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Additional Info

Manufacturer Part Number (MPN): 771651
Credits

Producer
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Weather Report: Wayne Shorter (soprano & tenor saxophones); Joe Zawinul (piano, Fender Rhodes piano, synthesizer); Alphonso Johnson (electric bass, Chapman Stick); Jaco Pastorious (fretless bass); Chester Thompson (drums); Alex Acuna (percussion).
Producer: Josef Zawinul.
Reissue producer: Bob Belden.
Recorded at Devonshire Studios, North Hollywood, California between 1975 & 1976. Includes liner notes by Hal Miller.
Digitally remastered using DSD technology by Mark Wilder and Seth Foster (Sony Music Studios New York, New York).
2 LPs on 1 cassette. Both are available separately on CD and cassette.
The first two Weather Report albums to feature Jaco (and two of their very best) were combined on to a single cassette, containing the smash hit "Birdland". If cassette was your format, this was a great way to pick up two great albums, but it is now out of print. ~ Sean Westergaard
Critic Reviews

Q (8/02, p.148) - 4 stars out of 5 - "...Probably their most consitently satisfying album..."
Uncut (8/02, p.122) - 4 out of 5 - "...These reissues are indispensable to the history of jazz-rock fusion..."
Uncut (8/02, p.122) - 4 out of 5 - "...These reissues are indispensable to the history of jazz-rock fusion..."