a mental impression retained and recalled from the past
<noun.cognition>
the process of remembering (especially the process of recovering information by mental effort)
<noun.cognition> he has total recall of the episode
Reminiscence \Rem`i*nis"cence\ (r?m`?-n?s"sens), n. [F. r['e]miniscence, L. reminiscentia.] 1. The act or power of recalling past experience; the state of being reminiscent; remembrance; memory.
The other part of memory, called reminiscence, which is the retrieving of a thing at present forgot, or but confusedly remembered. --South.
I forgive your want of reminiscence, since it is long since I saw you. --Sir W. Scott.
2. That which is remembered, or recalled to mind; a statement or narration of remembered experience; a recollection; as, pleasing or painful reminiscences.
Syn: Remembrance; recollection. See {Memory}.
If not, it would have been preferable to hear the band explain it through retrospective liner notes, instead of the rambling reminiscence of a roadie included here.
He he ended up with a touching and intimate reminiscence of what it was like to grow up the children of immigrants in a new land.