{"title":"Weather Report","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eWeather Report was an American jazz fusion band active from 1970 to 1986 that became one of the most influential and commercially successful groups in jazz history. Founded by Austrian keyboardist Joe Zawinul and American saxophonist Wayne Shorter, both veterans of Miles Davis' groundbreaking fusion recordings In a Silent Way and Bitches Brew, Weather Report forged a distinctive sound that blended jazz improvisation with rock, funk, world music and electronic experimentation.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"weather-report-heavy-weather-japanese-pressing-vinyl-lp","title":"Weather Report - Heavy Weather (Japanese Pressing Vinyl LP)","description":"\u003cp class=\"whitespace-normal break-words\"\u003eOne of the most celebrated albums in jazz fusion history, Weather Report's \u003cem\u003eHeavy Weather\u003c\/em\u003e stands as a landmark recording that defined the genre's golden era. This 1977 Japanese pressing on CBS\/Sony captures the album in exceptional sonic quality, offering collectors and audiophiles a premium listening experience of Joe Zawinul and Wayne Shorter's groundbreaking vision.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"whitespace-normal break-words\"\u003eThe album opens with \"Birdland\", arguably the most famous composition in Weather Report's catalogue and one of jazz's most recognisable pieces. Zawinul's synthesizer melody, combined with Jaco Pastorius' revolutionary fretless bass work and the band's tight ensemble playing, creates an instant classic that still sounds fresh decades later. From there, the album moves through a remarkable range of moods and textures, from the tender ballad \"A Remark You Made\" to Pastorius' virtuosic showcase \"Teen Town\" and the intricate rhythms of \"Harlequin\".\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"whitespace-normal break-words\"\u003eSide two maintains the momentum with the Latin-influenced \"Rumba Mamá\" and \"Palladíum\", the playful \"The Juggler\", and the complex closer \"Havona\". Throughout, the interplay between Zawinul's keyboards, Shorter's saxophone, Pastorius' bass, and the rhythm section demonstrates why Weather Report were at the forefront of jazz innovation in the 1970s.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"whitespace-normal break-words\"\u003eJapanese pressings from this era are renowned for their superior vinyl quality and meticulous pressing standards. This CBS\/Sony edition represents Heavy Weather at its finest, making it a prized item for serious collectors.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eVinyl\u003c\/b\u003e: EX\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSleeve\u003c\/b\u003e: EX\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eObi:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eNone\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOur grading system explained \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/dpbg4u-d1.myshopify.com\/pages\/secondhand-grading-guide\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003ehere\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePhoto is of the actual item.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"CBS","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42586027524155,"sku":null,"price":50.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0630\/3203\/3339\/files\/IMG_4582.jpg?v=1761864842"},{"product_id":"weather-report-weather-report-1982-us-columbia-vinyl-lp","title":"Weather Report - Weather Report (1982 US Columbia Vinyl LP)","description":"\u003cp data-start=\"1061\" data-end=\"1214\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eVinyl\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e: NM\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSleeve\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e: EX\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOur grading system explained \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/dpbg4u-d1.myshopify.com\/pages\/secondhand-grading-guide\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003ehere\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePhoto is of the actual item.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWeather Report - \u003cem\u003eWeather Report\u003c\/em\u003e | Vinyl LP - 1982 Original US Columbia (PC 37616, CBS Inc.)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eWeather Report's tenth studio album\u003c\/strong\u003e, recorded in the summer of 1981 at Power Station in New York, The Music Room in Pasadena and Soundcastle in Los Angeles; produced by Joe Zawinul with assistance from Jaco Pastorius and Wayne Shorter; engineered by Brian Risner\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eThe final studio album featuring Jaco Pastorius\u003c\/strong\u003e on bass and Peter Erskine on drums; both departed after recording — Pastorius for his Word of Mouth project, Erskine for Steps Ahead\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eThe three-part \"N.Y.C.\" suite\u003c\/strong\u003e is the album's centrepiece: \"41st Parallel,\" \"The Dance\" and \"Crazy About Jazz,\" combining Zawinul's synthesised orchestration with Pastorius's fretless bass and Erskine's drumming\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eOriginal 1982 US Columbia pressing\u003c\/strong\u003e (PC 37616) manufactured by CBS Inc.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is the second album Weather Report released under their own name — the first was their 1971 debut. By 1981, when these sessions took place across three studios in New York and California, the band had been through several personnel changes since that debut: Jaco Pastorius had joined in 1976, Peter Erskine in 1978, and Robert Thomas Jr. as a second percussionist from 1979. The core remained Joe Zawinul on keyboards and synthesisers and Wayne Shorter on saxophone, as it had been since the band's formation. Zawinul produced; Pastorius and Shorter were assistant producers; Brian Risner engineered.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBy 1981, creative tensions between Zawinul and Pastorius had been building. Zawinul's increasing use of synthesised bass lines and computer-generated drum programming — Erskine used a drum computer on several tracks here — displaced some of the role Pastorius had played on earlier records. The Pastorius who plays on this album is still audible as a major force, particularly on \"Volcano for Hire\" (A1) and through the \"N.Y.C.\" suite, but his writing contribution had reduced to a single group-composed piece. Shorter, similarly, contributed one composition. The vast majority of the material is Zawinul's. It reached No. 5 on the US Jazz Albums chart. After the album was complete, Pastorius left for Word of Mouth commitments and Erskine left for Steps Ahead; Zawinul and Shorter recruited Victor Bailey and Omar Hakim to continue the band. This is the original 1982 US Columbia pressing.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Columbia","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43308937510971,"sku":null,"price":45.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0630\/3203\/3339\/files\/IMG_6442.jpg?v=1774231533"},{"product_id":"weather-report-black-market-1976-japanese-cbs-sony-stereo-lp","title":"Weather Report - Black Market (1976 Japanese CBS\/Sony Stereo LP)","description":"\u003cp data-end=\"1214\" data-start=\"1061\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eVinyl\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e: VG+\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSleeve\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e: VG+\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eObi:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNone\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOur grading system explained \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/dpbg4u-d1.myshopify.com\/pages\/secondhand-grading-guide\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003ehere\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePhoto is of the actual item.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eWeather Report - \u003cem\u003eBlack Market\u003c\/em\u003e | Vinyl LP - 1976 Japanese CBS\/Sony (25AP 57, CBS\/Sony Inc.)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWeather Report had released five albums before this one. Their lineup shifted constantly around the fixed core of Joe Zawinul and Wayne Shorter. \u003cem\u003eBlack Market\u003c\/em\u003e was the last album with Alphonso Johnson on bass before Pastorius became the permanent member - here the two bassists split the record between them, Johnson on five tracks and Pastorius on two.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eZawinul had played with Cannonball Adderley from 1961 to 1971, contributing \"Mercy, Mercy, Mercy\" to Adderley's biggest commercial success. When Adderley died in August 1973, Zawinul responded with \"Cannon Ball\" - a four-and-a-half-minute piece that sounds like a celebration rather than a solemn dirge, Shorter's soprano moving over Narada Michael Walden's drums and Pastorius's bass in a way that recalls what Adderley's own music had felt like at its most open. It was the first piece Pastorius recorded with the band.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Gibraltar\" introduces the lyricon, an early wind synthesizer manufactured by Computone. Shorter plays it here with a tone somewhere between saxophone and theremin, layered over Zawinul's Arp 2600 and Oberheim synthesizers. Chester Thompson on drums and Alex Acuña on congas play against each other throughout most of Side A. Side B gives Shorter two originals, \"Elegant People\" and \"Three Clowns\", before handing the writing credits to the rhythm section. \"Barbary Coast\" is Pastorius's composition, funky and playful, the bass in front. \"Herandnu\" closes the album with Alphonso Johnson's contribution, the more harmonically ambitious of the two bass-player originals.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is the 1976 Japanese CBS\/Sony pressing (25AP 57), manufactured by CBS\/Sony Inc.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"CBS","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43555860119611,"sku":null,"price":60.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0630\/3203\/3339\/files\/IMG_7150.jpg?v=1780095669"},{"product_id":"weather-report-i-sing-the-body-electric-1972-japanese-cbs-sony-original-lp","title":"Weather Report - I Sing the Body Electric (1972 Japanese CBS\/Sony Original LP)","description":"\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eVinyl\u003c\/b\u003e: VG+\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSleeve\u003c\/b\u003e: VG+\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eObi:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eNone\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOur grading system explained \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/dpbg4u-d1.myshopify.com\/pages\/secondhand-grading-guide\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003ehere\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePhoto is of the actual item.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eWeather Report - \u003cem\u003eI Sing the Body Electric\u003c\/em\u003e | Vinyl LP - 1972 Japanese CBS\/Sony Original (SOPL 37, CBS\/Sony Records Inc.)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWeather Report's first album had been an entirely studio affair. For the second, Zawinul and Shorter split the record in half: one side recorded in the studio in New York across two sessions in late 1971 and early 1972, the other side captured live in Tokyo on January 13, 1972 at Shibuya Kokaido Hall before a standing-room crowd.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Unknown Soldier\" opens the studio side as the most orchestrally complex piece Weather Report had attempted: Hubert Laws on flute, Andrew White on English horn, Wilmer Wise on piccolo and D trumpet, three vocalists, the full rhythm section of Zawinul, Shorter, Vitous, Gravatt and Romão. \"The Moors\" follows with Ralph Towner's 12-string guitar in its sole appearance on the record, Shorter's composition built around Towner's acoustic tone against Vitous's bowed bass. \"Crystal\" is Vitous's piece, the bassist making his instrument sound close to a horn at points. \"Second Sunday in August\" closes the studio side with a Shorter ballad.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe live side opens with the medley of Zawinul's \"Vertical Invader,\" Vitous's \"T.H.\" and Zawinul's \"Dr. Honoris Causa\" - ten continuous minutes that run from concentrated improvisation into rhythmic lockstep and back again. \"Surucucú\" is Shorter's, the band loose and free. \"Directions\" closes the record - originally written by Zawinul for Miles Davis, recorded by Davis in 1968, here taken at roughly twice the original tempo. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is the 1972 Japanese CBS\/Sony original pressing (SOPL 37), manufactured by CBS\/Sony Records Inc. in Tokyo.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"CBS","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43556240195643,"sku":null,"price":80.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0630\/3203\/3339\/files\/IMG_7505.jpg?v=1782467686"},{"product_id":"weather-report-weather-report-1971-japanese-cbs-sony-original-lp","title":"Weather Report - Weather Report (1971 Japanese CBS\/Sony Original LP)","description":"\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eVinyl\u003c\/b\u003e: VG+\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSleeve\u003c\/b\u003e: VG+\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eObi:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eNone\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOur grading system explained \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/dpbg4u-d1.myshopify.com\/pages\/secondhand-grading-guide\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003ehere\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePhoto is of the actual item.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eWeather Report - \u003cem\u003eWeather Report\u003c\/em\u003e | Vinyl LP - 1971 Japanese CBS\/Sony Original (SOPC 57132, SX68Sound)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eZawinul and Shorter left Miles Davis's band within months of each other in 1970. They had been the primary composers of Davis's electric period and they took its central idea with them: that improvisation and composition could be the same thing, that the distinction between soloist and accompanist was artificial, and that texture was as important as melody.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThey recruited Miroslav Vitous on bass. Vitous was Czech, had studied at Berklee and had been part of the same New York scene, playing with Herbie Mann, Chick Corea and others. Alphonze Mouzon, twenty-two years old, played drums. Airto Moreira, who had also just finished recording with Miles, played percussion alongside Barbara Burton.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe sessions ran from February 16 to March 17, 1971 at Columbia Studios. Nothing on the record sounds like conventional jazz-rock fusion. \"Milky Way\" opens with Shorter's soprano saxophone overtones drifting across Zawinul's sustained piano resonance for two and a half minutes. \"Orange Lady,\" at eight minutes and forty seconds the longest track, uses a structure Zawinul had developed during the Bitches Brew dates and Miles had passed on. \"Waterfall\" builds slowly from Zawinul's electric piano into the album's fullest collective statement. \"Tears\" has Mouzon singing wordlessly over Shorter's melody. \"Eurydice\" closes the record at a faster pace than anything that precedes it, the bass and drums pushing harder than anywhere else on the album.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is the 1971 Japanese CBS\/Sony original pressing (SOPC 57132), SX68Sound series.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"CBS","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43572745142331,"sku":null,"price":45.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0630\/3203\/3339\/files\/IMG_7195.jpg?v=1780625648"}],"url":"https:\/\/lushliferecords.com.au\/collections\/weather-report.oembed","provider":"Lush Life Records","version":"1.0","type":"link"}