Return to Forever - Atwood Hall, Clark University, Worcester, MA 02-01-1974 (Pre-FM) - Early & Late Sets

Return to Forever
Atwood Hall
Clark University
Worcester, Massachusetts, USA
February 1, 1974 - Early & Late Sets
Pre-FM Recording
Flac Level 6 & MP3 320kbps
No Cover Art

lineage: WCUW radio station master reel (10", 3 3/4 ips) > (played on Revox reel deck into Tascam cassette deck, dolby off) my copy (Maxell XLII-S cassette) > soundforge 4.5 (to WAV) > FLAC 6 > torrent. 1st seeded in march of 2009 reseeded in 2015 with track times and a flac > wav > flac (sb's aligned) reconversion to remove the sbe's.

Source: 1st generation cassettes of master sbd reel (WCUW Worcester 91.3 FM radio, which was at this time Clark University's radio station before going independent/public radio, long before I worked there)

Early Show
01 Band Introductions 3:41
02 Beyond The 7th Galaxy 4:11
03 After The Cosmic Rain 20:13
04 Theme To The Mothership 21:50
05 Children's Song (Corea & Clarke Duet) 6:41
06 Space Circus 15:08
07 Captain Señor Mouse 16:51

Late Show
01 Band Introductions 3:03
02 Captain Señor Mouse 17:05
03 Bass Folk Song 15:16
04 Sometime Ago 45:01
05 Encore: Space Circus 14:40

Playing Time Early Show: 1hr 28mn 35sc
Playing Time Late Show: 1hr 35mn 5sc
Playing Time Both Shows: 3hr 3mn 40sc

Chick Corea keyboards
Bill Connors guitar
Stanley Clarke bass
Lenny White drums

That's right over 3 hours of Return To Forever, and a Pre-FM recording at that! That being said I must add that this is not your typical Pre-FM recording. This recording comes from the complete original soundboard tapes. These tapes are a little raw and some levels can be uneven at times. That being said this is a great listening pleasure for all of us who love Return To Forever.

This recording also is from just before Bill Connors leaves the band. When Bill Connors leaves Detroit Jazz Artist Earl Klugh joins the band temporarily. Earl Klugh's time in the band is very short and Al Di Meola steps in to solidify what most fans consider the definitive line-up of Return To Forever. So clear some time, sit back and listen to some awesome music.

This is a very large file set so both early and late shows have been split up for easier downloading, all files can be opened separately.

Flac Early

Flac Late

MP3