Weather Report Mysterious Traveller Nimbus Supercut Exc
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Due to the arrival of a baby i am downsizing my record collection as clearing ut some of the items i rarely listen to I will be listing a few records over the coming days and some of them will be real collectors pieces.
Here we have the Nimbus Supercut remaster of Weather Reports Mysterious traveller.
This a fantastic sounding album, and for those of you that do not know of Nimbs Supercut Please find some information below.
Nimbus Records have achieved somewhat of a legendary status within the audiophile circle for their 'Supercut' releases, which were only available by mail order through the Hi-fi magazines 'Practical Hi-fi' and 'Hi-fi Today' in the early 1980s. Nimbus mastered each release from the original master tapes using the best available mastering processes. Infact, Nimbus employed many techniques for each release that were not commonly used. For example, generally when bass moves from channel to channel on an LP, groove modulation is employed to reduce the movement of the stylus and this results in this bass being centered more over both channels. Most audiophiles would argue that this - and in fact anything, which changes the original recording should be avoided although this is common practice on most LPs. For example, the release of 'Joan Armatrading' had bass moving from channel to channel in several places, but Nimbus did not limit this, resulting in an outstanding pressing.
Nimbus also had the ICI company produce an extremely pure vinyl for the LPs, which has amazing frequency reproduction and is virtually noise free - similar in quality to the 'super vinyl' used on earlier Mofi pressings. Due to their rarity and small pressing quantities, they are often more expensive than audiophile LPs from other labels, but the sums paid can be justified by the outstanding quality of the pressings and the fact that they tend to rise in value over time and as such are deemed as investments by some audiophiles. Other releases included Pink Floyd's 'Wish You Were Here', Beatles 'Sgt Pepper' and Wings 'Band on the Run' and many other excellent titles.
Release Information
Weather Report – Mysterious Traveller
Label: CBS – CBS 80027, Nimbus Records – Supercut Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Limited Edition, Remastered, ReissueCountry: UK Released: Genre: Jazz Style: Fusion
Tracklist Hide Credits?
A1Nubian Sundance Bass – Alphonso Johnson
Soprano Saxophone, Tenor Saxophone – Wayne Shorter
Vocals, Piano, Synthesizer – Joe Zawinul
Written-By – J. Zawinul*
Percussion – Dom Um Romao, Joe Zawinul
Drums – Ishmael Wilburn, Skip Hadden 10:40
A2
American Tango Bass – Alphonso Johnson, Miroslav Vitous
Soprano Saxophone, Tenor Saxophone – Wayne Shorter
Written-By – J. Zawinul*, M. Vitous*
Percussion – Dom Um Romao
Drums – Ishmael Wilburn
Electric Piano [Rhodes], Synthesizer – Joe Zawinul 3:42
A3
Cucumber Slumber Bass – Alphonso Johnson
Soprano Saxophone, Tenor Saxophone – Wayne Shorter
Keyboards – Joe Zawinul
Written-By – A. Johnson*, J. Zawinul*
Percussion – Dom Um Romao, Ray Barretto
Drums – Ishmael Wilburn 8:22
B1
Mysterious Traveller Electric Piano [Rhodes] – Joe Zawinul
Bass – Alphonso Johnson
Written-By – W. Shorter*
Percussion – Dom Um Romao
Drums – Ishmael Wilburn, Skip Hadden
Soprano Saxophone, Tenor Saxophone, Piano [Tac], Jug [Sea Shell] – Wayne Shorter 7:18
B2
Blackthorn Rose Soprano Saxophone – Wayne Shorter
Piano, Melodica – Joe Zawinul
Written-By – W. Shorter* 5:02
B3
Scarlet Woman Soprano Saxophone – Wayne Shorter
Bass – Alphonso Johnson
Written-By – A. Johnson*, J. Zawinul*, W. Shorter*
Percussion – Steve Little
Electric Piano [Rhodes], Synthesizer – Joe Zawinul
Percussion, Drums – Dom Um Romao 5:47
B4
Jungle Book Tabla, Cymbal [Finger] – Isacoff
Vocals, Piano, Guitar, Drums [Clay], Tambourine [Tamboura], Piano [Tac], Kalimba, Maracas, Organ – Joe Zawinul
Ocarina, Woodwind – Don Ashworth
Written-By – J. Zawinul*
Triangle, Tambourine, Cabasa – Dom Um Romao 7:20
Credits?
- Artwork [Front Cover Art] – Helmut K. Wimmer
- Design [Album] – Teresa Alfieri
- Engineer [Sound] – Ron Malo, Tim Geelan (tracks: A3)
- Photography By [Back Cover] – Norman Seeff
- Producer – Joe Zawinul, Wayne Shorter
Notes?
Original was recorded at Devonshire Sound, North Hollywood, California, 1974.
Special ICI vinyl pellets, all tube and no limiters on the phase shifts were used in the manufacturing of this, which was mastered and pressed for readers of Practical Hi-Fi.
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