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1. Return to Base

   Return to Base is the eighth studio album by the British rock group Slade. It was released on 1 October 1979 by Barn Records, and did not enter any national album charts. At the time of the album's release, the band's success had waned and were receiving little fortune. Forced to play at small halls and clubs around the UK, the only income they were reliant on was Noddy Holder and Jim Lea's songwriting royalties. Their recent singles had sold poorly and they were no longer drawing in large audiences. Prior to their last-minute call up for the 1980 Reading Festival, they were on the verge of disbanding. The band's previous album, Whatever Happened to Slade (1977), featured a "straight" hard rock sound, dropping the band's glam rock image, and despite critical acclaim, had brought the band little commercial fortune. Return to Base was conceived as a continuation of the band's sound, and an attempt to raise the band's fortune. The band aimed to record twenty songs, with the best eleven being put onto the album. In the 1979 July–August fan club magazine, drummer Don Powell confirmed that seventeen tracks had been recorded at the time. However, while the critical reaction to the album was generally positive, the album sold poorly, something partially blamed on Barn Records, who only pressed a total 3,500 copies of the album's lead single "Ginny, Ginny", virtually guaranteeing its failure to enter the charts. Even the single that followed, "Sign of the Times", failed to chart and most copies which were left were melted down. Some of the tracks from Return to Base re-appeared on Slade's 1981 album We'll Bring the House Down, released following their successful appearance at the Reading Festival in 1980. The remainder tracks from Return to Base were included as bonus tracks on the 2007 "Feel the Noize" remaster of We'll Bring The House Down. As such, the album was the band's only album not to be included in the series of remastered releases.

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1. Return to Base

   Return to Base is the seventh album by the British rock group Slade. It was released on 1 October 1979 and did not enter the charts. The album's cover didn't help matters either. It's said that the band were so low on money at the time they didn't have the funds to hire a photographer, so all the album got was a plain red cover with the title stamped at the top. The 1993 Polydor CD reissue added all four band member's signatures on the front cover. At the time of the album's release, the band were receiving next to no money. Forced to play at small halls and clubs around the UK, the only income they were reliant on was Noddy and Jim's songwriting royalties. Their singles weren't selling, and they were no longer drawing in huge crowds. At the time of their last-minute call up for the 1980 Reading Festival, they were on the verge of disbanding and had only a couple of their road crew to help them on the day. "We had to pay to park in the public area," recalls Jim Lea incredulously. "With no roadies, we had to carry our own gear and there was even trouble getting into the backstage area!" In fact their record company only pressed a total 3,500 copies of the "Ginny, Ginny" single, virtually guaranteeing its failure to enter the charts. Even the single that preceded it, "Sign O' the Times" failed to chart and most copies which were left were melted down, making the single extremely rare today.

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1. return to base

   An order to proceed to the point indicated by the displayed information or by verbal communication. This point is being used to return the aircraft to a place at which the aircraft can land. Command heading, speed, and altitude may be used, if desired. Also called RTB.

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1. Alex

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of return to base in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of return to base in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of return to base in a Sentence

1. David Ryan:

   The vision is that fuel-cell vehicles can be used in the place of hybrids now — so you might have a fuel-cell car with a battery backup, but for lorries and buses, the vision is that they could be totally hydrogen fueled. We can provide enough fuel for a day's transportation and then they return to base to refuel for the next day.

2. Richard Clarke:

   The problem today is we don't have anybody at the front to call in airstrikes, and so our planes very often return to base with the bomb still on them.

References

1. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Return_to_Base
2. ^ Wikidata
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3. ^ Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms
   https://www.tradoc.army.mil/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/AD1029823-DOD-Dictionary-of-Military-and-Associated-Terms-2017.pdf