Weather Report
Roxy Theatre
West Hollywood, California
May 30, 1976
Late Show


contrast clause:
This differs from the first torrent of this show a few years ago
That torrent was from my 1996 DAT transfer to my Fostex CDR.

This differs from a 2011 remaster
That torrent was from my 1996 DAT transfer to unknown generation copy > Goody and Bombdiggity clean up


This torrent is directly from the master cassettes with...
Transfer and editing (splice and loud clap removal) by Flying M
Pitch and Phase Correction by Bombdiggity (with the pitch offset provided by Goody)


This presentation is the highest quality transfer of this recording so far.
If you have a version of this recording already you should toss it out and get this.


01. Elegant People
02. Scarlet Woman
03. Barbary Coast (incorporating "Come On Come Over" bass figure)
04. Bass Solo (including "Portrait of Tracy" and "Okonkole Y Trompa")
05. Cannon Ball
06. Black Market
07. Band Introduction
08. Five Short Stories
09. Dr. Honoris Causa (incl. early "Birdland" germ) [tape flip-spliced at 46:18 or 2:33 of track]
10. Rumba Mama
11. Bass Interlude (Directions)
12. Badia
13. Gibraltar

[70:48]

Joe Zawinul - Keyboards
Wayne Shorter - Saxophones
Jaco Pastorius - Bass
Alex Acuna - Drums
Manolo Badrena – Percussion


Recorded by:
Allen Tarzwell and Mike Martin

Lineage:
Source:
Sony Microphone > Sony TC-50 (auto record level handheld mono cassette deck) > TDK Audua C-90

October 2011 transfer (Flying M):
Nakamichi CR-7A (azimuth aligned to tape) > Audigy 4 Pro @ 24-44.1 > Audacity
(Volume adjusting, splices, repair or removal of loud claps and mic rustling noises then convert to 16 bits) >
CD Wav > TLH (Flac level 8)


January 2012 editing (Bombdiggity using pitch offset provided by Goody):
TLH > WAV > Cool Edit Pro 2.1 (adjust phase shift - move right channel back 4 samples; correct DC offset;
correct pitch -16 cents) > WAV > TLH (Flac level 8, sectors aligned)

Songs tagged with Stamp ID3 tag editor



Notes:
Allen and I sat at one of the little round tables 5-10 feet from the stage a bit right of center.
Allen took care of the recorder and I held the single microphone.
The Sony cassette deck was for taping lectures at school but Allen had found a much better use for it.
If you were close enough and it wasn't too loud this little recorder made decent sounding tapes.
This recording is an example of one of those nights when everything worked.

There was someone next to us who was yet to be sold on the new bass player in the band.
Sort of heckles him at the beginning of his solo but quiets down after Jaco starts grooving.
I think we all got the benefit of this heckling as Jaco shows us the new bass players talents tonight.
The heckler never says another word after the first solo.

The tape ran out at 46:19 and lost an unknown amount of time before being flipped over.
Music came back at the end of a frenzied sax solo that couldn't be spliced to the previous section without an abrupt break.
My splice removed an addition minute or so of this to create a seamless transition (found at 2:34 of track 9).

Removed individual claps that were too loud with the Audacity wave editor.
A time consuming task to mitigate the audience response like this but it is worth it in the end.
I was new at holding the microphone and quite a bit of rustling and bumping noises have also been removed.
No equalization or noise reduction was used to alter the recording.
Hope you enjoy this new transfer of an early Jaco Pastorius performance with Weather Report.
For historical reference only and not intended for resale or any commercial use.
-M- (Oct. 2011)
FLYING M

Final note:
Thanks to Allen for the loaning me the master cassette, Goody for the pitch offset and Bombdiggity for the phase alignment.
With their help this should now be the ultimate version of this concert recording.

A FLYING M-GOODY-BOMB PRODUCTION

FAN RECORDINGS FOR COLLECTORS
TRADE FREELY BUT PLEASE DO NOT SELL


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