Return To Forever - BBC Television Theatre, London, England, UK xx-xx-1976 (FM)

Return To Forever

BBC Television Theatre

London, England, UK

Recorded: xx-xx-1976

Broadcast: March 16, 1976

FM Broadcast Recording

Flac 16bit/44,1khz & MP3 320kbps

No Cover Art

 

Repost New Link Added 04/14/2025

Lineage: FM Broadcast > TDK-SA 90 Mnute Cassette > Tascam 112 (16bit Wave) > Flac (sb's aligned)

01 Radio Intro/Medievil Overture 5:08

02 Band Introductions 1:13

03 Sorceress 8:13

04 The Magician 6:14

05 The Romantic Warrior 11:01

06 The Duel Of The Jester And The Tyrant 11:45

07 Radio ID/Outro :13

Total Time: 43mn 48sc

Return To Forever 1976:

Chick Coreea keyboards

Al De Meola electric & Acoustic guitars

Stanley Clarke bass, double bass

Lenny Whight drums, percussion

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Return To Forever - Electric Lady Studios, New York City, NY, USA June 1975 (FM) - TheToolman & Goody Remaster

Return To Forever
Electric Lady Studios
New York City, NY, USA
June 1975
FM Broadcast Recording - TheToolman & Goody Remaster
Flac Level 8 & H.Q. MP3 320kbps/48khz
Cover Art Included

Lineage: unknown FM recording > tape > CD > Sound Forge > FLAC

Additional lineage: FLAC > WAV > CDR > EAC (secure) > FLAC (L8)

Goody's Additional Lineage: Audition (Pitch Bender, various amounts; levels adjusted) > iZotope RX10 Advanced (Wow & Flutter reduced; Azimuth and Phase adjusted) > TLH (FLAC Level 8; Align sector boundaries; .ffp) > foobar2000 (tags)

01 Chick Introduces the Band 1:18
02 Day Ride 3:34
03 Beyond the Seventh Galaxy 3:38
04 The Shadow of Lo 9:22
05 No Mystery 6:28
06 Vulcan Worlds / Stanley Speaks 16:00
07 Celebration Suite 15:35

Total time 55mn 54sc

Lenny White: Drums
Stanley Clarke: Bass
Al DiMeola: Guitar
Chick Corea: Keyboards

About 4 or 5 inches of snow has fallen this week. It's snowing right now and everything out back looks so peaceful as I sit here drinking my morning coffee. This show from quite a few years ago is playing on the stereo. One of my favorite Jazz Fusion outfits playing on yet another program usually reserved for Rock and it's many off shoots. So many Metal Heads I know are into Return To Forever, it would amaze you. Most say it's for the guitar playing no matter which guitar player is in the group. My guitarist in Psychosis said it was for the song writing. My bass player of course said it was for Stanley Clarke. I have to agree with my guitarist that it's for the song writing. This remaster is a great example of the awesome live performances that also made Return To Forever a favorite of many....

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Al Di Meola's World Symphonia - Estival Jazz 1998 ~ Piazza Della Riforma, Lugano, Switzerland July 11, 1998 (SBD)

Al Di Meola's World Symphonia
Estival Jazz 1998
Piazza Della Riforma
Lugano, Switzerland
July 11, 1998
Soundboard Recording
Flac Level 8 & MP3 320kbps
Cover Art Included

Lineage: Soundboard > D.A.T. > 1st Copy > E.A.C. > Wave > Flac Frontend (align sector boundaries) > Flac Level 8

01 Infinite Desire 12:07
02 Dino`s Solo 6:11
03 Aziza`s Solo 8:52
04 Solo Tango 9:18
05 Tango Suite No.1 8:45
06 Azzura 10:44
07 Duetto 7:54
08 Passion 8:30

Al Di Meola - acoustic guitar
Dino Saluzzi - bandoneon
Aziza Mustafa Zadeh - piano, vocals, percussion

Another awesome acoustic guitar performance from Al Di Meola! I would not miss this one. Oh and it sounds great too!

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Return To Forever - The Unconcert ~ Blue Moon Ballroom Elgin, Illinois, USA 04-09-1975 (FM)

Return To Forever
The Unconcert
Blue Moon Ballroom
Elgin, Illinois, USA
April 9, 1975
WXRT-FM Broadcast Recording
Flac & MP3 320kbps
No Cover Art

Lineage: FM Broadcast > ? > TDK-AD 90 min. cassette (probably 1st gen. copy) > (last 8:04 part spliced in from FM broadcast reel > Maxell XLII cassette copy) > played on Tascam 112 into soundforge (wav) > flac (sb's aligned)

01 - Space Circus 17:34
02 - Vulcan Worlds 22:17
03 - Celebration Suite 22:17
04 - Radio Announcer Comments :13

Total Playing Time: 1hr 2mn 21sc

Chick Corea (R.I.P.) keyboards
Al Di Meola guitar
Stanley Clarke bass
Lenny White drums

We lost Chick Corea on February 9, 2021 to cancer, he was 79.

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Al Di Meola - 37.Leverkusener Jazztage ~ Forum Leverkusen, Leverkusen, Germany 11-07-2016 (SBD) CD & DVD Set

Al Di Meola
WDR JAZZline
37.Leverkusener Jazztage
Forum Leverkusen
Leverkusen, Germany
November 7, 2016
3sat HD Broadcast Recording
DVD Audio Rip & DVD Full
MP3 320kbps
Screen Shots Included

Audio Rip Lineage: Bootleg DVD > DVD Audio Extractor v4.5.5 > Goldwave v 6.31 (editing) > Traders Little Helper (align sector boundaries) > MP3 320kbps

DVD Lineage: MKV File > Nero 2015 Platinum (create menu & chapters) > DVD5

01 - Misterio
02 - Mawazine
03 - Esmeralda
04 - Cinema Paradiso
05 - Stephanie
06 - Because (The Beatles)
07 - Adour
08 - Double Concerto
09 - She's Leaving Home (The Beatles)
10 - Mediterranean Sundance

total playing time: 59mn 9sc

Al Di Meola 1st guitar
Peo Alfonsi 2nd guitar
Peter Kaszas drums, percussion

justdave's notes Audio Rip:
I ripped the waves with DVD Audio Extractor. I then used Goldwave to raise the volume and add a faed out/fade in at the beginning and end of the show. No EQ or Noise reduction was used. The DVD had lossy audio so I used Traders Little Helper to encode the waves to MP3 320kbps.

justdave's notes on DVD:
I downloaded the MKV file from the net. I then used Nero 2015 Platinum to make chapter, a menu, and encode the MKV to a DVD. Really pleased with how well this DVD turned out.

DVD Stats:

NTSC

Menu: Animated 2D

Chapters: By Song

Video: 

16:9
MPEG-2 Program Stream <<(1vid, 1aud)
Sys Bitrate: 10080kbp/s VBR
Frms: 49.380 Kbps:4656 Qf: 0.450
Pics/s: 29.970 Frames/s 49.380 Fields/s: 59.940
Interlaced
Bottom Field First
Pic: 720x480

Sound:
AC3
48000Hz
Constant Bit Rate: 448 kb/s tot
6 chnls (3/2 .1)

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DVD Part1

DVD Part2

DVD Part3

DVD Part4
DVD Part5 

Return To Forever - Calderone Concert Hall, Hempstead, NY, 11-22-1975 (FM)

Return To Forever
Calderone Concert Hall
Hempstead, New York, USA
November 22, 1975
FM Broadcast Recording
MP3 320kbps
Front Cover Only

CD1
01 - Intro :15
02 - Vulcan Worlds 20:22
03 - Band Inros 2:57
04 - Shadow Of Lo 9:06
05 - Song Intro 1:10
06 - Romantic Warrior 12:23

CD2
01 - Chick's Solo / La Fiesta 9:12
02 - Al Di Meola Solo 8:52
03 - Stanley Clarke Solo 7:20
04 - Lenny White Solo 9:45
05 - Outro :35

total playing time: 1hr 21mn 56sc

Chick Corea keyboards
Al Di Meola guitars
Stanley Clarke bass guitar, double bass
Lenny White drums, percussion

Wish I had the lossless version of this one to share with you, it's such a great show! Stanley Clarke's playing in the 20 minute Vulcan Worlds is enough to make a lot of bass players lay the instrument done and walk away! The band is in fine form, this is an absolute must have recording (yep I know I say that a lot)

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Return to Forever - Yomiuri Land Open Theatre East, Tokyo, Japan 04-17-1983 (FM)

Return to Forever
Yomiuri Land Open Theatre East
Tokyo, Japan
April 17, 1983
FM Broadcast Recording
Flac & MP3 320kbps
No Cover Art

Lineage: Radio Broadcast > Trade > Wav > Flac

01 - Overture 6:58
02 - No Mystery 10:51
03 - Romantic Warrior 22:13
04 - Duel Of The Jester And The Tyrant 10:11
05 - Vulcan Worlds 4:47
06 - Song To The Pharaoh Kings 24:26

total playing time: 1hr 19mn 26sc

Chick Corea – keyboards
Stanley Clarke – bass
Al Di Meola – guitar
Lenny White – drums

Great set that includes the at the time unreleased "Overture". The track would later be recorded by The Chick Corea Elektric Band. The new Al Di Meola track "The Phantom" would also be played on this tour, unfortunately not at this show. The song would be recorded later for Al Di Meola's Kiss My Axe album.

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Return To Forever - Trod Nossel Studio, Wallingford, New Haven County, CT 03-27-1975 (FM)

Return To Forever
Trod Nossel Studio
Wallingford, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA
March 27, 1975
FM Broadcast Recording
Flac & MP3 320kbps
No Cover Art

Lineage: FM > Master tape > sony cassette >SBAudigy2 > PC > Soundforge > CDarchitech > CDR > EAC > Soundforge > TLH

01 Celebration Suite Part II 6:32
02 Space Circus 18:08
03 The Shadow Of Lo 17:16
04 Vulcan Worlds 10:36
05 Lopsy Lu 8:03
06 Celebration Suite Part I 11:41

total playing time: 1hr 12mn 16sc

Chick Corea keyboard
Al DiMeola guitar
Stanley Clarke bass
Larry White drums

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Al Di Meola Sextet - Uppsala Guitar Festival ~ Uppsala, Sweden 05-04-2009 (FM)

Al Di Meola Sextet
Uppsala Guitar Festival
Uppsala, Sweden
May 4, 2009
FM Broadcast Recording
MP4 vbr
Front Cover Only

01 Misterio 8:56
02 Siberiana 10:06
03 Cafe 1930 5:50
04 Cumbiero 6:33
05 Track #05 3:25
06 Track #06 4:57
07 Michelangelo’s Seventh Child 8:44
08 Double Concerto 8:53
09 Paramora’s Lullaby 8:04
10 Track #10 4:03
11 Track #11 9:31
12 Green and Golden 6:57
13 Mediterranean Sundance 7:18

total time: 1hr 33mn 23sc

Al Di Meola guitar
Peo Alfonsi 2nd guitar
Fausto Beccalossi accordion
Gumbi Ortiz percussion
Victor Miranda bass
Peter Kaszas drums

More Spanish Guitar flavored Jazz from the master Al Di Meola. Al's step away from the electric guitar came from necessity. He has suffered hearing damage from playing at loud volumes and has tinnitus. The acoustic guitar gives him less discomfort than an electric. Al's style of playing was a huge influence on the Heavy Metal genre, influencing many Shredders like Yngwie Malmsteen, Steve Vai, and James Murphy (Death, Testament, Obituary, Konkra) who recorded a version of Di Meola's "Race with Devil on Spanish Highway" on his solo album. This recording is highly recommended for all lovers of guitar driven music, Jazz, Metal, Rock or other.

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Return To Forever - 43rd Annual Heineken Jazzaldia Jazz Festival ~ Kursaal Auditorium, San Sebastián, Spain 07-25-2008 (SBD)

Return To Forever
43rd Annual Heineken Jazzaldia Jazz Festival
Kutxa Stage

Kursaal Auditorium
San Sebastián, Spain
July 25, 2008
Soundboard Recording
MP3 320kps
Front Cover Included

01 Vulcan Worlds 13:05
02 The Sorceress 11:05
03 Al's solo Parts 1 & 2 12:40
04 Chick's solo 8:43
05 The Romantic Warrior / Stanley Solo Parts 1 & 2 18:57
06 Duel Of The Jester And The Tyrant 14:18

total time: 1hr 18mn 51sc

Chick Corea piano
Stanley Clarke bass
Al Di Meola guitar
Lenny White drums

Great recording from the 2008 reunion of the "classic" line-up of Return To Forever. Really wish I had the lossless files for this show to share with you, but I have not been able to locate a lossless source. This tour was documented on the Returns live CD and the Return To Forever Returns: Live At Montreux DVD. Even if you have those releases you need this recording as well.

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Al Di Meola Group & Gonzalo Rubalcaba - 32nd Leverkusener JazzStage ~ Forum Leverkusen, Leverkusen, Germany 11-07-2011 (FM)

Al Di Meola Group & Gonzalo Rubalcaba
32nd Leverkusener JazzStage
Forum Leverkusen
Leverkusen, Germany
November 7, 2011
FM Broadcast Recording
MP3 320kbps
Front Cover Only

01 Siberiana 10:40
02 Brave New World 2:53
03 Passion 7:38
04 Maferefun Lya Lodde Me 8:10
05 Cafe 1930 6:16
06 Umbras 11:47
07 Bona 11:28

total time: 58mn 52sc

Al Di Meola Guitar
Gonzalo Rubalcaba Piano
Fausto Beccalossi Accordeon
Kevin Seddiki Guitar
Peter Kaszas Drums

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Return To Forever - Carnegie Hall, New York City, NY 07-03-1974 (SBD)

Return To Forever
Carnegie Hall
New York City, NY
July 3, 1974
Soundboard Recording
Flac & MP3 320kbps
No Cover Art

01 Applause / Ambiance 1:40
02 Beyond the Seventh Galaxy 3:18
03 Song Intro by Chick Corea 2:08
04 Song to the Pharoah Kings 15:42
05 Song Intro by Chick Corea 0:51
06 The Shadow of Lo 9:48
07 Song Intro by Stanley Cl… 0:52
08 Where Have I Known You B… 6:09
09 Stanley Clarke bass solo 5:12
10 Song Intro 0:43
11 The Vulcan Empire 10:05
12 Closing Announcements 1:47

Total time 58mn 15sc

Chick Corea - keyboards
Stanley Clarke - bass
Al DiMeola - guitar
Lenny White - drums

The second of our Sunday Morning Jazz offerings is a pretty special recording. This is the first live performance of Return To Forever with guitarist Al Di Meola. Guitarist Bill Conners had left to pursue a solo career, Detroit native Earl Klugh was brought in to cover some of the gigs. Earl Klugh had to go back to Detroit for some personal reasons and the guitarist spot was once again empty. A friend of Chick Corea's gave him a tape of 19 year old Al Di Meola and insisted he listen to the tape. Al and the group then had 4 days to practice the material for this gig. They sound great. Also some of the songs played on this night were played in front of an audience for the first time. Highly recommended!

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Al Di Meola Group - Leverkusener Jazztage, Forum Leverkusen, Leverkusen, Germany, November 2010 (FM)

Al Di Meola Group
Leverkusener Jazztage
Forum Leverkusen
Leverkusen, Germany
November 2010
FM Broadcast Recording
MP3 320kbps
Front Cover Only

01 Siberiana 9:19
02 Oblivion 6:38
03 Bona 6:15
04 If 6:02
05 Michelangelo´s 7th Child 12:36
06 Double Concerto Milonga 8:31
07 Umbras 9:44

total time: 59mn 10sc

Al Di Meola guitar
Fausto Beccalossi accordeon
Kevin Seddiki guitar
Peter Kaszas drums
Victor Miranda bass
Gumbi Ortiz percussion

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Return to Forever - Ebbet's Field, Denver, CO 08-09-1974 (Pre-FM)

Return to Forever
Ebbet's Field
Denver, CO
August 9, 1974
Pre-FM Recording
Flac & MP3 320kbps
Cover Art Included

Lineage: CD-r trade; purported to be pre-FM and/or Soundboard; TLH for WAV to Flac and Torrent Conversion; DIME 

01 - Return to the 7th Galaxy 3:25
02 - Vulcan Worlds 14:10
03 - The Shadow of Lo 10:32
04 - Where Have I Known You Before / Corea Solo spot 8:16
05 - Di Meola Solo spot 6:30
06 - Clarke Solo spot 7:40
07 - White Solo spot 8:33
08 - Song to the Pharaoh Kings 20:42

Chick Corea - keyboards
Stanley Clarke - bass
Lenny White - drums
Al Di Meola - guitar

This is a great sounding recording from one of Jazz Fusion's premier Super Groups.

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Al Di Meola - Don Kirshner's Rock Concert, Aquarius Theatre, Hollywood, CA 1980 (SBD) DVD Audio Rip

Al Di Meola
Don Kirshner's Rock Concert
Aquarius Theatre
Hollywood, CA
1980
TV Broadcast/Soundboard Recording
DVD Audio Rip
No Cover Art
MP3 320kps

01 Don Kirshner Intro
02 Senor Mouse
03 Egyptian Danza
04 Jumping Jack Flash (Instrumental)

Al Di Meola, guitar, percussion
Phillippe Saisse, keyboards
Tim Landers, bass
Robbie Gonzalez, drums

A nice sounding recording, and great performance from early in Al's career. Al's playing has had a big influence on the world of Heavy Metal, as well as Jazz. Instrumental Heavy Metal guitarists such as Steve Vai, James Murphy, Alex Skolnick, and Joe Satriani continuously name Al Di Meola as well as Frank Zappa as being a key influence on their style.

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