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Light As A Feather [Vinyl LP] [Stereo]

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4.3 4.3 out of 5 stars 27 ratings
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STEREO VINYL LP! Chick Corea and Return To Forever: Light As A Feather! Featuring Flora Purim and Stanley Clarke. 1973 Polydor Release! TRACKS: A1. You're Everything; A2. Light as a Feather; A3. Captain Marvel; B2. Children's Song; & B3. Spain.

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  • Package Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 14.5 x 2 x 1 inches; 8.8 ounces
  • Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ Polydor
  • Date First Available ‏ : ‎ May 18, 2008
  • Label ‏ : ‎ Polydor
  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B0019QK15I
  • Number of discs ‏ : ‎ 1
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.3 4.3 out of 5 stars 27 ratings

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David Aubol
5.0 out of 5 stars Possibly the best jazz album of all time
Reviewed in the United States on December 4, 2012
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Stanley Chick Joe & Airto kill on this. Flora is a little pitchy sometimes but so soulfull.... with Light as a Feather, 500 Miles High and Spain ....... WOW
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spence.munsinger
5.0 out of 5 stars Great 1970's Chick Corea - my favorite album period
Reviewed in the United States on January 13, 2005
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awesome additional tracks pulled from the original sessions - I bought this at a record store in 1976 because the store didn't have Romantic Warrior - I've since owned this album in cassette tape, two CDs, now this master edition and I listen to it in ALAC form. Some of the best work Cjick Corea ever presented.
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Gianna Dazza
3.0 out of 5 stars Cover damage more than in photo
Reviewed in the United States on February 17, 2018
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Item is a little more worn than expected.
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Gavin Wilson
3.0 out of 5 stars For those who enjoy RTF's 'Musicmagic'
Reviewed in the United States on August 23, 2004
Whether you love this album probably depends on how early you joined the Corea fan-wagon. I joined in 1976, and found all of 'Romantic Warrior', 'No Mystery' and 'Where Have I Known You Before' to be superb ***** recordings. Working my way back, I wasn't so convinced by 'Hymn of the Seventh Galaxy'. Working forward, I felt totally let down by 'Musicmagic'. Maybe it was the loss of DiMeola's guitar or the disappearance of the hard, gutsy style that I believed was at the core of RTF. Unfortunately the re-branding of RTF as a latin sax-and-female-vocalist seemed a betrayal of the somewhat masculine values of the previous RTF.

But hearing 'Light as a Feather', it's now clear to me that the Musicmagic style wasn't totally new for Corea and RTF. Substitute Flora Purim for Gayle Moran and you have pretty much the 'LaaF line-up of five years earlier. The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide gives this four stars out of five, saying 'Essential for its joyousness, flawed for its lengthy noodling'. I'm not so convinced about its indispensability. Stanley Clarke's bass, mostly low down in the re-mastered mix, seems undistinguished when you compare it with it subsequently became.

The second disc is no worse than the first, although the idea of giving us no fewer than four versions of a track that wasn't even released on the original LP seems excessive. It's revealing to hear Corea giving instructions at the start of each recording -- he clearly worked his band hard, but they were demonstrably capable of responding to his requirements.

For me, 'No Mystery' is one of the best albums ever recorded, although I'll grant that it's an acquired taste. (Whenever I move to a new music format -- such as minidisc or MP3 -- I'll always try out 'Flight of the Newborn' first.) This album falls somewhat short of that, and I can only describe it as 'pleasant enough'.
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David Tunell
5.0 out of 5 stars Packaging
Reviewed in the United States on April 27, 2023
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I like vynal.,I'm old school...
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James-Dieter Reifen
5.0 out of 5 stars Gehört in jede Wohnstube
Reviewed in Germany on November 9, 2017
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Besser können E-Piano und Kontrabaß nicht in Dialog treten! Diese Platte ist vielleicht minimal schlechter als der Vorgänger, aber außer diesem im Grunde die einzige dieses Stils. Später wurde RTF eine von vielen elektrischen Rockjazz-Bands, die in dem späteren Genre nicht immer an Weather Report rankamen. Besonders hervorzuheben die Synthese aus Childrens' Song und Spain.
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Webプロデューサー
5.0 out of 5 stars 名作
Reviewed in Japan on April 18, 2022
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チックコリアの名作で、ファンは必需品です。
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Captain BBB
5.0 out of 5 stars Jazz fusion en estado puro
Reviewed in Spain on April 10, 2013
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Es la master edition del sello Verve de "Light as a feather" de los años 70 que incluye un segundo CD con "the alternative takes" que son las diferentes grabaciones previas que no se habian incluido en ningun disco con anterioridad, una pequeña joya. Esto es Jazz Fusion en mayusculas, con la banda compuesta por Joe Farrell, Stanley Clarke, Airto Moreira, Flora Purim y Chick Corea en un gran momento de creacion junto con Neville Porter. Es una de las mejores grabaciones de la ultima parte del siglo pasado de jazz fusion e imprescindible, desde mi punto de vista, para los amantes de la musica.
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HansUeli
4.0 out of 5 stars Schweiz
Reviewed in Germany on June 12, 2023
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Kam pünktlich und ohne Probleme als Geschenk in der Schweiz an.
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Franz Wagner
3.0 out of 5 stars die zugabe ist besser
Reviewed in Germany on April 28, 2003
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warum verve ausgerechnet diese lp so aufwendig neu veröffentlicht hat, wird wohl ein geheimnis bleiben. anders als vieles von chick wirkt das ganze doch leicht abgestanden (alternative: where have i known you before, schlicht klasse).
die bonus cd verteuert das ganze erheblich, ist aber eigentlich die bessere scheibe.
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