Weather Report – 8:30
(CBS Records 1979 88455)
Matrix No’s: A1/B1/C1/D1 – UK Pressing
Gatefold Sleeve in Excellent condition
– some wear to edges & some ringwear top & bottom
Double Vinyl in Nr MINT condition
(there are some surface marks visible on the vinyl when held up to the light but they don’t affect the sound quality)
Weather Report was an American jazz fusion band of the 1970s and early 1980s. The band was initially co-led by the Austrian-born keyboard player Joe Zawinul, the American saxophonist Wayne Shorter and Czech bassist Miroslav Vitouš. Vitouš left the band after a few years. Other prominent members at various points in the band’s lifespan included bassists Alphonso Johnson, Jaco Pastorius and Victor Bailey; and drummers/percussionists Peter Erskine, Alex Acuña, Airto Moreira, and Chester Thompson.
8:30 is an album by the jazz fusion group Weather Report. It was recorded live except for tracks 10-13, which were studio recorded.
Track listing
All songs written and composed by Joe Zawinul, except where noted.
| Side One | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Title | Length | ||||||||
| 1. | “Black Market” | 9:47 | ||||||||
| 2. | “Scarlet Woman” (Alphonso Johnson/Shorter/Zawinul) | 8:42 | ||||||||
| Side Two | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Title | Length | ||||||||
| 1. | “Teen Town” (Jaco Pastorius) | 8:01 | ||||||||
| 2. | “A Remark You Made” | 6:55 | ||||||||
| 3. | “Slang” (Jaco Pastorius) | 4:45 | ||||||||
| 4. | “In a Silent Way” | 2:47 | ||||||||
| Side Three | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Title | Length | ||||||||
| 1. | “Birdland” | 7:13 | ||||||||
| 2. | “Thanks for the Memory” (Leo Robin/Ralph Rainger) | 3:33 | ||||||||
| 3. | “Medley: Badia/Boogie Woogie Waltz” | 9:32 | ||||||||
| Side Four | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Title | Length | ||||||||
| 1. | “8:30” | 2:36 | ||||||||
| 2. | “Brown Street” (Zawinul/Wayne Shorter) | 8:34 | ||||||||
| 3. | “The Orphan” | 3:17 | ||||||||
| 4. | “Sightseeing” (Wayne Shorter) | 5:34 | ||||||||
Personnel
- Peter Erskine – drums
- Jaco Pastorius – bass, drums on “8:30” & “Brown Street”
- Wayne Shorter – tenor saxophone, soprano saxophone
- Erich Zawinul – percussion on “Brown Street”
- Joe Zawinul – bass, keyboards, producer, vocoder
- The West Los Angeles Christian Academy Children’s Choir – vocals on “The Orphan”
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