This album contains the final line-up of the band from the 1970s, with only founders
Chick Corea and
Stanley Clarke returning from the previous album.[3] 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 two channel
stereo version the album was also released by Columbia in a four 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.
This album contains the final line-up of the band from the 1970s, with only founders
Chick Corea and
Stanley Clarke returning from the previous album.[3] 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 two channel
stereo version the album was also released by Columbia in a four 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.