All of the material from 'Circling In,' recorded on October 13 and 19, 1970, was remastered and issued on CD by Blue Note in 1992, titled 'Early Circle' and released under Corea's name. Here are the details: Chick Corea: Early Circle (1992) Blue Note CDP 7 84465 2 1. Starp (5:20) 2. 73 Degrees - A Kelvin (9:12) [a.k.a. Composition 6 F] 3. Ballad (6:43) 4. Duet for Bass and Piano #1 (3:28) 5. Duet for Bass and Piano #2 (1:40) 6. Danse for Clarinet and Piano #1 7. Danse for Clarinet and Piano #2 8. Chimes I 9. Chimes II 10. Percussion Piece (5:52) Chick Corea, piano, celeste, percussion; Anthony Braxton, clarinet, flute, alto & soprano saxophone, contrabass clarinet; Dave Holland, bass, cello, guitar; Barry Altschul, drums, bass marimba, percussion (on 1-3 and 10 only) "Percussion Piece" is something of a bonus track here, in that it was not originally included on 'Circling In,' but rather on another Blue Note LP collection, 'Circulus.' That set also included three pieces recorded on August 21, 1970, that have not as yet made it to CD, titled "Quartet Piece No. 1" (16:13), "Quartet Piece No. 2" (17:33) and "Quartet Piece No. 3" (12:25). I wouldn't mind seeing a reissue of those, but I won't hold my breath at this point... Interestingly, the 'Early Circle' CD preserves the modestly insightful and sympathetic liner notes by Stanley Crouch, dating from 1975 (when 'Circling In' was issued). The CD is almost certainly out of print, but I've included all the minutiae so that you might have a better chance of tracking it down through eBay, gemm.com or some other source. Regarding viability of reissue, all of this stuff might *theoretically* belong to Blue Note. But most of it was recorded by former musician-turned-label impressario Sonny Lester, who ran the Solid State, Groove Merchant and LRC labels, among others. Many sessions he produced have since turned up licensed to super-budget labels like Laserlight, where you'll currently find a session by Corea, Holland and Altschul under the title 'The Beginning' that includes the same tracks once offered on at least one Blue Note CD reissue of 'The Song of Singing' (which is itself currently unavailable) plus "Percussion Piece" from the session listed above. Confused yet? Therefore, it's not inconceivable that someday, some budget label will slap those October '70 sessions out with a completely anachronistic photo to boost sales. Completely unrelated to the above, you probably already know that the two Circle LPs on Japanese CBS, 'Live in Germany' (November 1970 - versions of "Medley: Toy Room/Q&A" and "There Is No Greater Love") and 'Gathering' (March 1971 - one long studio-recorded track called "Gathering" that's nearly 42 minutes long!) have been released on expensive Japanese CDs under Corea's own Stretch imprint. There was some talk of them being reissued by the domestic branch of the label as well, but that seems not to have happened. Lord knows I'm too cheap to spring for the imports, in this case. Anybody heard 'em? Steve Smith ssmith36@sprynet.com NP - Gyorgy Ligeti, 'Apparitions' - Berlin Philharmonic/Jonathan Nott (Teldec) -----Original Message----- From: zorn-list-admin@mailman.xmission.com [mailto:zorn-list-admin@mailman.xmission.com]On Behalf Of Remco Takken Sent: Tuesday, June 04, 2002 4:09 PM Chick Corea Circling In: Blue Note archival 1967-1970 outtakes of groups that later became CIRCLE (of the fantastic yellow ECM double album/ cd).