Return to the Seventh Galaxy: The Anthology

Return to the Seventh Galaxy: The Anthology
Compilation album by Return to Forever
Released 1996
Genre Jazz fusion, Latin Jazz, Post-bop
Label Polygram / Verve

Return To The 7th Galaxy: The Anthology (1996) is an anthology of recordings made from 1972 to 1975 by bands assembled by Chick Corea under the name "Return to Forever." The album is a compilation of tracks from the four Polygram studio albums, Light as a Feather, Hymn of the Seventh Galaxy, Where Have I Known You Before and No Mystery together with four previously unreleased live tracks (including a very funky 14 minute version of "Spain").

Contents

Track listing

CD disc 1:

  1. "500 Miles High" (Chick Corea/Neville Potter)
  2. "Captain Marvel" (Chick Corea)
  3. "Light as a Feather" (Stanley Clarke/Flora Purim)
  4. "Spain" (previously unreleased live version) (Chick Corea/Joaquín Rodrigo)
  5. "After the Cosmic Rain" (previously unreleased live version) (Stanley Clarke)
  6. "Bass Folk Song" (previously unreleased live version) (Stanley Clarke)
  7. "Hymn of the Seventh Galaxy" (Chick Corea)
  8. "Captain Señor Mouse" (Chick Corea)
  9. "Theme to the Mothership" (Chick Corea)

Disc 2:

  1. "Vulcan Worlds" (Chick Clarke)
  2. "Beyond the Seventh Galaxy" (Chick Corea)
  3. "Earth Juice" (Chick Corea/Stanley Clarke/Lenny White/Al Di Meola)
  4. "The Shadow of Lo" (previously unreleased live version) (Lenny White)
  5. "Where Have I Known You Before?" (Chick Corea)
  6. "Song to the Pharaoh Kings" (Chick Corea)
  7. "Dayride" (Stanley Clarke)
  8. "No Mystery" (Chick Corea)
  9. "Flight of the Newborn" (Al Di Meola)
  10. "Celebration Suite (Parts I & II)" (Chick Corea)

Personnel

References

Album reviews:

External links

Chick Corea  • Stanley Clarke  • Flora Purim  • Joe Farrell  • Airto Moreira  • Bill Connors  • Steve Gadd  • Mingo Lewis  • Earl Klugh  • Lenny White  • Al Di Meola  • Gayle Moran  • John Thomas  • James Tinsley  • Jim Pugh  • Harold Garrett  • Ron Moss  • Gerry Brown  • Frank Gambale  • Jean-Luc Ponty
Studio albums
Live albums
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
Related
Captain Marvel (1972) Verve  • Forever (Corea, Clarke & White) (2011) Concord