Weather Report - The Legendary Live Tapes: 1978-1981
  • Author: Weather Report
  • Album: The Legendary Live Tapes: 1978-1981
  • Size: 1619 mb
  • Genre: Jazz
  • Format: flac, wma, mp3 archive
  • Label: Sony Records Int'l ‎– SICP 30908~11
    Type: 4 x CD, Album, Limited Edition, Blu-Spec CD2
    Country: Japan
    Date of released: 09 Dec 2015
    Category: Jazz
    Style: Jazz-Rock, Fusion
Weather Report - The Legendary Live Tapes: 1978-1981

Tracklist Hide Credits

The Quintet: 1980 + 1981
1-1 8:30
Composed By – Joe Zawinul
2:19
1-2 Sightseeing
Composed By – Wayne Shorter
7:34
1-3 Brown Street
Composed By – Joe Zawinul, Wayne Shorter
11:17
1-4 The Orphan
Composed By – Joe Zawinul
1:51
1-5 Forlorn
Composed By – Joe Zawinul
4:11
1-6 Three Views Of A Secret
Composed By – Jaco Pastorius
7:33
1-7 Badia / Boogie Woogie Waltz
Composed By – Joe Zawinul
10:58
1-8 Wayne Solo
Composed By – Wayne Shorter
7:34
1-9 Jaco Solo (Osaka 1980)
Composed By – Jaco Pastorius
7:59
The Quartet: 1978
2-1 Joe And Wayne Duet
Composed By – Duke Ellington
8:40
2-2 Birdland
Composed By – Joe Zawinul
6:18
2-3 Peter's Solo ("Drum Solo")
Composed By – Peter Erskine
4:43
2-4 A Remark You Made
Composed By – Joe Zawinul
7:34
2-5 Continuum / River People
Composed By – Jaco Pastorius
12:22
2-6 Gibraltar
Composed By – Joe Zawinul
21:08
The Quintet: 1980 + 1981
3-1 Fast City
Composed By – Joe Zawinul
8:38
3-2 Madagascar
Composed By – Joe Zawinul
17:44
3-3 Night Passage
Composed By – Joe Zawinul
10:07
3-4 Dream Clock
Composed By – Joe Zawinul
9:37
3-5 Rockin' In Rhythm
Composed By – Duke Ellington, Harry Carney, Irving Mills
4:21
3-6 Port Of Entry
Composed By – Wayne Shorter
12:35
The Quartet: 1978
4-1 Elegant People
Composed By – Wayne Shorter
9:18
4-2 Scarlet Woman
Composed By – Alphonso Johnson, Joe Zawinul, Wayne Shorter
11:53
4-3 Black Market
Composed By – Joe Zawinul
13:14
4-4 Jaco Solo
Composed By – Jaco Pastorius
8:19
4-5 Teen Town
Composed By – Jaco Pastorius
8:59
4-6 Peter's Drum Solo
Composed By – Peter Erskine
3:59
4-7 Directions
Composed By – Joe Zawinul
6:50

Companies, etc.

  • Phonographic Copyright (p) – Columbia Records
  • Manufactured By – Sony Music Labels Inc.
  • Copyright (c) – Columbia Records
  • Recorded At – Festival Hall, Osaka
  • Recorded At – Koseinenkin Kaikan
  • Recorded At – Hammersmith Odeon
  • Recorded At – Eastman Theatre, Rochester, New York
  • Recorded At – Tower Theater

Credits

  • A&R [Project] – Henry Towns
  • Alto Saxophone – Wayne Shorter (tracks: 2-1)
  • Art Direction, Design – Jeff Gilligan
  • Bass – Jaco Pastorius (tracks: 1-2 to 1-7, 1-9, 2-2, 2-4 to 2-6, 3-1 to 3-6, 4-1 to 4-5, 4-7)
  • Directed By [Project Direction] – Tara Master
  • Drums – Jaco Pastorius (tracks: 1-1), Peter Erskine (tracks: 1-2 to 1-7, 2-2 to 2-6, 3-1 to 3-6, 4-1 to 4-3, 4-5 to 4-7)
  • Engineer [Live Engineer], Edited By – Brian Risner
  • Executive-Producer – Tony Zawinul
  • Keyboards – Joe Zawinul (tracks: 1-1 to 1-8, 2-1 to 4-3, 4-5, 4-7)
  • Liner Notes – 松下佳男*
  • Liner Notes, Producer – Peter Erskine
  • Mastered By – Rich Breen
  • Percussion [Hand Drums] – Robert Thomas, Jr. (tracks: 1-2 to 1-7, 3-1 to 3-6)
  • Photography By – Peter Erskine, The Zawinul Media Archive Library
  • Photography By [Cover] – Shigeru Uchiyama
  • Product Manager [Product Direction] – Jim Lane
  • Saxophone – Wayne Shorter (tracks: 1-6 to 1-8, 2-2, 2-4 to 4-3, 4-5, 4-7)
  • Tenor Saxophone – Wayne Shorter (tracks: 1-2 to 1-5)
  • Timpani – Peter Erskine (tracks: 2-3)

Notes

Tracks 1-1, 1-2 & 1-5 recorded at Osaka Festival Hall, Japan, June 1980
Track 1-3 & 1-9 recorded at Osaka Festival Hall, Japan, June 1 1980
Tracks 1-4, 3-1 & 3-5 recorded in unknown location
Track 1-6 recorded at Koseinenkin Hall, Tokyo, Japan, June 24, 1980
Tracks 1-7, 3-2 to 3-4 & 3-6 recorded at Hammersmith Odeon, London, UK, November 14, 1980
Track 1-8 recorded at Eastman Theater, Rochester, NY, June 1981
Tracks 2-1, 2-2 & 2-4 recorded in Tokyo, Japan, June 28, 1978
Track 2-3 recorded either Long Beach, CA, Santa Monica, CA, Berkeley, CA, or Phoenix, AZ, November 1978
Track 2-5 recorded at the Tower Theater, Philadelphia, PA, 1978
Tracks 4-1, 4-2, 4-4, 4-6 & 4-7 recorded at the Festival Hall, Osaka, Japan, June 23, 1978
Track 4-3 recorded at Koseinenkin Hall, Tokyo, Japan, June 28, 1978
Track 4-5 recorded in Reading, PA, 1978

Four-disc set, sourced from never-before-heard soundboard tapes recorded by longtime live mixing engineer Brian Risner.
Released in a 5 panel, 4 fold card slip case with 30 page gloss printed booklet containing extensive liner notes and photos. Comes with OBI & Japanese booklet.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

  • Barcode: 4 547366 252835
  • Rights Society: JASRAC

Other versions

Category Artist Title (Format) Label Category Country Year
88875141272 Weather Report The Legendary Live Tapes: 1978-1981 ‎(4xCD, Album) Legacy, Columbia 88875141272 Europe 2015
88875141272 Weather Report The Legendary Live Tapes: 1978-1981 ‎(4xCDr, Promo) Legacy, Columbia 88875141272 US 2015


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