A Robert Collins Master Recording.

Artist / Title:        Weather Report
Date                   June 16, 1984
Location:              Hollywood Bowl, Hollywood, CA
Seats:                 Unknown
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
Length:                65 Minutes


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

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

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About this recording:
This recording didn't seem to fare so well over the years.  It's originally listed as
an A- in my recording list, but after hearing now, I'm only giving it a B quality.
Two reasons for that:  1) Sound is too distant; 2) Low frequencies are lacking.
I played with fixing it up.  But the more time I spent "fixing" it, the less
satisfied I became.  I knew I would never be able to turn this one into a great
sounding recording, so I ended up deciding to put this out rather raw, just as
it appears on the tapes.


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-	TBD	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> 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)
---> 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 (Swamp Cabbage):
http://www.rcollins.org/concerts/mp3/WR-19840616-Sample-1.mp3

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Song List:
Disc-1:
       Start           End        Length  Name
------------  ------------  ------------  --------------------------
00:00:00.000  00:11:19.417  00:11:19.417  D-Flat Waltz
00:11:19.417  00:21:12.067  00:09:52.650  Procession
00:21:12.067  00:27:25.642  00:06:13.575  Swamp Cabbage
00:27:25.642  00:31:39.087  00:04:13.445  Two Lines
00:31:39.087  00:35:51.743  00:04:12.656  Bass Solo
00:35:51.743  00:40:15.686  00:04:23.943  Two Lines (Reprise)
00:40:15.686  00:44:42.755  00:04:27.069  Can It Be Done
00:44:42.755  01:02:08.475  00:17:25.720  Where The Moon Goes
01:02:08.475  01:04:44.921  00:02:36.446  Birdland


FFP Fingerprints:
Disc-1:
1.01 D-Flat Waltz.flac:941a648010cd825e6a190d23c5c1203b
1.02 Procession.flac:7eeb908879819f6c4981f9695d0f27ca
1.03 Swamp Cabbage.flac:5e18a3de8f4f50bfc4ab7b932618c86b
1.04 Two Lines.flac:8253aaec514a0b4b134836fd31dc2b74
1.05 Bass Solo.flac:e954148c3db64ea086dafe01bdee435d
1.06 Two Lines (Reprise).flac:6dba25c21d665f5473392b439c421781
1.07 Can It Be Done.flac:f219532be62ac8c8188ada7c12d562db
1.08 Where The Moon Goes.flac:afead169169be81929e1ca3fde77bb1e
1.09 Birdland.flac:fa2e2743b3665fb60bbb07e1ef7462b3

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    11:19.31      119848556 B   ---   --   ---xx   flac  0.4869  1.01 D-Flat Waltz.flac
     9:52.48      104541740 B   ---   --   ---xx   flac  0.4795  1.02 Procession.flac
     6:13.44       65900732 B   ---   --   ---xx   flac  0.4403  1.03 Swamp Cabbage.flac
     4:13.33       44706860 B   ---   --   ---xx   flac  0.4969  1.04 Two Lines.flac
     4:12.49       44568092 B   ---   --   ---xx   flac  0.4048  1.05 Bass Solo.flac
     4:23.71       46560236 B   ---   --   ---xx   flac  0.4764  1.06 Two Lines (Reprise).flac
     4:27.05       47110604 B   ---   --   ---xx   flac  0.3910  1.07 Can It Be Done.flac
    17:25.54      184465052 B   ---   --   ---xx   flac  0.4580  1.08 Where The Moon Goes.flac
     2:36.35       27600764 B   ---   --   ---xx   flac  0.5104  1.09 Birdland.flac
    64:44.70      685302636 B                            0.4625  (9 files)


