Chick Corea & Return To Forever - Musicmagic [Columbia Records PC 34682] (January 1977)

Released: January 1977
Country: US
Label: Columbia Records
Catalog: PC 34682
Genre: Jazz, Fusion

Item# SR-COPC34682
Ratings: C=VG+; LP=VG+


T R A C K L I S T:
01 The Musician
02 Hello Again
03 Musicmagic
04 So Long Mickey Mouse
05 Do You Ever
06 The Endless Night




Musicmagic
Chick Corea & Return To Forever


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Musicmagic is the seventh and final studio album of fusion band Return to Forever.

This album contains the final line-up of the band, with only founders Chick Corea and Stanley Clarke returning from the previous album. This is the first album since Light as a Feather (1973) to contain vocals, featuring Stanley Clarke and Corea's wife Gayle Moran. This album also marks the return of original member Joe Farrell on saxophone and flute, along with several new members making up a five-piece horn section.

In addition to the conventional 2 channel stereo version the album was also released by Colombia in a 4 channel quadraphonic version in 1977 as one of the last quadraphonic albums released by the label. In 2016 the album was re-issued in stereo on hybrid Super Audio CD by Audio Fidelity. It was re-issued again on SACD by Dutton Vocalion in 2017 containing both the quadraphonic and stereo mixes.

With the addition of trombonist Ron Moss, this lineup toured and recorded the live album Live (1977) which was re-issued in 1978 as a 4-LP set called Return to Forever Live: The Complete Concert. [wikipedia.org]