Weather Report's biggest selling album is that ideal thing, a popular and artistic success and for the same reasons. For one thing, Joe Zawinul revealed an unexpectedly potent commercial streak for the first time since his Cannonball Adderley days, contributing what has become a perennial hit, "Birdland."
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(3.33 Stars) 6 person(s) rated this product.
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Timeless music; unacceptable surface distortion posted on 03/29/2009
2 Stars
Reviewer: Dan
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Agreed with the previous reviewer about the vinyl quality. I have an original pressing that I bought back in 1978. The Legacy version does have a richer sound, but the surface is full of annoying defects and distortion; it is, in my opinion, unlistenable. I'll be returning it, and I will also probably refrain from buying anything from Legacy going forward, as this is the worst quality "audiophile" LP I have ever purchased. I'll just stick with my original Columbia recording, which is still in amazingly good condition after all these years, and maybe get the SACD at some point if it's available in order to (hopefully) get the fuller frequency range. As for the music itself, Heavy Weather remains a timeless classic, and the finest collection of compositions ever put forward by Weather Report (IMHO). They'll be writing about this in the music theory and history books one day, along with Bach, Brahms, Debussy, Stravinsky et al, if not already.
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