Return to the Seventh Galaxy: The Anthology

Return to the Seventh Galaxy: The Anthology
Compilation album by
ReleasedSeptember 1996
GenreJazz fusion, latin jazz, post-bop
LabelPolydor / Verve
Return to Forever featuring Chick Corea chronology
Live
(1978)
Return to the Seventh Galaxy: The Anthology
(1996)
Return to Forever: The Anthology
(2008)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
All About Jazz(highly recommended) [1]
AllMusic [2]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings [3]

Return to the 7th Galaxy: The Anthology is a 1996 compilation of 1972-1975 recordings made by bands assembled by Chick Corea under the name Return to Forever. The collection includes tracks from the albums Light as a Feather, Hymn of the Seventh Galaxy, Where Have I Known You Before and No Mystery, together with four previously unreleased tracks.[2]

Track listing

CD disc 1:

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

Disc 2:

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

Personnel

References

  1. ^ Hughes, Dave (1 September 1997). "Return to Forever - Return to the Seventh Galaxy: The Anthology (1996) album review | All About Jazz". allaboutjazz.com. Retrieved 27 October 2013.
  2. ^ a b Yanow, Scott. "Return to Forever - Return to the Seventh Galaxy: The Anthology (1996) album review | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved 27 October 2013.
  3. ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 304. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.