Live (Return to Forever album)

1978 live album by Return to Forever

Live

Live album by Return to Forever

Released

1978

Recorded

May 20–21, 1977

Venue

Palladium Theatre, New York City, USA

Genre

Jazz-rock

Length

49:12 (LP)
167:15 (4LP/3CD)
151:46 (2CD)

Return to Forever chronology

Musicmagic
(1977)

Live
(1978)

Return to the Seventh Galaxy: The Anthology
(1996)

Chick Corea chronology

Musicmagic
(1977)

Live
(1978)

The Mad Hatter
(1978)

Alternative covers

Live 2CD cover (1992, US).

Alternative cover

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

Alternative cover

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

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic

Live is a concert recording by fusion band Return to Forever. It was recorded at the Palladium in New York City on May 20th & 21st, 1977 as part of the tour to support the Musicmagic album. This was the only tour to feature the 1977 group, which included original members Chick Corea, bassist Stanley Clarke and saxophonist Joe Farrell, along with keyboardist/vocalist Gayle Moran (previously in Mahavishnu Orchestra), and a six-piece horn section.

Originally released as a single LP, the album was re-issued in 1978 as a four 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 the MoMA version of Pablo Picasso's Three Musicians. A greatly expanded version of the album was released in 1978 on four 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 Stanley Clarke, including one in which he is heckled by the audience for announcing the concert's final piece.

In June 2011 Columbia (Sony) released a five CD boxed set, Return to Forever, The Complete Columbia Albums Collection which includes the entire 1977 Live: The Complete Concert recording on three CDs together with 1976's Romantic Warrior and 1977's Musicmagic studio albums.

In September 2011 the three CD version Return to Forever Live: The Complete Concert, 3-Record Set was released in Japan as a Blue-Spec CD limited boxset reproducing the original Japanese 1978 four 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

Side one
No.	Title	Writer(s)	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	Writer(s)	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 (1978)

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

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

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

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

Live: The Complete Concert (US, 1992)

Disc one
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Opening '77"		7:10
2.	"The Endless Night / Introduction of Musicians"	Corea, 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	Writer(s)	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 Record Set (Japan, 1993)

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

Disc two
No.	Title	Writer(s)	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	Writer(s)	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 – 3 Record Set (Japan, 2011)

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

Disc two
No.	Title	Writer(s)	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	Writer(s)	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

Chick Corea – Steinway grand piano, Fender Rhodes electric piano, Hohner clavinet, Yamaha electric organ, synthesizers (ARP Odyssey, Minimoog, Moog 15 modular, Oberheim 8-voice), effects MXR Digital Delay, vocals
Gayle Moran – Hammond B3 organ, Yamaha CP70 electric piano, Mellotron, Synthesizers (Minimoog, Polymoog) vocals
Joe Farrell – piccolo flute, flute, soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone
James Tinsley – piccolo trumpet, trumpet, flugelhorn
John Thomas – piccolo trumpet, trumpet, flugelhorn
Jim Pugh – lead tenor trombone, baritone horn
Ron Moss – tenor trombone
Harold Garrett – bass trombone, baritone horn, tuba
Stanley Clarke – Alembic electric bass, acoustic bass, vocals
Gerry Brown – drums

Chart performance

Year	Chart	Position
1978	Billboard 200	155
1978	Billboard Jazz Albums	12

References

Yanow, Scott. "Return to Forever - Live: Complete Concert (1978, Remastered 1992, 2CD) album review | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved 20 July 2011.
Payne, Doug (14 July 2011). "Return to Forever - The Complete Columbia Albums Collection (2011, 5CD Box Set) album review". dougpayne.blogspot.com.
^ "Return to Forever - Live: Complete Concert (1978) | Awards | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved 27 October 2013.

Columbia 35281 (1 LP, 1978) at Discogs
Columbia C4X 35350 (4 LPs, 1978) at Discogs
Legacy C2K 47479 (2 CDs, 1992, USA) at Discogs
Columbia 468923 2 (2 CDs, 1992, Europe) at Discogs
Sony Records (J) SRCS 7142 2 (3 CDs, 1993, Japan) at Discogs
Sony Records (J) SICP-20305~7 (3 CDs, 2011, Japan) at Discogs

External links

v t e 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

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Chick Corea discography
As leader	Tones for Joan's Bones (1968) Now He Sings, Now He Sobs (1968) Circling In (1975) Is (1969) Sundance (1972) The Song of Singing (1970) A.R.C. (1971) (with Dave Holland & Barry Altschul) The Leprechaun (1976) My Spanish Heart (1976) The Mad Hatter (1978) Secret Agent (1978) Friends (1978) Tap Step (1980) Three Quartets (1981) Trio Music (1982) Touchstone (1982) Again and Again (1983) Summer Night: Live (1987) (with Akoustic Band) Chick Corea Akoustic Band (1989) (with Akoustic Band) Alive (1991) (with Akoustic Band) Seabreeze (1993) (with Gayle Moran & Lionel Hampton) Time Warp (1995) Remembering Bud Powell (1996) Rendezvous in New York (2003) The Ultimate Adventure (2006) Super Trio - Live at the One World Theatre, April 3rd, 2005 (2006) (with Steve Gadd & Christian McBride) Five Peace Band Live (2009) (with John McLaughlin) Further Explorations (2012) The Continents: Concerto for Jazz Quintet & Chamber Orchestra (2012) The Vigil (2013) Trilogy (2013) (with Chick Corea Trio) The Musician: Live at The Blue Note Jazz Café (2016) Chinese Butterfly (2017) (with Steve Gadd) Trilogy 2 (2019)(with Chick Corea Trio) Antidote (2019)
Solo piano albums	Piano Improvisations Vol. 1 (1971) Piano Improvisations Vol. 2 (1972) Delphi I (1979) Delphi II & III (1980) Children's Songs (1984) Expressions (1994) Solo Piano: Originals (2000) Solo Piano: Standards (2000) Solo Piano – Portraits (2014) Plays (2020)
Duos	An Evening with Herbie Hancock & Chick Corea: In Concert (1978) CoreaHancock (1979) Chick Corea & Lionel Hampton in Concert (1980) Voyage (1984) Play (1992) (with Bobby McFerrin) The Enchantment (2007) (with Béla Fleck) Duet (2008) (with Hiromi Uehara) Orvieto (2010) (with Stefano Bollani) Two (2015)
with Gary Burton	Crystal Silence (1972) Duet (1979) In Concert, Zürich, October 28, 1979 (1980) Lyric Suite for Sextet (1982) Native Sense - The New Duets (1997) The New Crystal Silence (2008) Hot House (2012)
Circle	Circle 1: Live in Germany Concert (1970) Circle 2: Gathering (1971) Paris Concert (1972) Circling In (1975) Circulus (1978)
with Stanley Clarke	Children of Forever (1973) Journey to Love (1975) Rocks, Pebbles and Sand (1980) Up (2014)
with Miles Davis	Water Babies (1976) Filles de Kilimanjaro (1969) In a Silent Way (1969) Live in Europe 1969: The Bootleg Series Vol. 2 (2013) Bitches Brew (1970) Bitches Brew Live (2011) Black Beauty: Miles Davis at Fillmore West (1977) Miles Davis at Fillmore: Live at the Fillmore East (1970) Miles at the Fillmore – Miles Davis 1970: The Bootleg Series Vol. 3 (2014) Jack Johnson (a.k.a. A Tribute to Jack Johnson) (1971) Circle in the Round (1979) Live-Evil (1971) On the Corner (1972) Big Fun (1974)
with Chick Corea Elektric Band	The Chick Corea Elektric Band (1986) Light Years (1987) Eye of the Beholder (1988) Inside Out (1990) Beneath the Mask (1991) Elektric Band II: Paint the World (1993) Live from Elario's (The First Gig) (1996) To the Stars (2004) Live in Tokyo 1987 (2017)
with Joe Farrell	Joe Farrell Quartet (1970) Outback (1971) Skate Board Park (1979)
with Stan Getz	Sweet Rain (1967) What the World Needs Now: Stan Getz Plays Burt Bacharach and Hal David (1968) Captain Marvel (1972)
with Joe Henderson	Relaxin' at Camarillo (1979) Mirror Mirror (1980) Joe Henderson: Big Band (1997)
with Hubert Laws	The Laws of Jazz (1964) Flute By-Laws (1966) Laws' Cause (1968) Wild Flower (1972) Family (1980) Blanchard: New Earth Sonata (1985)
with Herbie Mann	Herbie Mann Plays The Roar of the Greasepaint – The Smell of the Crowd (1965) Monday Night at the Village Gate (1966) Latin Mann Afro to Bossa to Blues (1965) Standing Ovation at Newport (1965)
with Blue Mitchell	The Thing to Do (1964) Down with It! (1965) Boss Horn (1967)
with Origin	Live at the Blue Note (1998) A Week at The Blue Note (1998) Change (1999) corea.concerto: Spain for Sextet & Orchestra / Piano Concerto No. 1 (1999)
with Return to Forever	Return to Forever (1972) Light as a Feather (1973) Hymn of the Seventh Galaxy (1973) Where Have I Known You Before (1974) No Mystery (1975) Romantic Warrior (1976) Musicmagic (1977) Live (1978) Returns (2009) Forever (2011) The Mothership Returns (2012)
with Wayne Shorter	Super Nova (1969) Moto Grosso Feio (1974)
with others	Sonny Stitt: Stitt Goes Latin (1963) Dave Pike: Manhattan Latin (1964) Cal Tjader: Soul Burst (1966) Pete La Roca: Turkish Women at the Bath (1967) Donald Byrd: The Creeper (1981) Eric Kloss: To Hear Is to See! (1969) Eric Kloss: Consciousness! (1970) Larry Coryell: Spaces (1970) Sadao Watanabe: Round Trip (1970) Marion Brown: Afternoon of a Georgia Faun (1970) Richard Davis: The Philosophy of the Spiritual (1971) Rolf Kühn Jazzgroup: Going to the Rainbow (1971) John Surman: Conflagration (1971) Elvin Jones: Merry-Go-Round (1972) Airto Moreira: Free (1972) Anthony Braxton: The Complete Braxton (1973) Richard Davis: With Understanding (1975) Dee Dee Bridgewater: Just Family (1977) Ron Carter: Parade (1979) Gábor Szabó: Femme Fatale (1979) Tete Montoliu: Lunch in L.A. (1980) Chaka Khan et al.: Echoes of an Era (1982) Elektric Band II: Paint the World (1993) Like Minds (1998) (with Gary Burton, Pat Metheny, Roy Haynes, Dave Holland) Herbie Hancock: Gershwin's World (1998) Avishai Cohen: Lyla (2003) Miroslav Vitouš: Universal Syncopations (2003) Antonio Sánchez: Migration (2007) Hans Glawischnig: Panorama (2008)
Compilations	Inner Space (1973) The Complete "Is" Sessions (2002) Chick Corea/Herbie Hancock/Keith Jarret/McCoy Tyner (1976) Chick Corea Compact Jazz (1987) Best of Chick Corea (1993) Selected Recordings (2002) Very Best of Chick Corea (2004) Herbie Mann-Chick Corea: The Complete Latin Band Sessions (2007) Electric Chick (2008)
Soundtracks	Happy Anniversary, Charlie Brown (1989)

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