Weather Report: The Legendary Live Tapes 1978 - 1981 (4CD Box Set)

[Neil McCauley]

Released November 20th 2015

A new 4 disc box set premiering A wealth of previously unreleased live material performed by the revolutionary electronic jazz-rock ensemble from 1978-1981 Weather Report: The Legendary Live Tapes: 1978-1981, a monumental 4 disc boxed set of previously unreleased live concert performances from the groundbreaking electronic jazz-rock-funk ensemble whose revolutionary sounds continue to influence -generations of bands and music aficionados.

Recorded "completely, totally, unapologetically and insanely live" during Weather Report's mythic concert heydays from 1978-1981, The Legendary Live Tapes showcases the group's classic line-up of Joe Zawinul (keyboards), Wayne Shorter (saxophone), Jaco Pastorius (electric bass), Peter Erskine (drums) and Robert Thomas, Jr. (Hand Drums) at the peak of their collective powers.

This essential Weather Report collection of previously unreleased performances has been meticulously assembled, curated and produced by Peter Erskine and Tony Zawinul (son of the late Joe Zawinul, Tony is a co-founder of The Weather Report Legacy Project and director of "THIS IS THIS," a Weather Report documentary film currently ....

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[take5]

thanks for that link.

Wow, 4 CDs worth of UNRELEASED material !!!!! Amazing.

Who has been sitting on this for 35 years, I wonder?

[walpurgis]

Weather Report? Blimey, you'll be after some Gong and Tonto's Expanding Head Band next! :)

[struth]

Cant be that legendary..i aint even heard of them;) must have slipped under the radar

[Neil McCauley]

Weather Report? Blimey, you'll be after some Gong and Tonto's Expanding Head Band next! :)

I do in fact have all of Tonto's official releases on vinyl. For me, curiously compelling / disturbing music which in turn led me to: http://www.richieunterberger.com/gandharva.html and http://www.amazon.com/Wild-Sanctuary-Gandharva-Beaver-Krause/dp/B000002MS6

[lurcher]

Cant be that legendary..i aint even heard of them;) must have slipped under the radar

Well, tastes vary, but I think the description legendary is valid. To quote Wiki...

"Alongside Miles Davis's electric bands, The Mahavishnu Orchestra, Return to Forever, and Headhunters, Weather Report is considered to be one of the pre-eminent early jazz fusion bands. As a continuous working unit, Weather Report outlasted all of its contemporaries despite (or perhaps because of) frequent changes of personnel, with a career lasting sixteen years between 1970 and 1986."

[Macca]

Top band if you like jazz fusion. There are no poor albums.