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Daniel's Collection

Return to Forever   12/30/1974

Springfield Civic Center, Springfield, MA
Source Speed corrected remaster

Source (Ricola): SBD > ? > METAL AUDIO TAPE (in trade) > CDR Phillips 880 > EAC Secure > Flac
Additional lineage: Flac > TAudioconverter (combine tracks) > Audacity > Flac > TLH > Flac (level 8)
Checksums 01 Beyond The Seventh Galaxy.flac:62d978ba6cfc1fc5dd55fca0d77a14a8
02 The Shadow Of Lo.flac:58eb7ffda7e3a033942f5b8af60fbcac
03 Vulcan Worlds.flac:67a29c5a43e2a7c60d3e3961eb290355
04 Chick Corea Piano Solo.flac:1d5a8bd0f74e14e623c3177d55c59a9d
05 Al Di Meola Guitar Solo.flac:0d93f7d19f2ecf7e2bb1293bb1409bfe
06 Stanley Clarke Bass Solo.flac:7e5a348d9bd87596723b74122cb96df5
07 Lenny White Drum Solo.flac:08ecbc6325f8472afa39f57e301bca06
08 Celebration Suite.flac:8825e83cf5e5d4027817d9eec53103ed
09 Space Circus.flac:65228844895d266d1d47c260e22c1403
Media
Notes Originally shared by RICOLA: 2007-01-05
Ricola Review: A/A- (very hissy at quiet parts, but clear sound)


Notes:
The original audio from Ricola ran considerably slow and had imbalanced levels on the left and right channels. There seem to be a
few brief cuts in the recording, and it cuts off abruptly before Space Circus finishes.

Tracks 1-5: Right -2.83 dB with clip fix
Tracks 6-9: Right -5.58 dB without clip fix (because I was unsatisfied with the clip fix results, not because there isn't clipping)

-Cut out a few seconds of repeated audio over the original discs (after Al Di Meola Solo)
-Attenuated (but didn't mute or cut out) some (~10) radio static crackles/pops in quiet sections

Speed Adjustment: +3.8% universal
The band seems to struggle with tuning, especially at the beginning, so this adjustment represents a best-fit of the parts I found
most reliable.

I did this work in Audacity and exported the results as retracked Flac files. I used TLH to fix SBE and create a new checksum.
-ledwhofloyd, Dec. 2021
Trades Allowed Yes
Owned by Daniel · Last Updated Feb 10, 2026