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Carnegie Hall

New York City

July 3rd 1974

Heavily remastered FM (?) often billed as soundboard.

Not the best quality recording but notable/interesting

as It was "Albert" Di Meola's live debut with the band

Chick noticeably takes more solo responsibilities 

than he would need to once Al got his teeth into the material.

Great to hear this legendary line up during it's embryonic conception.

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Titus

01 warm up/Hymn to the Seventh Galaxy

02 band intros/Song to the Pharoah Kings

03 The Shadow of Lo

04 Where Have I Known You Before? 

05 Stanley Clarke solo 

06 The Vulcan Empire/outro

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Le Chapiteau

Marciac, France 

July 29th 2011

Remastered FM.

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Titus

Disc 1

01 intro

02 Medieval Overture

03 Se or Mouse

04 The Shadow of Lo/Sorceress

05 band Intros/Renaissance

Disc 2

01 After the Cosmic Rain

02 Romantic Warrior/outro

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Yomiuri Land Open Theatre East

Tokyo, Japan

April 17th 1983

Remastered FM broadcast.

Probably more than one source.

Stunning performance as you'd expect from this line-up.

Chick Corea - keyboards

Stanley Clarke - bass

Al Di Meola - guitar

Lenny White - drums

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Titus

1 Overture

2 No Mystery

3 Romantic Warrior

4 Duel of the Jester and the Tyrant/Vulcan Worlds

5 Song to the Pharoah Kings

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Aichi-Ken Geijutsu Gekijo

Nagoya, Aichi, Japan

September 27th 2011

Here's is a slightly remastered rip of a CD released by Wildlife Records.

The orginal covers are included.

No slouches in this band:

Chick Corea - keyboards

Stanley Clarke - bass

Lenny White - drums

Jean-Luc Ponty - violin

Frank Gambale - guitar

Outstanding audience recording I assure you.

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Titus

Disc 1

01. Opening

02. Medieval Overture

03. Senor Mouse

04. Shadow of Lo intro/Sorceress/Shadow of Lo

05. band intros

06. Renaissance

Disc 2

01. After the Cosmic Rain

02. Romantic Warrior

03. Concierto de Aranjuez/Spain

04. School Days

05. ending

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Calderone Concert Hall

Hempstead, NY

November 22nd 1975

Another frenzy of notes from this famous jazz fusion combo.

There is amp hum in quieter moments.

Some compression hiss too but nothing to put you off.

This is brilliant. Warning: it's a very loud recording.

For a band that doesn't sing they sure have mega microphones.

Chick should take out his chewing gum when talking to the audience.

regards

Titus

                       

Disc 1

1 intro

2 Vulcan Worlds

3 talk

4 Shadow of Lo

5 talk

6 Romantic Warrior

Disc 2

1 Chick's solo - La Fiesta

2 Al's solo

3 Stanley's solo

4 Lenny's solo

5 outro

Disc 1

Disc 2

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Chateau Neuf, Oslo
March 14th 1976

On Jan 8th 2009 I posted a trio of recordings
over on Soundaboard.
All three seem long dead.
This is one of them now resurrected.
It's a Romantic Warrior show
with less noodling than yesterday's RTF post.
regards
Titus

1. Medieval Overture
2. The Sorceress
3. The Magician
4. Deul of the Tyrant and the Jester
5. Romantic Warrior and acoustic solos

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The Blue Moon Ballroom
Elgin, Illinois
April 18th 1975

If you like jazz noodling then this is for you.
Boy do they noodle on this.
It's mostly noodling.
regards
Titus

1. Space Circus
2. Vulcan Worlds
3. Celebration Suite

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