| Identifier | 7754833 |
| Created At | Tue May 23 2023 23:54:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) |
| Media Type | cdr flac |
| Media Count | 2 |
| Show Rating | a |
| Sound Rating | a- |
| Note | WEATHER REPORT
TITLE: "Never Had It So Good"* [henceforth referred to as "WRB81"] DATE: 11 July 1981 LOCATION: Boston, Massachusetts, USA VENUE: Boston Opera House RECORDING TYPE: Audience ["AR"] FROM AN OFFICIAL "BLIND" WRB81 PROJECT TEST GROUP LISTENER - "I could barely keep my jaw off the floor. I've simply never heard such an amazing live recording. The things I said in the previous email about a natural sense of reverb and decay are even more in evidence in the second sample, and the sense of dynamics is spectacular, as we neither lose detail in the quiet sections or get the usual distortion in the louder ones. Part of my response is also due to the performance--I only have 3 Weather Report CDs, but none of them prepared me for this. In some ways, it was almost more akin to the best King Crimson improvs. Fantastic. I know I'm gushing, but I've never thought of audience recordings as providing audiophile experiences. This definitely fits that bill for me. Thanks so much for all the work you've done on this, and for sharing it. I can't wait for the release." A FEW ADDITIONAL WORDS ON THE PERFORMANCE - It’s Weather Report, still with Jaco Pastorius. Even so, an especially inspired delivery by one of the greatest of all ‘progressive’ jazz acts. All the elements of WR’s exciting early days are there, augmented by new blood in the rhythm section. The band is tight and virtuosic as ever, with all the creativity and ‘tease’ elements in place putting their approach in the same general category as otherwise very different acts like Yes and Genesis. Before I previewed this recording I’d feared WR might have lost their 1970s ‘edge’, but was ecstatic to find they hadn’t. Hopefully you will be too. LINEUP: Joe Zawinul - keyboards Jaco Pastorius - bass Wayne Shorter - sax Peter Erskine - drums Bobby Thomas Jr. - percussion SETLIST [for standard 80-minute CDR]: [Vol. 1] 01V1 - Fast City 02V1 - Madagascar 03V1 - Current Affairs 04V1 - Night Passage 05V1 - Pastorius Solo 06V1 - Erskine-Thomas Jr. Duet 07V1 - Volcano for Hire [Vol. 2] 01V2 - Speechless 02V2 - NYC 03V2 - Zawinul-Shorter Duet 04V2 - A Remark You Made 05V2 - Rockin' in Rhythm 06V2 - Birdland 07V2 - Badia TAPER: Barry Rogoff (Balrog) SOURCE: Nakamichi 550/CM-100/CP-1 [Dolby B encoded] > Maxell UD XLII LINEAGE: Nak BX 300 [Dolby B out] > Digigram VXPocket V2 > CD quality wave [44.1, 16 bit] > CD-R > EAC > CEP 2.0/Izotope Ozone > FLAC > Dime |
| Source Info | Audience ["AR"]"Never Had It So Good"* [henceforth referred to as "WRB81"]Nakamichi 550/CM-100/CP-1 [Dolby B encoded] > Maxell UD XLII |
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Performance
| Weather Report 1981-07-11 Opera House, Boston, MA | |
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| Set 1 | Fast City Madagascar Current Affairs Night Passage Pastorius Solo Erskine-Thomas Jr. Duet Volcano for Hire |
| Set 2 | Speechless NYC Zawinul-Shorter Duet A Remark You Made Birdland Badia |
| Set 3 | |
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