Original Album Classics
is a curious compilation of five original
Weather Report
LPs reissued on one CD; true fans of the band might scratch their heads a bit at this one. Included are the definitive albums
I Sing the Body Electric
,
Sweetnighter
and
Mysterious Traveller
. The less essential
Black Market
and their final official release,
Night Passage
, made the cut. Sorely missing: their first eponymously titled recording, the definitive
Live in Tokyo
, as well as
Tale Spinnin'
Heavy Weather
. Some completists might want this, but most devotees already have this material, and have pruned the chaff from the wheat. ~ Michael G. Nastos