums

Atwood Hall (I think, not absolutely sure of this)

Clark University, Worcester, Mass. (I am sure of this and date)

February 1, 1974

(Two Shows!) Total (unedited*) runtime 183:45* (see Note below)

Source: 1st generation cassettes of master sbd reel (WCUW Worcester 91.3 FM radio, which was at this time Clark University's radio station before going independent/public radio, long before I worked there) performance quality: B+/A, some unusual songs for RTF recording quality: B/A It varies some, mostly due to some weird mixing. I have made some adjustments that

has helped this considerably. It's a nice clean source recording, transferred from Revox reel to Tascam cassette deck with no dolby used.

lineage:

WCUW radio station master reel (10", 3 3/4 ips) > (played on Revox reel deck into Tascam cassette deck, dolby off)my copy (Maxell XLII-S cassette) > soundforge 4.5 (to WAV) >

FLAC 6 > torrent. 1st seeded in march of 2009.

reseeded in 2015 with track times and a flac > wav > flac (sb's aligned) reconversion to remove the sbe's.

first show 88:37

01: band introductions 3:41

02: beyond the 7th galaxy 4:11

03: after the cosmic rain 20:13

04: theme to the mothership 21:51

05: children's song (Corea & Clarke duet) 6:41

06: space circus 15:08

07: captain senor mouse 16:51

second show 95:08

01: band introductions 3:03

02: captain senor mouse 17:05

03: bass folk song 15:16

04: sometime ago 45:02

05: encore: space circus 14:41

runtime 183:45 (minutes/ seconds)

Return To Forever - 1974-12-30 - Springfield, MA (SBD/FLAC)

(Soundboard FLAC)

Live at Civic Center

Source:
SBD> METAL AUDIO TAPE (in trade)>CDR Phillips 880>EAC Secure>Flac Frontend>Level 6

Sound:
A/A- (very hissy at quiet parts, but clear sound)

w/
Chick Corea: Fender Rhodes Stage 73 Mark I Electric Piano,
Hohner D6 Clavinet, Mini-Moog, Yamaha Organ,
Moog 15 Sample & Hold, Introductions

Al DiMeola: acoustic & electric guitars
Stanley Clarke: bass
Lenny White: drums

CD1

01 - Beyond the Seventh Galaxy [3:35]

02 - untitled [8:32]

03 - Vulcan Worlds [19:12]

04 - untitled (acoustic tune) [5:59]

05 - untitled [7:08]

CD2

01 - applause [0:11]

02 - untitled [6:05]

03 - untitled [4:43]

04 - Suite [23:25]

05 - untitled [12:15]

Return To Forever - 1975-11-22 - Hempstead, NY (FM/FLAC)

(FM broadcast FLAC)

CALDERONE CONCERT HALL

lineage
Fm Reel Master > Audio Cd > Sony Screenblast Extraction > Cool Edit > Cd Wave Editor > Flac

Chick Corea
Al DiMeola
Stanley Clarke
Lenny White

CD1

01 - Intro

02 - Vulcan Worlds

03 - Talk

04 - Shadow Of Lo

05 - Talk

06 - Romantic Warrior

CD2

01 - Chick'S Solo > La Fiesta

02 - Al'S Solo

03 - Stanley'S Solo

04 - Lenny'S Solo

05 - Outro

notes
On a related subject, has anyone ever come across their radio broadcast from ultrasonic studios? It was from late 74 or early 75. Wlir aired it as they did this one. In the 70's I gave them a couple of tapes for their weekly live radio show and in return they let me copy a couple of shows from their archive. For contractual reasons they wouldn't let me have a copy. I had the reel in my hands.

Return To Forever - 1974-11-03 - Olympia, WA (SBD/FLAC)

(Soundboard FLAC)

Evergreen State College,

Olympia, Washington, U.S.A.

(that's Wash. state, not D.C.)

Chick Corea- keyboards

Al DiMeola- guitar

Stanley Clarke- bass

Lenny White- drums

Recording quality: B+ to A (some variation)

Performance quality: B+/A-, if you like real long ones, you may consider this show an A performance. Even for a R.T.F. with Al show, this is a pretty good one by all.

source: soundboard reel (2nd generation, all-reel no dolby lineage)

CD1

01: beyond the seventh galaxy >

02: vulcan worlds

03: song to the pharoah kings

CD2

04: acoustic solos

05: celebration suite

06: band introductions

runtime: 121:08

Return to Forever - 1973-10-30 - Boston, MA (FM/FLAC)

(FM broadcast FLAC)

Paul's Mall

Boston, Mass.

October 30, 1973 (1st set)

promoting the album "Hymm of the 7th Galaxy"

WBCN FM broadcast

lineage >

WBCN 104.1 FM > unknown reciever and deck > BASF master cassette (normal bias) > 1st gen. analog tape copy TDK-AD (normal bias, dolby B), copied in late 70's (track 1 and 8 patched from low unknown gen diff. source) >

played on tascam 112 into soundforge (wav) >

Return to Forever

Chick Corea: keyboards and synthesizer

Bill Connors: guitar

Stanley Clarke: bass

Lenny White: drums

1: radio intro and tuning 1:29

2: hymm of the 7th galaxy 3:35

3: band intros 1:41

4: after the cosmic rain 15:48

5: theme of the mothership 14:53

6: space circus 10:05

7: captain senor mouse 13:59

8: radio outro :25

runtime: 61:56 (minutes/seconds)

Return to Forever - 1974-10-12 - Gambier, OH (SBD/FLAC)

(Soundboard FLAC)

Return to Forever

Kenyon College

Gambier, Ohio

October 12, 1974

sbd recording of unknown lineage

lineage

sbd > ? > TDK-AD 90 minute cassettes (no dolby) > tascam 112 (dolby off) > soundforge (16 bit/ 44.1 khz wav) > flac 8 (sb's aligned)

Chick Corea: keyboards

Al Di Meola: guitar

Stanley Clarke: bass

Lenny White: drums

CD1 [61:14]

01: Corea introduces the group 2:25

02: beyond the 7th galaxy 3:06

03: Vulcan worlds 22:57

04: the shadow of Lo 10:46

05: song to the Pharoah kings 21:50

I think there is a set break at this point, not sure of that, because the recording has some edits between songs.

CD2 [66:55] (solos and jams)

06: Corea > 4:33

07: Di Meola > 7:55

08: Clarke > 8:41

09: White > 7:29

10: celebration suite 19:20 (cuts at 13:46, tape flip)

11: encore: space circus 18:47

runtime: 128:11 (minutes/seconds)

Return to Forever - 1972-09-17 - Stockholm, SWE (FM/FLAC)

(FM broadcast FLAC)

Dramaten - Stockholm Jazzdays 
Konserthuset 
Stockholm, Sweden 
September 17, 1972 

Chick Corea - Electric & Acoustic Pianos 
Joe Farrell - Soprano Sax & Flute 
Stanley Clarke - Bass 
Airto Moriera - Drums Kit & Percussion 

01) Band Intro by Chick (:57)
02) Spain (11:30) 
03) Intro to Children's Song (:21) 
04) Children's Song (2:36) 
05) Noon Song (11:44) 
06) Matrix (16:48) 
07) Radio Announcer Outro (:51) 

This is a reseed of Return to Forever in Stockholm 1972 recorded about a month before they waxed the "Light As A Feather" lp. The band is without vocalist Flora Purim but includes "Noon Song" not released with this lineup, and a great improv intro to "Matrix". The show originates from a FM Broadcast and the sound is so nice as The Tooleman performed his magic. My introduction to (and favorite era of) Return to Forever, I could listen to these guys play all day! Many thanks to the original recordist and seeders who have kept this rare one around for decades, and as always your comments are appreciated!

Return To Forever - 1974 - Musik Laden Extra (DVDfull pro-shot)

(DVDfull pro-shot)

Germany 1974

Remastered audio and video on newly-authored DVD by TooleMan TV
May, 2011

This DVD contains ONLY the 1974 Musik Laden performance.
It has been remastered using video noise reduction and Sony Vegas Pro audio.

Includes song title selection menu.
Greatly improved audio quality.
Nice video quality

NTSC
Audio: PCM, 1536 kbit/s
Approx 43 minutes

Chick Corea (Key)
Stanley Clark (Bass)
Lenny White (Dr)
Bill Conners (Guitar)

01. Hymn Of The 7th Galaxy
02. After The Cosmic Rain
03. Some Time Ago
04. Bass Folksong
05. Space Circus

Return To Forever - 1974-02-xx - Geneva, NY (SBD/FLAC)

(Soundboard FLAC)

Hobart College 
Geneva, New York 
February 1974 

Chick Corea - Keyboards 
Billy Conners - Electric and Acoustic Guitar 
Stanley Clarke - Electric & Acoustic Bass 
Lenny White - Drums 

Lineage:
SBD?>CDR>EAC>Normalize-boost-retracking w/ Audacity>FLAC 

B/B+?? hiss & mix varies. Check Samples.... 

CD 1 
T1 Hymm of the Seventh Galaxy 2:57 
T2 Captain Senor Mouse 12:23 
T3 After the Cosmic Rain(slight cut) 31:41 

CD 2 
T1 Rhodes Intro>Jazzy Improv 6:41 
T2 Acoustic Solos and Improv jam 11:35 
T3 Sometime Ago>Seventh Galaxy Reprise 14:33 
T4 Space Circus 8:41 

Notes:
Rare RTF Soundboard of 74'RTF? After all this time? Yeah, I was surprised too. It's no pre-fm master but decent sounding. The performance is fantastic!!(IMO) The Billy Conners Fan Club here on Dime are gonna flip over his playing here. Remastering welcome as far as I'm concerned & I can send you a rawer copy than this version to work with. 

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Return to Forever - 1975-04-XX - Wallingford, CT (FM/FLAC)

(FM broadcast FLAC)

Lineage
FM>Master tape>sony cassette>SBAudigy2>PC>Soundforge>CDarchitech>CDR>E AC>Soundforge>TLH

venue
Trod Nossel Studios

Chick Corea (keyboard)
Al DiMeola (guitar)
Stanley Clarke (bass)

01 - Space Circus
02 - The Shadow of Lo
03 - Vulcan Worlds
04 - Lopsy Lu
05 - Celebration Suite

Return To Forever - 1974-02-xx - Geneva, NY (SBD/FLAC)

Hobart College
Geneva, New York
February 1974

Chick Corea - Keyboards
Billy Conners - Electric and Acoustic Guitar
Stanley Clarke - Electric & Acoustic Bass
Lenny White - Drums

Lineage:
SBD?>CDR>EAC>Normalize-boost-retracking w/ Audacity>FLAC

B/B+?? hiss & mix varies. Check Samples....

CD 1
T1 Hymm of the Seventh Galaxy 2:57
T2 Captain Senor Mouse 12:23
T3 After the Cosmic Rain(slight cut) 31:41

CD 2
T1 Rhodes Intro>Jazzy Improv 6:41
T2 Acoustic Solos and Improv jam 11:35
T3 Sometime Ago>Seventh Galaxy Reprise 14:33
T4 Space Circus 8:41

Notes:
Rare RTF Soundboard of 74'RTF? After all this time? Yeah, I was surprised too. It's no pre-fm master but decent sounding. The performance is fantastic!!(IMO) The Billy Conners Fan Club here on Dime are gonna flip over his playing here. Remastering welcome as far as I'm concerned & I can send you a rawer copy than this version to work with.