A Robert Collins Master Recording.

Artist / Title: Weather Report
Date June 19, 1982
Location: Hollywood Bowl, Hollywood, CA
Seats: Very far back
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: B/B+
Length: 104 Minutes


Also Available:
* DVD-Audio, 96 Khz, 24-bit version of this show is also available.

Extras:
* Complete Playboy Jazz Festival Program (1982)

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Musicians:
Josef Zawinul Keyboards
Wayne Shorter Saxophones
Victor Bailey Bass Guitar
Omar Hakim Drums
Jose Rossy Percussion, Concertina

Guest Artist:
Manhattan Transfer Vocals

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About this recording:
This concert came only three weeks after the new (post-Jaco) group was introduced
at the San Diego show. This recording is a good one to get to see how the band
progressed since they first played together. The material is much the same, and
it shows some real progress for the playing and new song development (later became
the "Procession" album).

I wish I could say the recording quality is great, but it isn't. I was sitting
very far back and the sound quality wasn't so good back there. I was in the
middle of a pack of people who were more interested in talking than listening.

The tape hasn't held up all that well either. There's about a 20-minute section
of the recording that has high frequencies dropped out. This section just
doesn't sound so crisp. I did my best to repair it, but you can still tell.
The rest of the recording is pretty decent. So because of the mediocre quality,
and tape drop-outs, I've given it a B/B+ quality rating.

The true highlight of the show was the second encore. The Manhattan Transfer
joined Weather Report to sing Birdland together.


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 TBD Previously unreleased
1984-06-16 Weather Report Playboy Jazz Festival, Hollywood Bowl, Hollywood California A- TBD Remastered
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> 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)
---> HarBal (EQ matching to try to fix some things)
---> Sound Forge (put the concert back together)
---> iZotope RX-Advanced (downsample, dither)
---> CD Architect (CD Audio)
---> EAC
---> FLAC

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Sound Samples:
Sample-1 (Procession):
http://www.rcollins.org/concerts/mp3/WR-19820619-Sample-1.mp3

Sample-2 (Volcano For Hire):
http://www.rcollins.org/concerts/mp3/WR-19820619-Sample-2.mp3

Sample-3 (Birdland: Manhattan Transfer):
http://www.rcollins.org/concerts/mp3/WR-19820619-Sample-3.mp3

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Song List:
Disc-1:
Start End Length Name
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00:00:00.000 00:12:07.578 00:12:07.578 Procession
00:12:07.578 00:21:01.100 00:08:54.422 Fast City
00:21:01.100 00:33:20.685 00:12:18.685 Where The Moon Goes
00:33:20.685 00:38:34.113 00:05:13.428 Plaza Real
00:38:34.113 00:53:29.411 00:14:55.298 Two Lines

Disc-2:
Start End Length Name
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00:00:00.000 00:07:24.717 00:07:24.717 Speechless
00:07:24.717 00:15:41.800 00:08:17.083 Volcano for Hire
00:15:41.800 00:23:48.949 00:08:07.149 Wacky Poetry
00:23:48.949 00:30:58.365 00:07:09.416 Easy Living
00:30:58.365 00:32:36.742 00:01:38.377 8:30
00:32:36.742 00:33:47.517 00:01:10.775 Black Market
00:33:47.517 00:34:19.816 00:00:32.299 Elegant People
00:34:19.816 00:35:55.318 00:01:35.502 Badia
00:35:55.318 00:38:24.556 00:02:29.238 A Remark You Made
00:38:24.556 00:43:24.800 00:05:00.244 Birdland
00:43:24.800 00:50:06.355 00:06:41.555 Birdland (Manhattan Transfer)


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1.02 Fast City.flac:63d89ae71c3a6a98e7d257acba1757a4
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1.04 Plaza Real.flac:d739e797761868320d8ef3944089c1f5
1.05 Two Lines.flac:6041f799dd7df8f5d8daba94fc5bcd74

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2.07 Elegant People.flac:5fe29c176beaad517f8cbcf8a398f547
2.08 Badia.flac:f86c68c407b3c37ece962cf8598346ba
2.09 A Remark You Made.flac:a70e734474920b9c5b9313014688a2ad
2.10 Birdland.flac:48e871af985cd3a5d668f1937a019379
2.11 Birdland (Manhattan Transfer).flac:3da399ba17026798e485d0a00c379eaa

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