Light as a Feather [Expanded] Return to Forever

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CD - Remastered

  • Release Date: 09/22/1998
  • Original Release: 1972
  • 2 Disc Set
  • Sales Rank: 74,250
  • Label: POLYGRAM RECORDS
  • UPC: 731455711523

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Light as a Feather [Expanded]

Disc 1
1LISTENYou're Everything 5:10
2LISTENLight As A Feather 10:54
3LISTENCaptain Marvel 4:52
4LISTEN500 Miles High 9:05
5LISTENChildren's Song 2:48
6LISTENSpain 9:48

Disc 2
1LISTENMatrix previously unreleased 7:57
2LISTENLight As A Feather previously unreleased / Alternate Take 10:42
3LISTEN500 Miles High previously unreleased / Alternate Take 9:05
4LISTENChildren's Song previously unreleased / Alternate Take 2:43
5LISTENSpain previously unreleased / Composite Alternate Take 5:28
6LISTENSpain previously unreleased / Alternate Take 8:57
7LISTENWhat Games Shall We Play Today? previously unreleased 3:22
8LISTENWhat Games Shall We Play Today? previously unreleased / Alternate Take 4:00
9LISTENWhat Games Shall We Play Today? previously unreleased / Alternate Take 3:34
10LISTENWhat Games Shall We Play Today? previously unreleased / Alternate Take 3:47

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The 1998 re-release of Return to Forever's Light As a Feather -- the second, final, and most popular album of the band's first edition -- as a two-CD set had the effect of nearly doubling the band's released output. The first disc contains the original album as sequenced, while the second contains over an hour of outtakes, including some new titles and tracks that were reconstructed from a number of takes. The actual album as originally released was a splendidly light, fluid, fleeting exercise in electric jazz with a strong whiff of Brazil, featuring Corea's lyrical, probing work on Rhodes electric piano and containing a number of Corea tunes -- especially the Rodrigo-based "Spain" -- that became standards. Airto Moreira was a whirlwind on trap drums and overdubbed percussion, Flora Purim's vocals gave the band some commercial appeal; Stanley Clarke made his first astounding impact on electric and stand-up basses; Joe Farrell contributed superb wind solos. The outtakes are of uniformly high quality, all but one unmarked by post-production, with excellent solos all around. The major surprise is four takes of a tune previously released on Corea's 1972 ECM album Return to Forever. "What Games Shall We Play Today?" is a great little Chick Corea boogaloo with a delicate wah-wah pedal applied to the Rhodes. It was heartening to see the jazz industry finally starting to document its electric music heritage with the same thoroughness once reserved only for acoustic jazz landmarks. Richard S. Ginell, All Music Guide

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Light as a Feather [Expanded]by Anonymous

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January 11, 2004: This is outstanding music from the early days of the Jazz Fusion movement. For anybody that's a fan of this genre of music, this CD is a must have. CHICK COREA plays the keys to death on the fantastic "Captain Marvel". It's one of the best songs he has ever recorded. Let's not forget the excellent drumming from LENNY WHITE and fretwork from bassist STANLEY CLARKE. This CD ranks as a true classic in the illustrious history of 70's Fusion.

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