Weather Report Heavy Weather ORG 2LP 45rpm 180g Vinyl Original Recordings Group Limited Edition USA
Title: Heavy Weather
Catalog Number: ORG 113
Label: Columbia
Reissued by: ORG Original Recordings Group
Barcode: 858492002138
Original release year: 1977
Reissue year: 2011
Number of discs: 2
Revolutions per minute: 45 rpm
Disc size: 12"
Vinyl Weight Grade: 180gr
Limited Edition: Yes
Numbered Edition: Yes
Total Item Weight: 667gr
Pressing country: USA
For Market Release in: USA
Added to catalog on: April 28, 2014
Vinyl Gourmet Audiophile TOP 100: Yes
Note: Never eligible for any further discounts
Vinyl Gourmet Club: No
Weather Report's best selling album with Joe Zawinul, Jaco Pastorius and Wayne Shorter creative powers at work. Remastered by Bernie Grundman from the Original Master Tapes and pressed on double 45rpm LP on virgin vinyl at RTI, presented on heavy gatefold laminated cover. This is great jazz-rock with truly audiophile sound, dynamic and full. A must have record!
Featured in Vinyl Gourmet Audiophile TOP 100
- Numbered Edition
- Limited Edition
- Limited to 2500 units worldwide
- Deluxe Laminated Gatefold Cover
- 45rpm Audiophile 180 grams Vinyl
- Double LP Pressed at RTI USA
- Mastered by Bernie Grundman
- Cut from Original Analog Master Tapes
Weather Report’s biggest-selling album is that ideal thing, a popular and artistic success – and for the same reasons. Released just as the jazz-rock movement began to run out of steam, this landmark album proved that there was plenty of creative life left in the idiom. This powerhouse super group, comprised of Joe Zawinul, Jaco Pastorius, Wayne Shorter, Alex Acuna and Manolo Badrena, delivered their only certified-Platinum release with this killer cut. The album features the jazz standard "Birdland" and was one of Columbia's best-selling jazz albums.
"When a 45rpm reissue of Weather Report's Heavy Weather arrived, it went right on the Rega RP3 Turntable. I haven't played the original in way too many years, but I thought I knew Joe Zawinul's "Birdland" pretty well from hearing it often when it was first issued, in 1977. But I really did not know "Birdland"! This reissue produces an exceptionally wide stage with ear-popping three-dimensionality. It sounds as if the recording engineer and mixer were purposely manipulating certain elements in order to produce such vivid dimensionality. Instrumental separation was also pronounced." - Michael Fremer, Stereophile
"ORG has meticulously re-mastered the tapes to 45 rpm analog vinyl with dazzling results. Despite the electric nature of the instruments, the tones are rich and warm. The variety of synthesizer runs is rendered with pristine clarity. Whether an individual note or a textured overdub, the sound quality is distinctive and eminent. Shorter’s saxophone, and in particular the soprano, is subtle and without any shrillness. Pastorious’ bass has separation from the rhythm section, and is rendered with maximum detail. The overall mix is impressive as each instrument establishes an individual resonance with virtually no distortion." - Robbie Gerson
Musicians:
Joe Zawinul, Wayne Shorter, Jaco Pastorius, Alex Acuna, Manolo Badrena
Track Listing:
1. Birdland
2. A Remark You Made
3. Teen Town
4. Harlequin
5. Rumba Mama
6. Palladium
7. The Juggler
8. Havona
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