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	Polydor / Verve

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
All About Jazz	(highly recommended) [1]
AllMusic	[2]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings	[3]

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 Polydor studio albums, Light as a Feather (1973), Hymn of the Seventh Galaxy (1973), Where Have I Known You Before (1974) and No Mystery (1975) together with four previously unreleased live tracks (including a very funky^{[citation needed]} 14 minute version of "Spain").

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[]

• Chick Corea – keyboards (acoustic piano, Fender Rhodes electric piano, Hohner clavinet, Yamaha electric organ, synthesizers), marimba, gongs
• Stanley Clarke – double bass, electric bass guitar
• Flora Purim – vocals, percussion (CD1 on tracks 1-3)
• Joe Farrell – flute, tenor saxophone (CD1 on tracks 1-3)
• Airto Moreira – drums (CD 1 on tracks 1-3)
• Bill Connors – acoustic guitar, electric guitar (CD1 on tracks 4-9)
• Mingo Lewis – percussion (CD1 on tracks 4-6)
• Steve Gadd – drums (CD1 on tracks 4-6)
• Al Di Meola – electric guitar, acoustic guitar (CD2)
• Lenny White – drums, percussion, congas, bongos, marimba (CD1 on tracks 7-9, CD2)

References[]

External links[]

• Return to Forever - Return to the Seventh Galaxy: The Anthology (1996) at VerveMusicGroup.com
• Return to Forever - Return to the Seventh Galaxy: The Anthology (1996) album review by Scott Yanow, credits & releases at AllMusic
• Return to Forever - Return to the 7th Galaxy: The Anthology (1996) album releases & credits at Discogs
• Return to Forever - Return to the 7th Galaxy: The Anthology (1996) album credits & user reviews at ProgArchives.com