I saw the gig prior to this one ( i think) in Amsterdam and to this day ( i’m a 60 year old pro drummer ) it’s the best concert i ever saw& heard . Instrumental music at it’s finest.
I saw them with practically every line-up and I prefer their earlier music & bands by far. It could be that I was a 14/15 year going to those concerts with my older brothers. The band with Chester Thompson on drums / Alejandro Acuna on percussion at the Beacon theater was incredible! ..my favorite concert of Weather Report. RIP to my all time favorite musician in any genre, the great Wayne Shorter! I met him back stage once at their concert, the sweetest most gentle person, one of the greats of all time.
Thank you for this posting. I was at this gig in 1980, (nearly 40 years ago) with a friend. One of the most amazing gigs of my entire life. I also saw and met the band backstage at the Manchester Apollo on the same tour - something that will stay with me until my dying day. Many thanks.🙏
Just a query I only thought they only played the Hammersmith Odeon in 1980 as this was their final one of the year? Previous years they also played at Newcastle City Hall. Only enquiring really!
Hi Al, I haven’t got the tickets to hand, but they definitely played the Manchester Apollo on their 1980 UK tour - I have the autographs of the band they dated as 1980 - and of course it’s not something I’ll ever forget. I’m not sure if they played any other venues other than London and Manchester though. I hope that helps.🙏
@@eyelidman09 Hi I've looked at the Manchester Opollo gigs for that year and only 5 with no Weather Report appearance. I've checked their gig history and according to them they played only Hammersmith. Was it with Jaco? If it was it seems he only played Hammersmith too! Perhaps you went to the London gig? Al
It's odd how I remember this gig I sat at the front of the balcony! I always thought it started with Black Market but perhaps I'm getting it mixed up with 8:30 album. I remember the two drummers at the beginning in the lotus position and when it started they didn't seem to stop until the end of the show. I remember the lasers during Dream Clock and back drop projections of some of the music. I definitely remember Purple Haze bass solo! I wasn't really into this kind of music at the time but after this gig the world opened up to me! A few weeks later I saw Jethro Tull at the Albert Hall. A friend of mine was working in security at this gig and when I went back of the Odeon to say hi and see if he was off work I managed to tap hands briefly with Jaco as he passed! It didn't really mean that much to me at the time but history changes everything. That is true account but I'm sure everyone has a Jaco story somewhere!
What more can you say about the marvelous Weather Report? They are far from rock and/or jazz, they are the epitome of 'modern music' (in lack of a better name), but, beyond theorizations and names, Weather Repor is FREEDOM, pure and genuine. Thanks for the upload and the notes. Best regards from Medellín, Colombia.
Well said. I could not have said it any better myself. My favorite band of all time. I saw them many times between 1973 and 1980. I unfortunately missed the last incarnation with victor Bailey and Omar Hakim. I have heard many shows since that time by that particular lineup, and they were amazing also. It doesn't get any better than this.
I also had this one on disc with other part of the show almost two decades ago in a long distance trade. You gotta thank youtube now for allowing anyone to check this wonderful music out.
Ah, the lasers. I was in the tenth row center. I bawled my eyes out then, and I bawled my eyes out again just now. I remember the drive down from Cambridge. Five in the car. Inconceivable that we would actually be in the same space as Jaco and Joe. Unthinkable. I met them both at the stage door afterwards, after a long wait. I feel blessed to have been there, and had that experience. A different era, when a few green lasers and a digital delay seemed like from another world. But at the time it was. No finer band, ever. Other, incredible bands of course, but sometimes an individual configuration and vision resonates louder and stronger than any other. We drove home in total silence. Thank you to Mark the Mimic for this upload and the editing. RIP Jaco, RIP Joe. I've always found this short clip to be very helpful in dark times: ua-cam.com/video/qcHnMTBHpNk/v-deo.html Maybe it will help someone else somewhere.
Estuve en este concierto en el Hammermistch Odeon Londres en el 80 yo con 20 añitos en fila de a pie arriba del todo, Jaco empezó tocando detrás sin que lo viéramos, después salto desde una columna de sonido de unos 4 metros de altura casi se mata...y empezó a darle caña fue épico tocaron Black Market o era la promo del LP.
Well guess what....ur killing me, I mean that version of fast city, lolwas tha fastest shit I ever heard, lol Erskine my shit,what can't he do,there's a amphitheater w/steely dan,he's the drummer, and the band getting introduced, f....I forget but the guitar player said he's the best one they've had
Did they take Port Of Entry and re-edit it for the album version? After figuring out how they assembled Rumba Mama for Heavy Weather, I'm thinking they must have recut multiple tracks from various live performances? Not that they'd need to, but it would be a good way to make a more concise best-of track with the coolest performances. On that note, check out the studio+live version compilation I did in a 22 minute track on my channel. I took what I felt were the best performances and combined them into a very atmospheric visual display.
I saw them around this time. Zawinul talked a lot of shit but he was right when he said they were not ,fusion, they were a one off clash of styles. But Jaco, what was he on?
I saw the same lineup a year later at the Merriweather Post Pavilion in Columbia Maryland. In my opinion, Jaco Pastorius's, Three Views of a Secret, ranks up there with Gershwin, Ellington or Strayhorn as far as Jazz compositions.
To all WR/Zawinul fans out there, I add my own little thought. I have great difficulty in listening to much of WR's live output in this phase because I find that Peter Erskine's 'drumming' is just so scatter-gun or hectic that it ruins then overall effect of the music. Peter is obviously a great drummer - I just always felt that he wasn't the right fit for WR. He's a big band guy, and in the small confines of WR I just never felt that he had the right position in the group. His drumming never really fit into the music comfortably - it was as if in the absence of knowing what to do, he would just keep firing away. I mean - his performance during Fast City is a classic example. Discuss...
He was not WRs best drummer but he fit well with Jaco and this incarnation of the band Imho was the best because of adding back a percussionist, plus they had new material which was much more flexible than the 8:30 stuff. With that quartet they had gotten stale, this was much more jazzy and played to the strengths of all the band members, including Erskine. But I was at this gig and he looked exhausted after just the opener !
Woweeee dude nice to see this fuckin comment, do u have ears?,,bro he fits everywhere, why jaco liked him so much, and by the way he never overplayed, tasty as shit so guess u need a friggin hearing AID.
@@stevenperren6364 ,Mr steven sorry ur wrong why would Zawinul keep him, jack ass,sorry ,bro,look up steely dan, amphitheater, Erskine was on that gig,I don't think anyone was better!!!!!even the guitarist said it, aaah Becker.!!!!!!!!!!
@@stevenperren6364 again put him in a different genre of music and sorry he's gonna kill it,u think just jazz and big bands lol woweeee you have no idea
This is actually one of the best concerts I have ever heard!
I saw the gig prior to this one ( i think) in Amsterdam and to this day ( i’m a 60 year old pro drummer ) it’s the best concert i ever saw& heard . Instrumental music at it’s finest.
everyone firing on all cylinders at all times...unreal...superhuman musicianship
Thanks for this, great sound enhancement work..sterling, my dad was at this Gig can't wait to play him this. thanks again
I saw them with practically every line-up and I prefer their earlier music & bands by far. It could be that I was a 14/15 year going to those concerts with my older brothers. The band with Chester Thompson on drums / Alejandro Acuna on percussion at the Beacon theater was incredible! ..my favorite concert of Weather Report. RIP to my all time favorite musician in any genre, the great Wayne Shorter! I met him back stage once at their concert, the sweetest most gentle person, one of the greats of all time.
Thank you for this posting. I was at this gig in 1980, (nearly 40 years ago) with a friend. One of the most amazing gigs of my entire life. I also saw and met the band backstage at the Manchester Apollo on the same tour - something that will stay with me until my dying day. Many thanks.🙏
Just a query I only thought they only played the Hammersmith Odeon in 1980 as this was their final one of the year? Previous years they also played at Newcastle City Hall. Only enquiring really!
Hi Al, I haven’t got the tickets to hand, but they definitely played the Manchester Apollo on their 1980 UK tour - I have the autographs of the band they dated as 1980 - and of course it’s not something I’ll ever forget. I’m not sure if they played any other venues other than London and Manchester though. I hope that helps.🙏
@@eyelidman09 Hi I've looked at the Manchester Opollo gigs for that year and only 5 with no Weather Report appearance. I've checked their gig history and according to them they played only Hammersmith. Was it with Jaco? If it was it seems he only played Hammersmith too! Perhaps you went to the London gig? Al
1980-11-14 Weather Report @ Hammersmith Odeon, London, England [soundboard]
01 Fast City (Josef Zawinul) 0:00:00
02 Madagascar (Josef Zawinul) 0:08:17
03 Dream Clock (Josef Zawinul) 0:26:20
04 Night Passage (Josef Zawinul) 0:36:33
05 Three Views of a Secret (Jaco Pastorius) 0:46:40
06 Port of Entry (Wayne Shorter) 0:54:40
07 Jaco Pastorius bass solo: Blackbird (Lennon-McCartney) 1:04:10 / ?? 1:09:48 / Slang (Jaco Pastorius) 1:11:13 / Purple Haze (Jimi Hendrix) 1:12:50 / Them Changes (Buddy Miles) 1:14:24
08 Brown Street (Joe Zawinul, Wayne Shorter) 1:16:26
[ 09 Badia (Josef Zawinul) / Boogie Woogie Waltz (Josef Zawinul) ]
● Joe Zawinul - keyboards
● Wayne Shorter - soprano & tenor saxophones
● Jaco Pastorius - fretless bass
● Peter Erskine - drums
● Robert Thomas, Jr. - percussion
Setlist: www.setlist.fm/setlist/weather-report/1980/hammersmith-odeon-london-england-1bee09ac.html
Weather Report (1970-1986): Live Concerts: ua-cam.com/play/PLoRNXsrOuZ-UDgD5qC7b8VWM08eJPdRpH.html
Jaco’s solo starting at 1:09:48 is Mysterious Mountain.
Le seul et unique CD concert que je n'ai jamais possédé est (M) (1976-1977) ; donc un merci très cordial pour cet implacable flot musical
It's odd how I remember this gig I sat at the front of the balcony! I always thought it started with Black Market but perhaps I'm getting it mixed up with 8:30 album. I remember the two drummers at the beginning in the lotus position and when it started they didn't seem to stop until the end of the show. I remember the lasers during Dream Clock and back drop projections of some of the music. I definitely remember Purple Haze bass solo! I wasn't really into this kind of music at the time but after this gig the world opened up to me! A few weeks later I saw Jethro Tull at the Albert Hall. A friend of mine was working in security at this gig and when I went back of the Odeon to say hi and see if he was off work I managed to tap hands briefly with Jaco as he passed! It didn't really mean that much to me at the time but history changes everything. That is true account but I'm sure everyone has a Jaco story somewhere!
What more can you say about the marvelous Weather Report? They are far from rock and/or jazz, they are the epitome of 'modern music' (in lack of a better name), but, beyond theorizations and names, Weather Repor is FREEDOM, pure and genuine. Thanks for the upload and the notes. Best regards from Medellín, Colombia.
Well said. I could not have said it any better myself. My favorite band of all time. I saw them many times between 1973 and 1980. I unfortunately missed the last incarnation with victor Bailey and Omar Hakim. I have heard many shows since that time by that particular lineup, and they were amazing also. It doesn't get any better than this.
I've never seen them in concert but when discovered them in the early 80s I fell in love what fantastic music still great all these years later.
I was in the audience at this concert.
Superlucky you!!!
Yo that's the fastest shit I ever heard
Thanks for sharing, sometimes I wonder whether what i heard at that gig was a dream. Until today i never expected to to be able to check.
Fantastic and well recorded! Saw them in November 1980 at the Circus Chrone in Munich
Cricky i was living in Twickenham at the time of this concert,if i had known i would have gone for sure!Thanks for the great upload!
Thanks so much!
Your welcome
I also had this one on disc with other part of the show almost two decades ago in a long distance trade. You gotta thank youtube now for allowing anyone to check this wonderful music out.
This is a great recording. Thank you. I was there, but sadly I can only remember the bass solo, and the lasers. So this brings it all back.
Ah, the lasers. I was in the tenth row center. I bawled my eyes out then, and I bawled my eyes out again just now. I remember the drive down from Cambridge. Five in the car. Inconceivable that we would actually be in the same space as Jaco and Joe. Unthinkable. I met them both at the stage door afterwards, after a long wait. I feel blessed to have been there, and had that experience. A different era, when a few green lasers and a digital delay seemed like from another world. But at the time it was. No finer band, ever. Other, incredible bands of course, but sometimes an individual configuration and vision resonates louder and stronger than any other. We drove home in total silence.
Thank you to Mark the Mimic for this upload and the editing.
RIP Jaco, RIP Joe.
I've always found this short clip to be very helpful in dark times: ua-cam.com/video/qcHnMTBHpNk/v-deo.html Maybe it will help someone else somewhere.
Estuve en este concierto en el Hammermistch Odeon Londres en el 80 yo con 20 añitos en fila de a pie arriba del todo, Jaco empezó tocando detrás sin que lo viéramos, después salto desde una columna de sonido de unos 4 metros de altura casi se mata...y empezó a darle caña fue épico tocaron Black Market o era la promo del LP.
thank you, Mr.!
I was there .... I can't forget. 🥰
Well guess what....ur killing me, I mean that version of fast city, lolwas tha fastest shit I ever heard, lol Erskine my shit,what can't he do,there's a amphitheater w/steely dan,he's the drummer, and the band getting introduced, f....I forget but the guitar player said he's the best one they've had
I was there - both nights.
...me too !
@@steveball3481 You are both lucky M******** F****** !!!!
Did they take Port Of Entry and re-edit it for the album version? After figuring out how they assembled Rumba Mama for Heavy Weather, I'm thinking they must have recut multiple tracks from various live performances? Not that they'd need to, but it would be a good way to make a more concise best-of track with the coolest performances. On that note, check out the studio+live version compilation I did in a 22 minute track on my channel. I took what I felt were the best performances and combined them into a very atmospheric visual display.
I saw them around this time. Zawinul talked a lot of shit but he was right when he said they were not ,fusion, they were a one off clash of styles. But Jaco, what was he on?
I saw the same lineup a year later at the Merriweather Post Pavilion in Columbia Maryland.
In my opinion, Jaco Pastorius's, Three Views of a Secret, ranks up there with Gershwin, Ellington or Strayhorn as far as Jazz compositions.
Had this one for years, it's legendary. Same copy wish there was a better copy even though its SDB. Thanks though
Astonishing!
Oh wow a young in shape Erskin.
great stuff here - I believe it's the 8:30 tour. I was fortunate to have seen it a few weeks after in later Nov at the Beacon in NYC. Unreal show
epic concert
Always enjoy weather report. With and without Jaco and the original lineup
Класс! От российских фанатов привет!
🌱🌸💙😃
1:15:28 beautiful look
Shit my hole good grief!!!!,so I know this is fast city but...how much faster can u get
To all WR/Zawinul fans out there, I add my own little thought. I have great difficulty in listening to much of WR's live output in this phase because I find that Peter Erskine's 'drumming' is just so scatter-gun or hectic that it ruins then overall effect of the music. Peter is obviously a great drummer - I just always felt that he wasn't the right fit for WR. He's a big band guy, and in the small confines of WR I just never felt that he had the right position in the group. His drumming never really fit into the music comfortably - it was as if in the absence of knowing what to do, he would just keep firing away. I mean - his performance during Fast City is a classic example. Discuss...
He was not WRs best drummer but he fit well with Jaco and this incarnation of the band Imho was the best because of adding back a percussionist, plus they had new material which was much more flexible than the 8:30 stuff. With that quartet they had gotten stale, this was much more jazzy and played to the strengths of all the band members, including Erskine. But I was at this gig and he looked exhausted after just the opener !
Woweeee dude nice to see this fuckin comment, do u have ears?,,bro he fits everywhere, why jaco liked him so much, and by the way he never overplayed, tasty as shit so guess u need a friggin hearing AID.
@@stevenperren6364 ,Mr steven sorry ur wrong why would Zawinul keep him, jack ass,sorry ,bro,look up steely dan, amphitheater, Erskine was on that gig,I don't think anyone was better!!!!!even the guitarist said it, aaah Becker.!!!!!!!!!!
Ya know what I'm listening to this for the 1st time,all negative comments can kiss my ass🤬
@@stevenperren6364 again put him in a different genre of music and sorry he's gonna kill it,u think just jazz and big bands lol woweeee you have no idea