| Identifier | 9521531 |
| Created At | Tue May 23 2023 23:54:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) |
| Media Type | cd flac data |
| Media Count | 2 |
| Note | A Robert Collins Master Recording.
Artist / Title: Weather Report Date April 15, 1983 Location: Hollywood Bowl, Hollywood, CA Seats: Middle section, middle area Deck: Nakamichi 350 Mics: Nakamichi CM-300 (L, R) Source: A:C Master Tape, 2-Mic Stereo Sample Rate 44.1Khz, 16-bit (CD) (FLAC) Rating: A/A- Length: 130 Minutes Also Available: * DVD-Audio, 96 Khz, 24-bit version of this show is also available. ----- Musicians: Josef Zawinul Keyboards Wayne Shorter Saxophones Victor Bailey Bass Guitar Omar Hakim Drums Jose Rossy Percussion, Concertina Lineage: AUD> Nakamichi 350 ---> Nakamichi Dragon (playback) ---> 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) ---> Sound Forge (put the concert back together) ---> iZotope RX-Advanced (downsample, dither) ---> CD Architect (CD Audio) ---> EAC ---> FLAC ----- About this recording: This concert has another story of its own, and is another reason I waited so long to create this Weather Report memorial concert series. Like the Starlight Bowl concert, this is another of my favorites. But the recording has problems, and the problems take a lot of time and effort to fix. So instead of working on this a long time ago, I waited all of these years to gain the motivation to work on it. This show is a solid A-rated show, and the recording quality is for the most part A-rated as well. The new band has been together for a year by now, and they perform like a well oiled machine. Like the Starlight Bowl show, there are moments of pure magic on this recording. One such moment is during the encore, during an improvised piece I called "Delicate Fantasy." Synthesizer technology was just starting to get real interesting. For the very first times, synthesizers were able to perfectly mimic an actual instrument. But this wasn't the magical moment. But during an interplay between Wayne and Joe, Zawinul dials up a perfect Tympani on his synthesizer. But as Joe moves up the scale on his synthesized Tympani, the instrument (and it's waveform) morphs into a perfect French Horn. That was a pure magical moment back in 1983. Another moment came during the second encore of "Where the Moon Goes." We've all heard jazz players do a form of call and response. But in this case, the challenger was Joe Zawinul, and the response came from Omar Hakim on Drums. Yes, it's a synthesizer vs. drums on call and response. That was another truly magical moment. But alas, the recording has problems. The first minute of the recording doesn't sound so good. You will hear that. The beginning of the concert the levels were sporadic (at best) and there was lots of microphone muffling. To fix this, I was lucky enough to have a second source recording the same concert. The quality isn't the best, and you can hear this during the first minute of the concert. There are also times during the concert where there is apparent oversaturation of the tape recording. This isn't on the master tape. The master tape levels are sufficiently low that this oversaturation should not have occurred during recording. But I noticed this at least three places on the recording, and all three places original levels were not set incorrectly. I can only conclude this oversaturation sound came from the house PA system, possibly caused by overdriving the preamps of the mixing console. The original recording also suffered two very bad tape turns. In both cases, the song had ended while the tape was turning. That's very hard to fix. Using the second source recording, you would think it was possible to get complete versions of each song. Nope, he turn the tapes during the same songs as I did. To fix one of them, I had to take what I had, and use the very end that was captured on the alternate recording to create a false ending. That means about 16-bars of music are missing. The second tape turn was much more fortunate. My recording captured longer before the tape turn than the alternate second source. I was able to splice the two back together to fix the song. The sonic quality of the second source is noticeably poor. But I did the best I could to make the equalization sound the same. Finally, one of the microphone cords was cutting in and out during the encore. There was just enough sonic material to perfectly fix this in almost every case; but it was very time consuming. In the three or so cases that were too excessive to fix, I had to revert to mono; but usually only a second or so at a time. But even with all of these warts, the show is one of my favorites. It's an A-quality show with an A-quality recording. It's a must have for any Weather Report collection. |
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Performance
| Weather Report 1983-04-15 Universal Amphitheatre, Los Angeles, CA | |
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| Set 1 | Procession Fast City The Peasant D-Flat Waltz Blue Sound - Note 3 Molasses Run Plaza Real Percussion Solo Two Lines 8:30 Black Market Elegant People Badia A Remark You Made Birdland Delicate Fantasy Where The Moon Goes |
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