NOT A Robert Collins Master Recording.

Artist / Title:        Weather Update
Date                   September 27, 1986
Location:              Greek Theatre, Los Angeles, CA
Seats:                 Section-B, Center
Deck:                  Sony TC-D5
Mics:                  Sennheiser MKE-2002 (Binaural)
Source:                A:C Master Tape, 2-Mic Stereo
Sample Rate            44.1Khz, 16-bit (CD) (FLAC)
Rating:                A / A-
Length:                77 Minutes


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

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Musicians:
Josef Zawinul               Keyboards
Steve Khan                  Guitar
Victor Bailey               Bass Guitar
Peter Erskine               Drums
Robert Thomas Jr.           Percussion, Vocals

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About this recording:
This is a "surprise entry" into the Weather Report memorial series.  This isn't
one of my own recordings, but from one of my close friends.  The master tapes
were archived to Sony Betamax video recorder.  The Sony Betamax archive is a
HiDef audio transfer.  Due to the HiDef audio nature of the Sony Betamax, I'd
call this a 1/2 generation copy.

The recording quality is superb.  But then again, we used to have a saying about
this venue:  "it's the Greek" so what do you expect?  It seems to me that the
Greek makes some of the best recordings I've heard.  I reserved my "A" ratings
for recordings that sound as good an an official record company release.  Parts
of this recording are definitely up to that quality, in my opinion.  So I gave
it an A / A- quality rating.

The show is also amazing.  The Weather Update band was known to have a few "dud"
moments, and those can definitely be heard (in my opinion).  But overall, the
show is superb, and any Weather Report fan will want this in their collection.


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/A-	A	Previously unreleased
1984-06-16	Weather Report		Playboy Jazz Festival, Hollywood Bowl, Hollywood California	B	B+	Previously unreleased
1986-09-27	Weather Update		Greek Theatre, Los Angeles, California	A / A-	A	Previously Unreleased
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> Sony TC-D5
---> Sony BetaMax
---> 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)
---> Adobe Audition (remove phase shifts with Binaural microphones)
---> iZotope RX-Advanced (downsample, dither)
---> CD Architect (CD Audio)
---> EAC
---> FLAC

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Sound Samples:
Sample-1 (Update):
http://www.rcollins.org/concerts/mp3/WU-19860927-Sample-1.mp3

Sample-2 (Consequently):
http://www.rcollins.org/concerts/mp3/WU-19860927-Sample-2.mp3

Sample-3 (Badia):
http://www.rcollins.org/concerts/mp3/WU-19860927-Sample-3.mp3

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Song List:
Disc-1:
       Start           End        Length  Name
------------  ------------  ------------  --------------------------
00:00:00.000  00:13:54.024  00:13:54.024  Madagascar
00:13:54.024  00:21:58.232  00:08:04.208  Man With The Copper Fingers
00:21:58.232  00:30:15.073  00:08:16.840  Dr. Honoris Causa
00:30:15.073  00:37:40.523  00:07:25.451  Update
00:37:40.523  00:43:19.623  00:05:39.100  Consequently
00:43:19.623  00:47:32.843  00:04:13.220  Face The Fire
00:47:32.843  00:55:16.963  00:07:44.119  Special Love
00:55:16.963  01:06:11.877  00:10:54.914  This Is This
01:06:11.877  01:07:44.391  00:01:32.514  Zawi-Khan
01:07:44.391  01:17:19.445  00:09:35.054  Badia / Boogie-Woogie Waltz

FFP Fingerprints:
Disc-1:
1.01 Madagascar.flac:911854d672abaf9303ce2bccc174b404
1.02 Man With The Copper Fingers.flac:7eb16483dc648286a71561725f1e0ca5
1.03 Dr. Honoris Causa.flac:28306af0531099818b3767d97f9ae906
1.04 Update.flac:18788fdb04e9a666f0407acf5d71d297
1.05 Consequently.flac:3a30498d35cbd0c631598000ae686250
1.06 Face The Fire.flac:9682d9a04a3d8aa5edb46ea600f4c1f0
1.07 Special Love.flac:ccb4e2c19a16dba7267ec320ed3f1264
1.08 This Is This.flac:78d871f4a8fb64d68a630bd5abc1b62d
1.09 Zawi-Khan.flac:eefb72ce8d9bcbbe231f3c26bf79928d
1.10 Badia , Boogie-Woogie Waltz.flac:77735e31508b2143f8ae3cdb346f3913

    length     expanded size    cdr  WAVE problems  fmt   ratio  filename
    13:54.01      147119996 B   ---   --   ---xx   flac  0.5696  1.01 Madagascar.flac
     8:04.16       85415276 B   ---   --   ---xx   flac  0.6304  1.02 Man With The Copper Fingers.flac
     8:16.63       87642620 B   ---   --   ---xx   flac  0.5455  1.03 Dr. Honoris Causa.flac
     7:25.34       78578012 B   ---   --   ---xx   flac  0.5979  1.04 Update.flac
     5:39.07       59816108 B   ---   --   ---xx   flac  0.5154  1.05 Consequently.flac
     4:13.17       44669228 B   ---   --   ---xx   flac  0.4486  1.06 Face The Fire.flac
     7:44.09       81870812 B   ---   --   ---xx   flac  0.6139  1.07 Special Love.flac
    10:54.68      115525580 B   ---   --   ---xx   flac  0.6211  1.08 This Is This.flac
     1:32.39       16320572 B   ---   --   ---xx   flac  0.3724  1.09 Zawi-Khan.flac
     9:35.05      101441804 B   ---   --   ---xx   flac  0.6004  1.10 Badia , Boogie-Woogie Waltz.flac
    77:19.34      818400008 B                            0.5771  (10 files)

