NOT A Robert Collins Master Recording.
Artist / Title: Weather Update
Date September 27, 1986
Location: Greek Theatre, Los Angeles, CA
Seats: Section-B, Center
Deck: Sony TC-D5
Mics: Sennheiser MKE-2002 (Binaural)
Source: A:C Master Tape, 2-Mic Stereo
Sample Rate 44.1Khz, 16-bit (CD) (FLAC)
Rating: A / A-
Length: 77 Minutes
Also Available:
* CD-Audio, 44.1 Khz, 16-bit version of this show is also available.
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Musicians:
Josef Zawinul Keyboards
Steve Khan Guitar
Victor Bailey Bass Guitar
Peter Erskine Drums
Robert Thomas Jr. Percussion, Vocals
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About this recording:
This is a "surprise entry" into the Weather Report memorial series. This isn't
one of my own recordings, but from one of my close friends. The master tapes
were archived to Sony Betamax video recorder. The Sony Betamax archive is a
HiDef audio transfer. Due to the HiDef audio nature of the Sony Betamax, I'd
call this a 1/2 generation copy.
The recording quality is superb. But then again, we used to have a saying about
this venue: "it's the Greek" so what do you expect? It seems to me that the
Greek makes some of the best recordings I've heard. I reserved my "A" ratings
for recordings that sound as good an an official record company release. Parts
of this recording are definitely up to that quality, in my opinion. So I gave
it an A / A- quality rating.
The show is also amazing. The Weather Update band was known to have a few "dud"
moments, and those can definitely be heard (in my opinion). But overall, the
show is superb, and any Weather Report fan will want this in their collection.
Weather Report Memorial Concert Series
This has been long overdue, and will still take a while to complete.
I wanted to release all of my Weather Report, Wayne Shorter, and Jaco
Pastorius recordings as part of a "Memorial" to Weather Report and its
members. Some of these recordings were given to friends many years ago, but
most have never had a proper mastering or released. So to most people, I
think these will be completely new recordings. And when you see how many of
them and how good the recording quality and show quality is, then you'll
probably ask: WTF...why haven't these ever been released? Answer is
simple: time. I knew releasing this many previously unreleased recordings
was going to take a lot of time.
Some people may have copies of these one or more generations down from the
master. All of these will be coming to you directly from the master
recordings.
Here's what to expect in the series, and in the order to be released:
Date Artist Venue Recording Show Release status
1980-02-29 Weather Report Perkins Palace, Pasadena California B A- Previously unreleased
1981-06-21 Weather Report Playboy Jazz Festival, Hollywood Bowl, Hollywood California A- A Previously unreleased
1982-06-01 Weather Report Starlight Bowl, San Diago California A A+ Previously unreleased
1982-06-19 Weather Report Playboy Jazz Festival, Hollywood Bowl, Hollywood California B/B+ B+ Previously unreleased
1983-04-15 Weather Report Universal Amphitheatre, Universal City California A/A- A Previously unreleased
1984-06-16 Weather Report Playboy Jazz Festival, Hollywood Bowl, Hollywood California B B+ Previously unreleased
1986-09-27 Weather Update Greek Theatre, Los Angeles, California A / A- A Previously Unreleased
1988-07-08 Zawinul Syndicate Hollywood Palace, Hollywood California A TBD Previously unreleased
1990-08/25 Zawinul Syndicate Concord Pavilion, Concord California A- TBD Previously unreleased
1997-08-31 Zawinul Syndicate Yoshi's, Oakland California A+ A Previously unreleased
1998-09-12 Zawinul Syndicate Yoshi's, Oakland California A+ TBD Previously unreleased
1999-09-02 Zawinul Syndicate Yoshi's, Oakland California A+ TBD Previously unreleased
2000-05-06 Zawinul Syndicate Palace of Fine Arts, San Francisco California A- TBD Previously unreleased
1979-09-16 Joni Mitchell Greek Theatre, Los Angeles California B+ A Remastered
1982-01-10 Jaco Pastorius Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles California A- A- Remastered
1982-04-15 Jaco Pastorius Rissmiller Country Club, Reseda California B+ A- Previously unreleased
1983-11-20 Jaco Pastorius Beverly Theatre, Los Angeles, California A TBD Previously unreleased
1984-06-17 Jaco Pastorius Playboy Jazz Festival, Hollywood Bowl, Hollywood California A Note* Previously unreleased
1997-09-04 Hancock / Shorter Villa Montalvo Mountain Winery, Saratoga California A- A- Re-seed
Note: This is the "rumored" Jaco recording written about in a Jaco biography.
The author writes about a "rumored" recording made at the Playboy Jazz Festival
when Jaco tore the stage apart and his own musicians eventually refused to play
for him. Playboy Jazz promoters eventually turned the stage on Jaco to put an
end to his set. This is the recording referenced in the book. It's
depressing.
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Lineage:
AUD> Sony TC-D5
---> Sony BetaMax
---> Korg MR1000 (5.6 Mhz, 1-bit master tape)
---> Down sample to 96Khz, 32-bit using Korg Audiogate
---> iZotope RX-Advanced (noise reduction, spectral editing)
---> Adobe Audition (remove phase shifts with Binaural microphones)
---> FLAC
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Sound Samples:
Sample-1 (Update):
http://www.rcollins.org/concerts/mp3/WU-19860927-Sample-1.mp3
Sample-2 (Consequently):
http://www.rcollins.org/concerts/mp3/WU-19860927-Sample-2.mp3
Sample-3 (Badia):
http://www.rcollins.org/concerts/mp3/WU-19860927-Sample-3.mp3
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Song List:
Disc-1:
Start End Length Name
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00:00:00.000 00:13:54.024 00:13:54.024 Madagascar
00:13:54.024 00:21:58.232 00:08:04.208 Man With The Copper Fingers
00:21:58.232 00:30:15.073 00:08:16.840 Dr. Honoris Causa
00:30:15.073 00:37:40.523 00:07:25.451 Update
00:37:40.523 00:43:19.623 00:05:39.100 Consequently
00:43:19.623 00:47:32.843 00:04:13.220 Face The Fire
00:47:32.843 00:55:16.963 00:07:44.119 Special Love
00:55:16.963 01:06:11.877 00:10:54.914 This Is This
01:06:11.877 01:07:44.391 00:01:32.514 Zawi-Khan
01:07:44.391 01:17:19.445 00:09:35.054 Badia / Boogie-Woogie Waltz
FFP Fingerprints:
01. Madagascar.flac:cc83fbe72ab9ba7e5c6e7f70468f61c5
02. Man With The Copper Fingers.flac:6920827b8b5af281fd361686e12640a9
03. Dr. Honoris Causa.flac:14e6f664c66317d16deb8c3fbe20f4e9
04. Update.flac:9c7781708ed867351e7b1f54cd9cc3f8
05. Consequently.flac:c4b39cda6c01265c347fdcfb0048776a
06. Face The Fire.flac:e6d701349c08d7c44282029979e3ba22
07. Special Love.flac:e6e0a943c0600b072ccfac543a13abc8
08. This Is This.flac:09dac7bdb6cafb4b8cc9518615702dba
09. Zawi-Khan.flac:f7b952e3b38199356202f50ce8884e6d
10. Badia - Boogie-Woogie Waltz.flac:01b522a04e0cc3be48834c7c079b4eaa
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8:04.208 278904110 B cxx -- ---xx flac 0.6067 02. Man With The Copper Fingers.flac
8:16.841 286180178 B cxx -- ---xx flac 0.5496 03. Dr. Honoris Causa.flac
7:25.451 256579592 B cxx -- ---xx flac 0.5818 04. Update.flac
5:39.100 195321620 B cxx -- ---xx flac 0.5370 05. Consequently.flac
4:13.220 145854782 B cxx -- ---xx flac 0.4935 06. Face The Fire.flac
7:44.119 267332762 B cxx -- ---xx flac 0.5972 07. Special Love.flac
10:54.914 377230616 B cxx -- ---xx flac 0.6035 08. This Is This.flac
1:32.514 53288294 B cxx -- ---xx flac 0.4477 09. Zawi-Khan.flac
9:35.054 331231040 B cxx -- ---xx flac 0.5901 10. Badia - Boogie-Woogie Waltz.flac
77:19.445 2672320754 B 0.5736 (10 files)