Return To Forever – Romantic Warrior (Vinyl) Original Japanese Pressing
Sony / CBS Records (1976)
$59.00
Top Quality Actual 1976 Japanese First Pressing Of The Third & Best RTF LP! Includes 4-Page Insert. An Essential Fusion Album Featuring Consistently Phenomenal Musicianship!
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Top Quality Actual 1976 Japanese First Pressing Of The Third & Best LP By Return To Forever! Includes 4-Page Insert. An Essential Fusion Album Featuring Consistently Phenomenal Musicianship!
Condition – Vinyl: EXCELLENT!
Condition – Cover: EXCELLENT!
Japanese vinyl pressings are highly sought after by audiophiles and collectors, due to their premium sound quality and beautifully presented packaging. The sonic quality of Japanese records is regarded as the best in the world. No wonder all the original Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab records were pressed in Japan! The covers are printed on better quality heavy stock paper too. Top condition original Japanese pressings are becoming scarcer — and therefore more collectable and valuable every year.
Chick Corea – Acoustic Piano, Fender Rhodes, Hohner Clavinet, Mini Moog, Moog 15, Micro Mini Moog, ARP Odyssey, Yamaha Organ, PolyMoog, Marimba, Percussion
Stanley Clarke – Bass Guitar [Alembic With Instant Flanger], Piccolo Bass, Acoustic Bass, Bell Tree, Hand Bells
Al DiMeola – Electric Guitars, Acoustic Guitar, Soprano Guitar, Hand Bells, Slide Whistle
Lenny White – Drums, Timpani, Congas, Timbale, Hand Bells, Snare Drum, Suspended Cymbals, Alarm Clock
Side 1:
Medieval Overture
Sorceress
The Romantic Warrior
Side 2:
Majestic Dance
The Magician
Duel Of The Jester And The Tyrant (Part I & Part II)
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The most popular and successful lineup of Return to Forever -- Chick Corea, Stanley Clarke, Lenny White, and Al Di Meola -- was coming off the Grammy-winning No Mystery when it recorded its third and final album, Romantic Warrior. It has been suggested that in employing a medieval album cover (drawn by Wilson McLean), using titles like "Medieval Overture" and "Duel of the Jester and the Tyrant," and occasionally playing in a baroque style, particularly in Clarke's "The Magician," Corea was responding to Rick Wakeman's successful string of albums on similar themes. Certainly, the music suggests that the musicians have been listening to Wakeman's band, Yes, among other progressive rock groups. But they bring more of a traditional jazz approach to their sound, particularly in the opening statement of intent "Medieval Overture" and the original side one closer, "The Romantic Warrior," both of which feature extensive acoustic piano soloing by Corea. The original side two -- Di Meola's "Majestic Dance," "The Magician," and "Duel of the Jester and the Tyrant" -- is much more in a jazz-rock style, with Di Meola particularly rocking out on extensive, fast-paced electric guitar solos. Meanwhile, the rhythm section of Clarke and White is always extremely busy, maintaining a funky, driving pulse and several cross rhythms no matter what's going on above it. This is particularly noticeable, naturally, on White's sole composition, "Sorceress," but it continues to keep the music in the fusion camp even when Corea is sounding like a more traditional jazz pianist. Romantic Warrior is the sound of a mature band at the top of its game, which may help explain why it was Return to Forever's most popular album, eventually certified as a gold record, and the last by this assemblage. Having expressed themselves this well, they decided it was time for them to move on.