WEATHER REPORT – MR GONE LP – Nr MINT A1/B1 UK  JAZZ ZAWINUL

Weather Report – Mr Gone
(CBS Records  1978  82775)
Matrix No’s: A1/B1 – UK Pressing

Sleeve in Nr MINT condition
No Insert

Vinyl in Nr MINT condition

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. 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. Throughout most of its existence, the band was a quintet of keyboards, saxophone, bass, drums and percussion.

Mr. Gone is the ninth album by Weather Report’s recorded and released in 1978 in music, and is perhaps best known for receiving a “one-star” rating by Down Beat magazine.

Track listing

1. “The Pursuit of the Woman with the Feathered Hat” (Zawinul) 5:03
2. “River People” (Pastorius) 4:50
3. “Young and Fine” (Zawinul) 6:55
4. “The Elders” (Shorter) 4:21
5. “Mr. Gone” (Zawinul) 5:26
6. “Punk Jazz” (Pastorius) 5:09
7. “Pinocchio” (Shorter) 2:26
8. “And Then” (Zawinul) 3:22

Personnel

Weather Report:

• Joe Zawinul – modified Rhodes 88 electric piano, acoustic piano, two ARP 2600 synthesizers, Oberheim polyphonic synthesizer, Sequential Circuits Prophet 5 synthesizer, Mu-Tron Bi-Phase and Mu-Tron Volume Wah effects, kalimba, thumbeki drums, sleigh bells, melodica, high hat, voice
• Wayne Shorter – Tenor and soprano saxophone, voice (track 1)
• Jaco Pastorius – Bass, drums (tracks 1 and 2), voice (tracks 1, 2 and 5), timpani (track 2)
• Peter Erskine – Drums (tracks 1 and 7), hi-hat (track 3)

with

• Tony Williams – Drums (tracks 5 and 6)
• Steve Gadd – Drums (tracks 3 and 8)

Guests:

• Manolo Badrena – Voice Solo (track 1)
• Jon Lucien – Voice (track 1)
• Deniece Williams – Voice (track 8)
• Maurice White – Vocal (track 8)