You Can't Go Home Again (album)

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You Can't Go Home Again is an album by trumpeter Chet Baker which was recorded in 1977 and released on the Horizon label. In 2000 the album was rereleased as a double CD with additional tracks from The Best Thing for You (1989) along with previously unreleased tracks and alternate takes.

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Reception

The Allmusic review by Heather Phares calls it "one of Baker's most important latter-day albums".

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Track listing

Original 1977 LP Release

"Love For Sale" (Cole Porter) - 12:58
"Un Poco Loco" (Bud Powell) - 9:20
"You Can't Go Home Again" (Don Sebesky) - 5:43
"El Morro" (Sebesky) - 13:44

2000 Double CD Release

"Love for Sale" (Porter) - 13:03
"Un Poco Loco" (Powell) - 9:26
"You Can't Go Home Again" (Sebesky) - 5:47
"El Morro" (Sebesky) - 14:18
"The Best Thing for You" (Irving Berlin) - 4:20 First released on The Best Thing for You
"I'm Getting Sentimental Over You/You've Changed" (George Bassman, Ned Washington/ Bill Carey, Carl Fischer) - 6:05 First released on The Best Thing for You
"Oh, You Crazy Moon" (Jimmy Van Heusen, Johnny Burke) - 3:38 First released on The Best Thing for You
"How Deep Is the Ocean?" (Berlin) - 5:49 First released on The Best Thing for You
"If You Could See Me Now" (Tadd Dameron, Carl Sigman) - 4:43 First released on The Best Thing for You
"You Can't Go Home Again" [alternate take] (Sebesky) - 6:31 previously unissued
"I'm Getting Sentimental Over You/You've Changed" [alternate take] (Bassman, Washington/Carey, Fischer) - 6:08 previously unissued
"El Morro" (Sebesky) - 17:13 First released on The Best Thing for You
"Out of Our Hands" (Richie Beirach) - 10:36 previously unissued
"Broken Wing" (Beirach) - 5:21 previously unissued
"Paradox" (Beirach) - 6:09 previously unissued
"Blues" (Traditional) - 7:59 previously unissued
"The Best Thing for You" [alternate take] (Berlin) - 4:28 previously unissued
"How Deep Is the Ocean?" [alternate take] (Berlin) - 5:45 previously unissued
"If You Could See Me Now" [alternate take] (Dameron, Sigman) - 5:02 previously unissued
"El Morro" [incomplete take] (Sebesky) - 13:13 previously unissued

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Personnel

Chet Baker - trumpet
Hubert Laws - flute, bass flute, piccolo
Paul Desmond - alto saxophone
Michael Brecker - tenor saxophone
John Campo - bassoon
Don Sebesky, Kenny Barron - electric piano
Richie Beirach - electric piano, clavinet
John Scofield - guitar
Gene Bertoncini - acoustic guitar
Ron Carter - bass
Alphonso Johnson - electric bass
Tony Williams - drums
Ralph MacDonald - percussion
String section arranged and conducted by Don Sebesky
- Charles Libove, David Nadien, Diana Halprin, Harold Kohon, Marvin Morgenstern, Matthew Raimondi, Max Ellen, Paul Gersham, Rochelle Abramson - violin
- Alan Shulman, Charles McCracken, Jesse Levy - cello