Weather Report – Mysterious Traveller

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Label:	Columbia – KC 32494
Format:	Vinyl, LP, Album, Santa Maria Pressing
Country:	US
Released:	1974
Genre:	Jazz, Rock
Style:	Fusion

Tracklist

A1	Nubian Sundance Bass – Alphonso Johnson Drums – Ishmael Wilburn, Skip Hadden Percussion – Dom Um Romao, Josef Zawinul, Meruga Soprano Saxophone, Tenor Saxophone – Wayne Shorter Vocals – Billie Barnum, Edna Wright, Jessica Smith, James Gilstrad, Marti McCall Vocals, Piano, Synthesizer – Josef Zawinul	10:40
A2	American Tango Bass – Alphonso Johnson, Miroslav Vitous Drums – Ishmael Wilburn Electric Piano [Rhodes], Synthesizer – Josef Zawinul* Percussion – Dom Um Romao Soprano Saxophone, Tenor Saxophone – Wayne Shorter Vocals – Auger James Adderley	3:42
A3	Cucumber Slumber Bass – Alphonso Johnson Drums – Ishmael Wilburn Electric Piano [Rhodes], Synthesizer – Josef Zawinul* Percussion – Dom Um Romao, Ray Barretto Soprano Saxophone – Wayne Shorter	8:22
B1	Mysterious Traveller Bass – Alphonso Johnson Drums – Ishmael Wilburn, Skip Hadden Electric Piano [Rhodes] – Josef Zawinul* Percussion – Dom Um Romao Piano [Tac], Soprano Saxophone, Tenor Saxophone, Performer [Sea Shell] – Wayne Shorter	7:18
B2	Blackthorn Rose Piano [Acoustic], Melodica – Josef Zawinul* Soprano Saxophone – Wayne Shorter	5:02
B3	Scarlet Woman Bass – Alphonso Johnson Electric Piano [Rhodes], Synthesizer – Josef Zawinul* Percussion, Drums – Dom Um Romao Soprano Saxophone – Wayne Shorter Timpani – Steve Little	5:47
B4	Jungle Book Ocarina, Woodwind – Don Ashworth Tabla, Finger Cymbals – Isacoff Triangle, Tambourine, Cabasa – Dom Um Romao Vocals, Piano, Guitar, Drum [Clay], Tambura, Piano [Tac], Kalimba, Maracas, Organ – Josef Zawinul*	7:20

Companies, etc.

Recorded At – Devonshire Studios
Mastered At – Artisan Sound Recorders
Pressed By – Columbia Records Pressing Plant, Santa Maria

Credits

Artwork [Front Cover] – Helmut K. Wimmer
Design [Album] – Teresa Alfieri
Engineer [Sound] – Ron Malo
Photography By [Back Cover] – Norman Seeff
Producer – Josef Zawinul*, Wayne Shorter

Notes

Santa Maria pressing.

Includes custom inner sleeve.
Studio: Devonshire Sound, North Hollywood, California.

The Artisan logo can be described as follows: big oval with a little circle + dot in the center of this little circle in the oval + 2 little legs left and right from the lower part of the oval.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

Matrix / Runout (Variant 1 - A-side runout, etched & stamped): PAL 32494-1D [Artisan Sound] ͻ C P
Matrix / Runout (Variant 1 - B-side runout, etched & stamped): PBL 32494-1B SX [Artisan Sound] A 0 Ƨ
Matrix / Runout (Variant 2 - A-side runout, etched & stamped): PAL 32494 - ID [Artisan logo]
Matrix / Runout (Variant 2 - B-side runout, etched & stamped): PBL 32494 - IC [Artisan logo]

Other Versions (5 of 83)

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	Title (Format)	Label	Cat#	Country	Year
	Mysterious Traveller (LP, Album)	CBS	CBS 80027	Italy	1974
Recently Edited	Mysterious Traveller (LP, Album, Stereo)	CBS, CBS, CBS, CBS	80027, S 80027, CBS 80027, KC 32494	UK	1974
	Mysterious Traveller (LP, Album, Misprint, Stereo)	CBS, CBS	S 80027, KC 32494	Europe	1974
	Mysterious Traveller (LP, Album, Quadraphonic, Pitman Press)	Columbia	CQ 32494	US	1974
New Submission	Mysterious Traveller (8-Track Cartridge, Album, Quadraphonic)	Columbia	CAQ 32494	US	1974

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Reviews

G-4ce Dec 25, 2024
I have 1N and 1J at runout pls help meh its christmas!
egold May 9, 2023
Does anyone know how to tell the Columbia 32494 original press from the repress strictly from the cover?
triethylene-glycol Oct 4, 2022
Edited 2 years ago
Surprisingly no reviews of this LP as I type now, and yet I and many of my friends consider this perhaps their best album (certainly among their best)-- all I know is over the years it's the one I've played the most, and one I seemed to find in collections the most often. It has a nice balance of edginess, funk, and smoothness-- after this their LPs lose a lot of the grit, darkness and dirt of their earlier period, with more pleasant keyboard patches and happier melodies.