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Forecast: Tomorrow (Enhanced CD Longplay)

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In an era when box sets are so plentiful and are basically de rigueur for any major, and some not so major labels, it's virtually a wonder that a Weather Report box set didn't appear until the 21st century. Things take as long as they must, ... more In an era when box sets are so plentiful and are basically de rigueur for any major, and some not so major labels, it's virtually a wonder that a Weather Report box set didn't appear until the 21st century. Things take as long as they must, evidently, and Legacy has done an outstanding job with this set. Consisting of three CDs and a DVD of a phenomenal live concert from 1978 (with Jaco Pastorius and Peter Erskine on the Heavy Weather tour), this document considers every aspect of the band's career carefully and thoughtfully. It actually commences on disc one with some of Wayne Shorter's and Joe Zawinul's pre-Weather Report ensembles, beginning with their joint membership in Miles Davis' band during the b****es Brew era with "In a Silent Way." Zawinul composed it; he and Shorter both played on it. This short version of the tune was recorded by Davis, but according to Hal Miller's fantastic liner notes (there should be a Grammy nomination for these), Zawinul never gave Miles the intro for the tune, just the one chord vamp -- his own version is very different. Also here is Shorter's "Super Nova," from his Blue Note record of the same name, along with an excerpt of Zawinul's "Experience in E" with the Cannonball Adderley band (from Adderley's Domination). The reason? Both men showed concepts and tropes that became part of the Weather Report's method of working. The actual Weather Report tunes begin with "Milky Way," from their debut album, and continue with six more from that album, including the full version of "Eurydice." Weather Report was a free and progressive band which took its composer's frameworks and built floating, drifting, melding, sparkings of ideas into them; members at this point also included bassist Miroslav Vitous, percussionist Airto Moreira, and drummer Alphonse Mouzon. The band's sound got bigger and stranger on the classic I Sing the Body Electric disc from 1971. Moreira was in transition and Eric Gravatt entered the drum chair as Dom Um Rom

Tracks

Track	Duration
1	In A Silent Way	4:17
2	Super Nova	4:49
3	Experience In E	5:42
4	Milky Way	2:31
5	Tears	3:23
6	Eurydice	10:44
7	Orange Lady	8:42
8	Unknown Soldier	7:58
9	Directions	5:29
10	Surucucu	8:19
11	Second Day In August	4:12
12	125th Street Congress	12:14
13	Nubian Sundance	13:05
14	Blackthorn Rose	5:01
15	Badia	5:21
16	Cannon Ball	4:38
17	Black Market	6:33
18	Three Clowns	3:25
19	Havona	6:01
20	Birdland	5:58
21	Palladium	4:47
22	The Pursuit Of The Woman With The Feathered Hat	5:03
23	The Orphan	3:17
24	Sightseeing	5:36
25	Dream Clock	6:28
26	Three Views Of A Secret	5:53
27	Port Of Entry	5:07
28	Dara Factor Two	4:27
29	Procession	8:42
30	Plaza Real	5:29
31	The Well	3:57
32	D-Flat Waltz	11:12
33	Domino Theory	6:10
34	Predator	5:20
35	Face On The Barroom Floor	3:59
36	Indiscretions	4:06
37	125th Street Congress	5:04
38	Black Market	10:11
39	Scarlet Woman	9:24
40	Young And Fine	7:13
41	The Pursuit Of The Woman With The Feathered Hat	6:49
42	A Remark You Made	7:04
43	River People	7:54
44	Thanks For The Memories	3:47
45	Delores/Portrait Of Tracy/Third Stone From The Sun	9:46
46	Delores	3:56
47	Portrait Of Tracy	2:14
48	Third Stone From The Sun	3:36
49	Mr. Gone	9:04
50	In A Silent Way	1:54
51	Waterfall	1:50
52	Teen Town	8:11
53	I Got It Bad And That Ain't Good/The Midnight Sun Will Never Set On You	8:44
54	I Got It Bad And That Ain't Good	3:20
55	The Midnight Sun Will Never Set On You	5:24
56	Birdland	6:44
57	Introductions	1:53
58	Fred & Jack	6:13
59	Elegant People	8:12
60	Badia	12:55