Return to Forever - Where Have I Known You Before/No Mystery

Artist:

Corea, Chick

UPC:

5017261207999

See Also:

Return to Forever McFerrin, Bobby Gomez, Eddie (Bassist)

Description:

Chick Corea/Return to Forever: Stanley Clarke (vocals, organ, synthesizer, acoustic bass, upright bass, electric bass, bass guitar, percussion, chimes); Al di Meola (guitar, acoustic guitar, acoustic 12-string guitar, electric guitar, 12-string guitar); Chick Corea (piano, electric piano, Clavinet, organ, keyboards, synthesizer, percussion); Lenny White (marimba, drums, congas, bongos, percussion).
Audio Remasterer: Andrew Thompson .
Liner Note Author: Alyn Shipton.
Recording information: Record Plant, NY (07/1974-01/1975).
Author: Neville Potter.
Photographer: Peter Kaplan.
England`s Beat Goes On Label does two-fers better than almost anyone else. They remaster the music, pop the CDs into durable, slim-line jewel cases, and offer authoritative liner notes as well as a tidy, if not overly attractive, paper slipcase. This double-disc includes the two middle period Return to Forever releases, Where Have I Known You Before, originally issued in 1974, and No Mystery, released in 1975, which was also the band`s final album for Polydor -- they moved to Columbia for 1976`s classic Romantic Warrior. The first of these two discs introduced the band`s legendary -- though not original -- lineup: with Chick Corea on keyboards, bassist Stanley Clarke, drummer Lenny White, and new guitarist Al DiMeola, who replaced Bill Connors. The now corny sci-fi imagery was perfect for the mid-`70s, and the stellar blend of knotty compositions and intense solo improvisation made for one of RTF`s most compelling albums. No Mystery, featuring the same personnel, generally got shorter shrift, but hindsight being 20/20, that`s unwarranted. Time has proven it to be a very consistent -- though admittedly less groundbreaking -- offering; it`s worthy of real reconsideration in the 21st century. These records were, along with Hymn of the Seventh Galaxy and Romantic Warrior, Billy Cobham`s Spectrum, Tony Williams` Lifetime, the Mahavishnu Orchestra`s Inner Mounting Flame and Birds of Fire, the epitome of jazz-rock fusion; Miles Davis` music of the era was always something more mysterious, more speculative, and far funkier than this muscular -- and masculine -- blurred out blend of instrumental pyrotechnics. The BGO versions of these albums sound a whole level or two better than the domestic budget reissues. ~ Thom Jurek

Track Listing:

DISC 1:

1. Vulcan Worlds
2. Where Have I Loved You Before
3. Shadow of Lo, The
4. Where Have I Danced with You Before
5. Beyond the Seventh Galaxy
6. Earth Juice
7. Where Have I Known You Before
8. Song to the Pharoah Kings

DISC 2:

1. Dayride
2. Jungle Waterfall
3. Flight of the Newborn
4. Sofistifunk
5. Excerpt from the First Movement of Heavy Metal
6. No Mystery
7. Interplay
8. Celebration Suite, Pt. 1
9. Celebration Suite, Pt. 2

Album Information

Release Date:

08/02/2010

Type:

Performer

Genre:

Jazz Instrument

Subgenre:

Fusion

Label:

Beat Goes On

Producer:

Chick Corea; Shelly Yakus; Chick Corea

Catalog Number:

BGOCD 799

Original Release Year:

2008

# of Discs:

2

Studio/Live:

Studio

Mono/Stereo:

Stereo

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