Weather Report - The Columbia Albums 1971-1975 (7CD)

Music On CD

£32.38

Format: CD
Catalogue No.: MOCCD14436
Barcode: 8718627236772
Release Date: 28 Jun 2024
Genre: Metal

From the early to mid-1970s saw some of the most adventurous and satisfying work of Weather Report’s entire lifespan. Its these recordings - Weather Report, “I Sing the Body Electric”, “Live In Tokyo”, “Sweetnighter”, “Mysterious Traveller” and “Tale Spinnin’” - that established Weather Report as one of the seminal fusion ensembles of the era, alongside such brethren bands as the Mahavishnu Orchestra, The Headhunters, and Return To Forever.

The brainchild of the keyboardist and composer Joe Zawinul and the saxophonist and composer Wayne Shorter, Weather Report, in its early incarnations, also featured two brilliant bassists -- first, Miroslav Vitous, followed by Alphonso Johnson - and a host of top-notch drummers and percussionists. Blending free form improvisation within a heady atmosphere that balanced lyrical flights of fancy with the bite of rock-textured sonics, the early albums announced the emergence of a daring band to be reckoned with.

“Live In Tokyo”, heard here in its entirety, gave notice that Weather Report wasn’t afraid to turn up the juice and rock an audience, while the critically acclaimed triumvirate of “Sweetnighter”, “Mysterious Traveller” and “Tale Spinnin’”, with new bassist Johnson onboard, introduced funk and R&B to the mix and solidified the bands reputation as possibly the most creative of contemporary fusion units.

With remastered sound and authoritative liner notes by Bill Milkowski, Weather Report: The Columbia Albums 1971-1975, is also noteworthy for the inclusion of the complete “Live In Tokyo”, which captures the band at a peak performance in 1972.

CD1: Weather Report
1. Milky Way
2. Umbrellas
3. Seventh Arrow
4. Orange Lady
5. Morning Lake
6. Waterfall
7. Tears
8. Eurydice (Album Version)

CD2: I Sing The Body Electric
1. Unknown Soldiers
2. The Moors
3. Crystal (Album Version)
4. Second Sunday In August
5. Vertical Invader / T. H. / Dr. Honoris Causa (Live)
6. Surucucu (Live)
7. Directions (Live)
8. Directions (Take 1)

CD3: Weather Report Live In Tokyo CD1
1. Medley: Vertical Invader / Seventh Arrow / T.H. / Doctor
Honoris Causa (Live)
2. Medley: Surucucu / Lost / Early Minor / Direction (Live)

CD4: Weather Report Live In
Tokyo CD2
1. Orange Lady (Live)
2. Medley: Eurydice / The Moors (Live)
3. Medley: Tears / Umbrellas (Live)

CD5: Sweetnighter
1. Boogie Woogie Waltz
2. Manolete
3. Adios
4. 125th Street Congress
5. Will
6. Non-Stop Home
7. 125th Street Congress (DJ Logic Remix)

CD6: Mysterious Traveller
1. Nubian Sundance
2. American Tango
3. Cucumber Slumber
4. Mysterious Traveler
5. Blackthorn Rose
6. Scarlet Woman
7. Jungle Book
8. Cucumber Slumber (Live)
9. Nubian Sundance (Live)

CD7: Tale Spinnin’
1. Man In the Green Shirt
2. Lusitanos
3. Between the Thighs
4. Badia
5. Freezing Fire
6. Five Short Stories
7. Man In the Green Shirt (Live)
8. Directions / Dr. Honoris Causa (Live)