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Forecast: Tomorrow

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Weather Report Format: Audio CD
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Track Listings

Disc: 1

1 In a Silent Way - Miles Davis
2 Super Nova - Wayne Shorter
3 Experience In E (Exerpt Part 5)
4 Milky Way (Album Version)
5 Tears (Album Version)
6 Eurydice (Album Version)
7 Orange Lady (Album Version)
8 Unknown Soldier (Album Version)
9 Directions (Take 1)
10 Surucucu (Live)
11 Second Day In August (Album Version)
12 125th Street Congress (Album Version)

Disc: 2

1 Nubian Sundance (Live)
2 Blackthorn Rose
3 Badia
4 Cannon Ball
5 Black Market
6 Three Clowns
7 Havona (Album Version)
8 Birdland (Album)
9 Palladium
10 The Pursuit of fhe Woman with the Feathered Hat
11 The Orphan (Album Version)
12 Sightseeing

Disc: 3

1 Dream Clock (Live)
2 Three Views of a Secret (Live)
3 Port of Entry (Live)
4 Dara Factor Two
5 Procession
6 Plaza Real
7 The Well (Album Version)
8 D-Flat Waltz
9 Domino Theory
10 Predator
11 Face on the Barroom Floor
12 Indiscretions
13 125th Street Congress (DJ Logic Remix)

Disc: 4

1 Black Market (Live Video)
2 Scarlet Woman (Live Video)
3 Young and Fine (Live Video)
4 The Pursuit of fhe Woman with the Feathered Hat (Live Video)
5 A Remark You Made (Live Video)
6 River People (Live Video)
7 Thanks For the Memories (Live Video)
8 Delores/Portrait of Tracy/Third Stone from the Sun (Live Video)
9 Mr. Gone (Live Video)
10 In a Silent Way (Live Video)
11 Waterfall (Live Video)
12 Teen Town (Live Video)
13 I Got It Bad and That Ain't Good / The Midnight Sun Will Never Set On You (Live Video)
14 Birdland (Live Video)
15 Introductions (Live Video)
16 Fred & Jack (Live Video)
17 Elegant People (Live Video)
18 Badia (Live Video)

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From 1970 to 1985, the jazz-fusion ensemble known as Weather Report reigned supreme as one the most distinguished and indefinable ensembles of the 20th century, and saxophonist Wayne Shorter and keyboardist Joe Zawinul were the cofounders of this ever-changing group. This superb, three-CD, 37-track collection features the band's incredible cast of musicians: drummers Peter Erksine and Alphonse Mouzon; percussionists Airto Moreira, Alex Acuna, and the late Don Alias; bassists Miroslav Vitous, Alphonso Johnson, and the incredible Jaco Pastorius. The roots of their sound are heard in Zawinul's "In A Silent Way," and their greatest hits--from "A Remark You Made" and an unreleased version of "Nubian Sundance" to their 1976 mega-hit, "Birdland," are included here, along with the lesser known classic, "Indiscretions," a DJ Logic, hip-hop remix of "125th Street Congress," and a sizzling, two-hour DVD concert from Germany in filmed in 1978. This set is a powerful primer to their "folk music of the future." --Eugene Holley Jr.

Product details

  • Is Discontinued By Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ No
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Product Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.9 x 10.3 x 1 inches; 1.2 Pounds
  • Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ Legacy Recordings
  • Item model number ‏ : ‎ 0828768557020
  • Original Release Date ‏ : ‎ 2006
  • Run time ‏ : ‎ 5 hours and 47 minutes
  • Date First Available ‏ : ‎ November 28, 2006
  • Label ‏ : ‎ Legacy Recordings
  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B000HEWGPG
  • Number of discs ‏ : ‎ 4
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  • SunRocks
    5.0 out of 5 stars Another Shame by Sony/Colombia!!!
    Reviewed in the United States on October 12, 2006
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    I am going to give WR 5 stars always.

    But Dang, I mean how long will Sony/Colombia continue to release the same material. And the video, I mean almost every WR fan has the video & it is nothing like that 76 Montruex show. If they were going to do a Rockplast show they should have released the Belgrade 1980 show. That concert is the one in which they go cosmic (out of this world). For those who don't have the show, it's in circulation and it's poor quality but it ranks up their with the "IN Concert" Mahavishnu 73. At the end they play Badia/Boogie Woogie Waltz and Jaco, Joe and Wayne are phoenominal. I watch that show almost every month and I shake my head everytime in disbelief. You see most people don't realize it, but the 1980-1981 version of Weather Report was the best, and it's when Shorter came back with his free form playing. He's good on the 78 show but not great cause he's not improvising that much. The 1980 version of WR was like a free bebop fusion form of music. At the end of the show this guy is sitting in disbelief as the melody of "adios" is in the backgound. Jaco is playing like a god on this particular show, and Peter Erskine is holdin down the beat even though he is tired than a mother. I just wish Sony/Colombia would release the vaults and treat them with the same box set treatment as Miles Davis.

    "The dwarf can see farther than the giant"

    The dwarf being shorter and zawinul (Jazz Giants) begining weather report in 1971 (they were good but they came into their own in 1973).

    But eventually they took music beyond what Miles (the Giant)did. And its a shame we Weather Report fans can't get what we want.

    What we want is a box set(s) of all live material from 1973 to 1983. DvD shows that we don't already have from bootleging. But I guess I am on that "Dream Clock."
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  • The Redneck Jaco
    5.0 out of 5 stars I hope you read this, Richie!
    Reviewed in the United States on July 15, 2007
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    WAY back in 1974, my best-friend-in-the-army, Richie, and I were listening to each other's albums. Knowing that I was not-so-surreptitiously making more money at night as a musician than I was by "playing Army," Richie told me, "Nah - I don't think you'd like it" when I asked him to play Weather Report's first album for me. I DID badger him into playing the etherial track, "Milky Way" for me, and - even though I was - and am - a "rabid Stones' fan" (like Ian Hunter said about himself & Jaco) - I was captivated. Being a bassist, I had already heard of Miroslav Vitous, and I STILL remember Tony, the drummer of my band, yammering about Alphonse Mouzon and Eric Gravatt - SERIOUS MUSICANS, those three, and I haven't even mentioned Joe Zawinul (the ONLY person I will EVER trust with a freaking synthesizer), or Wayne Shorter, Saxophonist Extraordinaire. And though my interest kind of...well, "slipped" until the year 1978 - UGH!, all my hippie friends were then bleating about that pithy Chuck Mangione..."thing" that was so prevalent then ("Feels So Good" or something), and I kept screaming at them, "NO! That is bubblegum at its most hideous! Have you heard 'Heavy Weather' by Weather Report? You NEED TO!" Well, histrionics aside, all of Weather Report's music is very well represented here on "Forecast: Tomorrow," and I'm grateful, because that certainly fills a hole in my CD collection. But I am really - REALLY - most grateful for the inclusion of the DVD with a 1978 performance by the Jaco Pastorius/Peter Erskine incarnation! I (now blushing FURIOUSLY!) purchased that Joni Mitchell/"Shadows And Light" thing a couple of years ago, only - ONLY - because Jaco was featured so prominently thereon. And athough I'm too cheap to relinquish any of my DVDs or CDs, "Shadows" will now be relegated to that vague, indefinite place where I store, say, the Stones' "Bigger Bang," that John Phillips' "Pay Pack And Follow," or, for THAT matter, anything by the Eagles or such. THANK YOU, Richie!
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  • Joe Roberts
    5.0 out of 5 stars Coffret indispensable pour Bulletin Météo au beau fixe
    Reviewed in France on June 6, 2024
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    Oui, je suis nostalgique de l’époque (des années 90 jusqu’au début des années 2000 à vue de nez) où on savait réaliser des coffrets de cette qualité, une présentation soignée, un choix de titres pensé, parfois inédits, un livret qui de temps en temps se rapprochait du véritable livre…Bref, tout pour contenter le fan ! Et le prix restait accessible. Ce savoir-faire semble s’être depuis perdu, les maisons de disques préférant sortir des éditions deluxe, puis super deluxe, allant parfois jusqu’à l’hyper méga deluxe (je caricature à peine !), à des prix assez voire très élevés et n’apportant pas toujours quelque-chose à la discographie de l’artiste ou du groupe (voir les multiples éditions par exemple du « Live at Leeds » des Who par exemple). Eh oui, avec la crise du disque, il faut croire que le collectionneur est désormais là pour se « faire traire » malheureusement. Rien de tout ça avec ce coffret sorti en 2006 et consacré à Weather Report, un des groupes majeurs du jazz fusion.
    Les 3 CD et le DVD couvrent toute son existence de 1971 à 1985. Les 3 CD contiennent 37 titres classés dans un ordre à peu près chronologique. Autour du duo central Joe Zawinul-Wayne Shorter, présent du début à la fin de l’aventure, ça n’est pas moins d’une quarantaine de musiciens qui se sont relayés dans le groupe, certains plus marquants que d’autres évidemment. Les morceaux d'ouverture du CD 1 sont antérieurs à Weather Report et illustrent sa genèse, les racines : un extrait de « Experience in E » montre le claviériste Joe Zawinul avec le quintette de Cannonball Adderley ; Wayne Shorter est entendu dans son propre groupe avec « Super Nova » et « In a Silent Way » , dirigé par Miles Davis, présente les deux. Le duo Zawinul et Shorter commence par « Milky Way ». « Eurydice » les montre échangeant avec la batterie d'Alphonse Mouzon. « Orange Lady » marque l’arrivée de Miroslav Vitous à la basse, un morceau éblouissant. Avant même les succès grand public qui vont venir plus tard l’album « I sing the body electric » en 1972 réussit déjà à marquer les mémoires durablement, ouvrant de nouvelles portes au jazz en y incorporant des musiques électroniques, musiques folkloriques, du rock…
    Le deuxième disque couvre la période intermédiaire. Il englobe le passage dans la formation des bassistes Alphonso Johnson et Jaco Pastorius, et la lignée des batteurs comprend Darryl Brown, Chester Thompson et Alex Acuña. L’arrivée en 1976 de Pastorius alors jeune bassiste qui avait tapé dans l’oreille de Zawinul, fait changer le groupe de catégorie, c’est évident, lui permettant d’enregistrer des albums à succès et de jouer dans des salles de plus en plus grandes, chose rare pour un groupe de jazz qui refuse pour autant la facilité et la compromission. Le groove reste constamment énorme et continu : par exemple sur « Nubian Sundance » en concert, « Black Market » ou encore leur plus grand succès, l’adaptation de « Birdland » devenu quasiment un hymne reconnaissable dès les 1ères notes, le genre de morceaux qui vous fait entrer dans l’histoire ! Le CD 3 est marqué par le fameux solo de Jaco, « Three views of a secret », une maîtrise totale et absolue de la basse fretless. Il y a de quoi tomber à la renverse quand on réécoute ce génie parti trop tôt, avant d’avoir pu nous montrer toute l’étendue de son talent. Après le départ de Pastorius en 82, le groupe continue encore 3 ans avec des musiciens changeant mais sans jamais retrouver la classe et la puissance de la période glorieuse (76 à 82). On peut juste noter que la paire Victor Bailey et Omar Hakim est intéressante sur « Procession », « Domino Theory » et «Plaza Real », sur lesquelles Shorter sonne rajeuni. Le remix final de DJ Logic de « 125th Street Congress » – avec des voix supplémentaires – est par contre hors sujet avec ce son rap, on a du mal à comprendre ce qu’il vient faire là, à part vouloir montrer à tout prix la « modernité » et « l’influence » qu’a pu avoir Weather Report. Ça ne me réconcilie pas avec les remixes dont je vois rarement l’intérêt…La version originale de ce morceau figure en fin de CD 1 et il n’y a pour moi aucune comparaison.
    Le DVD – enregistré à l'Offenbach Stadthalle de Francfort –lors de la tournée d’automne de 1978 est absolument magnifique, qu’on ait eu la chance de voir le groupe sur scène ou pas. Ce concert est d’ailleurs sorti en double CD en 2011. Weather Report y était sans doute là à son apogée, sa meilleure formation, avec Pastorius et Peter Erskine à la batterie. Alors, oui, il faut accepter les limites techniques de l’époque, l’image n’est pas parfaite, parfois un peu saturée, le son non plus. Mais rien de tout ça n’est bien grave tellement le plaisir qu’ils prennent à jouer est visible, l’énergie déployée aussi (ils sont très vite tous les 4 en sueur !). Zawinul est typiquement studieux, Shorter un peu énervé et souriant; Pastorius et Erskine débordent d'énergie et travaillent torse nu pendant les 30 dernières minutes. Ensemble, ils produisent deux heures de musique glorieuse, dont « A Remark You Made » et « Teen Town » : des créations merveilleuses qui ne refont pas surface ailleurs dans l'anthologie. J’avais regardé peu avant le DVD du concert de Montreux en 76 alors que Jaco venait juste d’intégrer la formation et la différence entre les 2 est assez flagrante. En 76, Jaco reste encore un peu en retrait, cherchant encore ses marques face aux 2 légendes qu’étaient déjà Zawinul et Shorter, mais son jeu était extraordinaire. Ici, il bondit, danse au rythme de la musique, bien plus expansif avec son solo habituel dont fait partie sa reprise de « Third Srone from the Sun » d’Hendrix, moment halluciné et hallucinant. Un grand, très grand concert où la force collective est impressionnante, chacun ayant son solo mais où ils n’essayent jamais de tirer la couverture vers eux au détriment des autres.
    Le livret de 100 pages est de qualité avec une introduction de Bob Belden, des notes sur le concert du DVD signées par Erskine, un essai de Hal Miller, des photos et pochettes des albums. 5h de musique au total dont on peut c’est vrai regretter l’absence d’inédits à part le concert à ce moment-là mais ne chipotons pas trop, ce coffret est une merveille, peut-être quand même un peu rébarbative pour des néophytes (tout est rempli à ras-bord) mais délicieuse pour les nombreux fans de Weather Report.
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  • Domenico Natoli
    5.0 out of 5 stars Weather Report Forecast tomorrow
    Reviewed in Italy on February 22, 2017
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    Un capolavoro assoluto! Il gruppo è nella sua migliore formazione mai esibitasi. Ogni componente è nel pieno della sua maturita
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  • ミシェル
    5.0 out of 5 stars 商品状態が価格以上に良かったです。
    Reviewed in Japan on November 30, 2019
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    商品の輸送状態を検索出来ると良いと思います。欲しい商品が有れば次も利用します。
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  • Bryan D
    5.0 out of 5 stars The greatest fusion band of all time
    Reviewed in Canada on May 9, 2007
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    I am in total agreement with the first review given of this box set and I will do my best not to echo too much of what he has already mentioned. Weather Report is perhaps the greatest fusion band of all time and listening to this three CD set along with the DVD will prove it. Fusion is most commonly defined in musical terms as jazz-rock and they definitely were that but they also had African, South American and European Classical influences. This is in part of all the many members that were employed over their 15 year existence and they all played an integral role in the group even if they only recorded one album with them. Joe Zawinul and Wayne Shorter were the leaders and visionairies but I believe that the late great bass legend Jaco Pastorius was the star during his stint with the group. In fact all the bass players that played in the group brought something to the table: Miroslav Vitous' innovative acoustic bass playing, Alphonso Johnson's funky and aggressive bass lines, Jaco's genius on the fretless bass and the under rated Victor Bailey who definitely belongs in this class. The three CD set could have included songs like "A Remark You Made", "Teen Town" or "Mysterious Traveller" but it is difficult to choose which songs to put on and which ones to leave out. The live DVD which was recorded in 1978 shows what a great live band they were and it is quite interesting to see the equipment Joe Zawinul was using because the ARP 2600 has been old technology for keyboard players for a couple decades now. The booklet inside provides many of the former members insights and memories of their time with the group and it look likes it was an honour for them to be playing with legends like Zawinul and Shorter. This groups' influence can be heard in many of todays jazz-rock combos and they have also influenced hip hop as DJ Logic's remix of "125th Street Congress" will attest. I sure hope that they will one day reform, record a new album and tour because both Zawinul and Shorter are still active in their seventies. They were one of a kind and there has not been a band like them since.
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  • J. MILLER
    5.0 out of 5 stars Good compilation with some bonuses.
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 8, 2006
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    Most people will have most of this; the audio includes 3 hitherto unreleased tracks - the original unedited 11-minute take of "Eurydice", a studio version of "Directions" ("we always solo and we never solo"...yes indeed) and a storming, straight-off-the-mixing-desk live version of "Nubian Sundance"...I didn't think it was possible. The 'remix' of "125th St" is rap rubbish, however. Then there is the DVD; Erskine and Pastorius on top form and when they really open up (and they do), the power of this line-up begins to come through. Boy could these guys play!! Even Jaco's show-off-Hendrix-riffs-then-jump-on-my-bass solo is ok. The last time I ever saw Weather Report it was this line-up at London's Rainbow theatre. There was a clock on the wall above one of the exits, and after I'd sat through Jaco's solo for half-an-hour, no exaggeration, I decided to get up and leave; I was furious with Pastorius for trying to (as I felt) destroy my favourite band but I just don't have the choice to stay or leave any more, do I? Alas, no-one does. The DVD captures the line-up at a peak and it is better than the "8.30" album. The booklet should have had a better quality cover and the clear plastic CD trays in my copy aren't glued in properly. Some copies may have a problem with CD2; this is a CBS/Sony product but my Sony CD player has a bit of a problem reading the TOC and the titling (1st track on CD2 only) is wrong. Worth 5 stars for the DVD but the rap remix - though mercifully short - is horrible.
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