Return to Forever ► Beyond the Seventh Galaxy [HQ Audio] Where Have I Known You Before 1974

Recorded at The Record Plant, N.Y., July-August 1974. Chick Corea - keyboards Stanley Clarke - bass Al DiMeola - guitar Lenny White - drums © 1974 Polydor The story behind Di Meola’s addition to the group produced one of the more entertaining recollections of the evening. “I was 19 and I was at the Berklee [College] of Music,” he said. “Chick called me up. He said, ‘Al, a friend of yours dropped off a tape, and I’d love for you to join the band.’ As simple as that. It was really hard to believe it was Chick on the phone, although I’d heard his voice before at shows, because I’d seen the band live. So I packed my stuff and I got out of there. My first gig was at Carnegie Hall three days later. The funny thing was I went home from school and my parents said, ‘What are you doing home from school?’ I said, ‘I’m playing Carnegie Hall.’ They said, ‘You can’t play Carnegie Hall. You just went to the Berklee [College] of Music, [and] you’re playing Carnegie Hall already?’ I said, ‘Yeah, I’m playing with C