Weather Report Live In Tokyo – Speakers Corner 180g Vinyl 2LP Gatefold Sleeve

The concert programme consisted of long medleys composed by Wayne Shorter and Joe Zawinul, which were dissected and put together again with interplay between the rhythm group and the soloists. Wayne Shorter, who plays the tenor and soprano saxophone and the virtuoso Joe Zawinul, who loved to alternate between the acoustic and electric piano, were quite rightly awarded with frenetic applause from the audience.

The most recognizable numbers are probably “Doctor Honoris Causa”, (which Cannonball Adderley also often liked to perform this piece in public), and “Directions” (just listen once again to the version which Wayne Shorter recorded with Miles Davis!).

Most of today’s vinyl fans will have missed out on the tour back then. That’s why it is especially pleasing that this live event is available once again as a vinyl double album. And what is more: one can enjoy an enhanced sound thanks to the superb reproduction techniques of the 21st century.

This Speakers Corner LP was remastered using pure analogue components only, from the master tapes through to the cutting head.

Recording: January 1972 at Shibuya Philharmonic Hall, Tokyo, by Susumu Satoh

Production: Kiyoshi Itoh