Weather Report: Live in Offenbach am Main, West Germany (1978) [Full DVD]

45 years ago on this day, Weather Report played one of their most iconic shows in Offenbach am Main, Germany. The show was filmed in its entirety for a broadcast of Rockpalast, a German music television program, and is one of the six professionally shot Weather Report concerts to receive a somewhat official release.

Showcasing the band at the peak of their commercial success, the concert was filmed at the beginning of the 1978 tour of Europe, during which the group gave the audiences their first glimpses of Mr. Gone, released in September 1978. From the opening riff of Black Market to the thunderous synths of Birdland, the jazz-fusion supergroup proves why they're one of, if not the greatest fusion band of all time, and if you're not convinced, I advise you to sit back, relax, and give this a much-deserved watch.

Wayne Shorter – saxophone
Joe Zawinul – keyboard
Jaco Pastorius – bass
Peter Erskine – drums

00:00:00 Rockpalast introduction
00:00:23 Black Market
00:11:30 Scarlet Woman
00:20:48 Young and Fine
00:27:41 The Pursuit of the Woman with the Feathered Hat
00:34:30 A Remark You Made
00:41:34 River People
00:49:27 Thanks for the Memory (saxophone solo)
00:53:14 Slang (bass solo)
01:03:00 Mr. Gone
01:11:43 In a Silent Way
01:13:54 Waterfall
01:15:46 Teen Town
01:23:55 I Got It Bad (and That Ain't Good) [keyboard solo]
01:27:19 The Midnight Sun Never Sets (piano and saxophone duet)
01:32:45 Birdland
01:39:42 Band introduction
01:41:00 Drum solo
01:47:39 Elegant People (with Mysterious Traveller introduction)
01:55:48 Badia / Boogie Woogie Waltz
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Recorded & filmed at Stadthalle Offenbach (Offenbach am Main, GE) on September 29, 1978.
Remastered by the JPA.