A Robert Collins Master Recording.

Artist / Title:        Weather Report
Date                   June 19, 1982
Location:              Hollywood Bowl, Hollywood, CA
Seats:                 Very far back
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/B+
Length:                104 Minutes


Also Available:
* CD-Audio, 44.1 Khz, 16-bit version of this show is also available.


Extras:
* Complete Playboy Jazz Festival Program (1982)

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

Guest Artist:
Manhattan Transfer          Vocals

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About this recording:
This concert came only three weeks after the new (post-Jaco) group was introduced
at the San Diego show.  This recording is a good one to get to see how the band
progressed since they first played together.  The material is much the same, and
it shows some real progress for the playing and new song development (later became
the "Procession" album).

I wish I could say the recording quality is great, but it isn't.  I was sitting
very far back and the sound quality wasn't so good back there.  I was in the
middle of a pack of people who were more interested in talking than listening.

The tape hasn't held up all that well either.  There's about a 20-minute section
of the recording that has high frequencies dropped out.  This section just
doesn't sound so crisp.  I did my best to repair it, but you can still tell.
The rest of the recording is pretty decent.  So because of the mediocre quality,
and tape drop-outs, I've given it a B/B+ quality rating.

The true highlight of the show was the second encore.  The Manhattan Transfer
joined Weather Report to sing Birdland together.


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	Re-seed
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	TBD	Previously unreleased
1984-06-16	Weather Report		Playboy Jazz Festival, Hollywood Bowl, Hollywood California	A-	TBD	Remastered
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)
---> HarBal (EQ matching to try to fix some things)
---> Sound Forge (put the concert back together)
---> FLAC

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Sound Samples:
Sample-1 (Procession):
http://www.rcollins.org/concerts/mp3/WR-19820619-Sample-1.mp3

Sample-2 (Volcano For Hire):
http://www.rcollins.org/concerts/mp3/WR-19820619-Sample-2.mp3

Sample-3 (Birdland: Manhattan Transfer):
http://www.rcollins.org/concerts/mp3/WR-19820619-Sample-3.mp3

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       Start           End        Length  Name
------------  ------------  ------------  --------------------------
00:00:00.000  00:12:07.578  00:12:07.578  Procession
00:12:07.578  00:21:02.000  00:08:54.422  Fast City
00:21:02.000  00:33:20.685  00:12:18.685  Where The Moon Goes
00:33:20.685  00:38:34.113  00:05:13.428  Plaza Real
00:38:34.113  00:53:29.411  00:14:55.298  Two Lines
00:53:29.411  01:00:54.128  00:07:24.717  Speechless
01:00:54.128  01:09:11.211  00:08:17.083  Volcano for Hire
01:09:11.211  01:17:18.360  00:08:07.149  Wacky Poetry
01:17:18.360  01:24:27.776  00:07:09.416  Easy Living
01:24:27.776  01:26:06.153  00:01:38.377  8:30
01:26:06.153  01:27:16.928  00:01:10.775  Black Market
01:27:16.928  01:27:49.227  00:00:32.299  Elegant People
01:27:49.227  01:29:24.729  00:01:35.502  Badia
01:29:24.729  01:31:53.967  00:02:29.238  A Remark You Made
01:31:53.967  01:36:54.211  00:05:00.244  Birdland
01:36:54.211  01:43:35.765  00:06:41.555  Birdland (Manhattan Transfer)


FFP Fingerprints:
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02. Fast City.flac:fac4afd59a16bd55c5ebf77dba51d8a3
03. Where The Moon Goes.flac:978b8d6b72096e0c552fa251f7ddd138
04. Plaza Real.flac:8fad2eadf85aa4bf15158edd85ca6544
05. Two Lines.flac:cef8464ddce0cb0ef402d542df79a423
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08. Wacky Poetry.flac:33e48cd9d3118015ec0593ab586a69fd
09. Easy Living.flac:74b00fc294a675088fd2614d83b1763a
10. 8_30.flac:4687a5b8cb6ca6a33694994823134370
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12. Elegant People.flac:2f2ce43cba68aac1e2eeebfb8a66500c
13. Badia.flac:e0579b644dd8383e738bcc8931d28886
14. A Remark You Made.flac:1bc2c76f7fad74e3e305839d7dd5f84e
15. Birdland.flac:d92eaf3f653430bf5bc3d0bcc6ad3c42
16. Birdland (Manhattan Transfer).flac:82dd9f5645cce51f505bc11b6ebca8ca

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    12:07.578     419084972 B   cxx   --   ---xx   flac  0.5885  01. Procession.flac
     8:54.422     307827116 B   cxx   --   ---xx   flac  0.6190  02. Fast City.flac
    12:18.685     425482604 B   cxx   --   ---xx   flac  0.6154  03. Where The Moon Goes.flac
     5:13.428     180534572 B   cxx   --   ---xx   flac  0.5931  04. Plaza Real.flac
    14:55.298     515691500 B   cxx   --   ---xx   flac  0.6085  05. Two Lines.flac
     7:24.717     256157036 B   cxx   --   ---xx   flac  0.5769  06. Speechless.flac
     8:07.149     280597868 B   cxx   --   ---xx   flac  0.5932  08. Wacky Poetry.flac
     7:09.416     247343852 B   cxx   --   ---xx   flac  0.5897  09. Easy Living.flac
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     1:10.775      40766636 B   cxx   --   ---xx   flac  0.6256  11. Black Market.flac
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     2:29.238      85961132 B   cxx   --   ---xx   flac  0.6110  14. A Remark You Made.flac
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