Chick Corea – Return To Forever
| Label: | ECM Records – ECM 1022 ST |
|---|---|
| Format: | Vinyl, LP, Album |
| Country: | Germany |
| Released: | |
| Genre: | Jazz |
| Style: | Fusion, Latin Jazz |
Tracklist
| A1 | Return To Forever | 12:06 | |
| A2 | Crystal Silence | 6:55 | |
| A3 | What Game Shall We Play Today | 4:26 | |
| B | Sometime Ago - La Fiesta | 23:18 |
Companies, etc.
- Phonographic Copyright ℗ – ECM Records GmbH
- Recorded At – A&R Studios
- Published By – Litha Music
- Pressed By – Schallplattenfabrik Pallas GmbH
Credits
- Composed By, Electric Piano – Chick Corea
- Drums, Percussion – Airto Moreira
- Electric Bass, Double Bass – Stan Clarke*
- Engineer – Tony May
- Flute [Flutes], Soprano Saxophone – Joe Farrell
- Lyrics By – Neville Potter (tracks: A3, B)
- Photography By [Cover Photo] – Michael Manoogian
- Producer – Manfred Eicher
- Vocals, Percussion – Flora Purim
Notes
Recorded February 2 & 3, 1972 at A & R Studios, New York City.
Cat#: ECM 1022 ST on front cover (down right), back cover (top right), spine and center labels.
There exist copies with a second cat#: 2301 022 on a tiny sticker on front cover (top right) which appeared from 1976 with the introduction of the label code, which is printed on the back of the cover at the bottom left (LC 2516).
This cat# appears only there, nowhere else.
These were probably remaining copies from ECM selfdistribution with the cat# of the new distributor on sticker.
European Subpublisher: ECM Records
Joe Farrell courtesy of CTI Records
An ECM Production
℗1972 ECM Records GmbH
Printed in W.Germany
On labels:
Made in Germany
Cat#: ECM 1022 ST on front cover (down right), back cover (top right), spine and center labels.
There exist copies with a second cat#: 2301 022 on a tiny sticker on front cover (top right) which appeared from 1976 with the introduction of the label code, which is printed on the back of the cover at the bottom left (LC 2516).
This cat# appears only there, nowhere else.
These were probably remaining copies from ECM selfdistribution with the cat# of the new distributor on sticker.
European Subpublisher: ECM Records
Joe Farrell courtesy of CTI Records
An ECM Production
℗1972 ECM Records GmbH
Printed in W.Germany
On labels:
Made in Germany
Barcode and Other Identifiers
- Rights Society: GEMA
- Pressing Plant ID: ST-
- Matrix / Runout (Stamped Side A variant 1): ST-ECM 1022-A¹
- Matrix / Runout (Stamped Side B variant 1): ST-ECM 1022-B¹
- Matrix / Runout (Stamped Side A variant 2): ST-ECM 1022-A¹
- Matrix / Runout (Stamped Side B variant 2): ST-ECM 1022-B¹ D
- Matrix / Runout (Stamped Side A variant 3): ST-ECM 1022-A1
- Matrix / Runout (Stamped Side B variant 3): ST-ECM 1022-B1 D
Other Versions (5 of 105)
View All| Title (Format) | Label | Cat# | Country | Year | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
New Submission | Return To Forever (LP, Album) | Polydor | MP 2273 | Japan | 1972 | ||
| Return To Forever (LP, Album, Stereo) | ECM Records | ECM 1022 ST | Germany | 1972 | |||
New Submission | Return To Forever (Cassette, Album, Stereo) | Polydor | 25CJ0025 | Japan | 1972 | ||
New Submission | Return To Forever (Reel-To-Reel, 7 ½ ips, 4-Track Stereo, 7" Cine Reel, Album) | Polydor | XP 1040 | Japan | 1972 | ||
New Submission | Return To Forever (Cassette, ) | ECM Records, ECM Records | ECM 1022, 3101 022 | Germany | 1972 |
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Reviews
Try listening to the music and don’t focus on the crackle just a thought- the first album i ever bought by Chick was light as a feather back when it was released. one of the greatest fusion albums of all time. i somehow missed out on this one as it came out the year before biut it is every bit as good and in the same mould. Chick was one of the standout jazz musicians of the 20th century, one of the greats! RIP Chick, you gave us so much joy with your misic.
Edited one year agoI have the 1972 german pressing, ECM 1022 ST, (near mint) and there is no noise. Just got it and it was super dusty, then gave it a good cleaning. Sounds quiet and clear now.
Is every copy of this record noisy at crap beginning of both sides?? This is my third copy (Amazon, local and now Discogs). As my last effort, I purchased a copy here on Discogs, ECM-1-1022 that looks really clean, Near Mint (NM or M-), but again noisy as crap? It must be pressed into the vinyl. Too bad as this is a pivotal album in the history of Jazz-Fusion!! :(
my copy of this, the 1972 west german release, has an obscene amount of noise. it's not "surface noise"...it sounds like static and the louder or more trebley (ie cymbals) it is the more noise there is. it gets completely quiet in the very quiet passages. my turntable's grounded and no other record has done this. anyone else?
I love this record but have a copy without the sleeve Anyone with a half-decent sleeve but poor quality disc please get in touch!- My copy, I believe the U.S. 1975 ECM LP, sounds like crap, lots of noise, almost unplayable, but only in the mellow quite transition section from Sometime Ago to La Fiesta. Really strange. It looks great and sounds good everywhere else. I had it cleaned with spin clean and vaccum clean but still noisy. Maybe I'll have them run it again.
RIP Chick. Truly one of the great musicians and composers of the 20th and 21st centuries.
This album really needs a 45 rpm 180 gram audiophile treatment- The original West German ECM 1972 release...Full artist listing ..CHICK COREA -Electric Piano, JOE FARRELL -Flutes/Soprano Sax, FLORA PURIM-Vocals/Percussion, STAN CLARK-Elec' Bass/Double Bass, AIRTO MOREIRA -Drums/Percussion.
Recorded on February 2 and 3 ,1972 At A& R Studios New York City .
Produced by Manfred Eicher.
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