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Return to Forever Live

Return to Forever

This is effectively the final original Return to Forever album released and, perhaps, one of its most significant. It was recorded live at the Palladium in New York City on May 20 and 21, 1977, as part of the Musicmagic tour, which led the group to meet President Jimmy Carter the following month.

Needless to say, there is a plethora of fantastic playing to be heard here that RTF’s studio albums probably prohibited, with inventive interjections from almost all concerned, waxing eloquently over some very long passages.

— AllAboutJazz

Disc 1

  1. Opening '77
  2. The Endless Night / Introduction of Musicians
  3. The Musician
  4. Stanley's Introduction
  5. Hello Again
  6. So Long Mickey Mouse
  7. Musicmagic

Disc 2

  1. Introduction / Come Rain or Come Shine / Fine and Dandy
  2. Serenade
  3. The Moorish Warrior and Spanish Princess
  4. Stanley's Introduction
  5. Spanish Fantasy
  6. Chick's Closing Introductions
  7. On Green Dolphin Street