WEATHER REPORT Heavy Weather 1977 UK CBS 1st PRESS MINT
WEATHER REPORT Heavy Weather 1977 UK CBS 1st PRESS MINT
WEATHER REPORT
Heavy Weather
1977 UK CBS (S 81775) ORIGINAL PRESSING
SUPERB ORIGINAL COPY WHICH LOOKS UNPLAYED
PRESSED WITH THE FIRST ISSUE UK ‘SUNSET’ ORANGE CBS LABELS
MATRIX: CBS-S-81775-A-1 / CBS-S-81775-B-1
THE RECORD IS HOUSED IN THE ORIGINAL MATT SLEEVE PRINTED BY “Shorewood Packaging Co. Ltd., England”
COMPLETE WITH THE ORIGINAL PLAIN WHITE INNER SLEEVE WITH UK PATENT NUMBER PRINTED IN BLACK
Weather Report's biggest-selling album is that ideal thing, a popular and artistic success -- and for the same reasons.
For one thing, Joe Zawinul revealed an unexpectedly potent commercial streak for the first time since his Cannonball Adderley days, contributing what has become a perennial hit, "Birdland." Indeed, "Birdland" is a remarkable bit of record-making, a unified, ever-developing piece of music that evokes, without in any way imitating, a joyous evening on 52nd St. with a big band.
The other factor is the full emergence of Jaco Pastorius as a co-leader; his dancing, staccato bass lifting itself out of the bass range as a third melodic voice, completely dominating his own ingenious "Teen Town" (where he also plays drums!). By now, Zawinul has become WR's de facto commander in the studio; his colourful synthesisers dictate the textures, his conceptions are carefully planned, with little of the freewheeling improvisation of only five years before. Wayne Shorter's saxophones are now reticent, if always eloquent, beams of light in Zawinul's general scheme while Alex Acuña shifts ably over to the drums and Manolo Badrena handles the percussion.
Released just as the jazz-rock movement began to run out of steam, this landmark album proved that there was plenty of creative life left in the idiom
Side 1:
Birdland (5:59)
A Remark You Made (6:52)
Teen Town (2:53)
Harlequin (4:00)
Side 2:
Rumba Mamá (2:12)
Palladíum (4:45)
The Juggler (5:05)
Havona (6:03)
LABELS: MINT
An immaculate set of labels.
No spindle traces or any sign the record has ever been played
VINYL Visual: MINT
Both surfaces are unmarked and shine like-new
VINYL Audio: MINT
Plays beautifully throughout with crystal clear sound and nothing to fault
SLEEVE: NEAR MINT
Crisp, clean and fresh cover with sharp spine where all text is clear and bold.
A touch of minor rub on the surfaces
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