Released May 26, 1972 Producer Robert Devere | Length 46:28 Release date 26 May 1972 | |
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Recorded November 1971 (A1-A2)January 1972 (A3-A4)January 13, 1972 (B1-B3) Similar Weather Report albums, Jazz fusion albums |
I Sing the Body Electric is the second album released by Weather Report from 1972. The album includes two new members of the band: percussionist Dom Um Romão and drummer Eric Gravatt. The last three tracks were recorded live in concert in Tokyo, Japan on January 13, 1972. These tracks have been edited for this album and can be heard in their entirety on Weather Report's 1972 import album Live in Tokyo.
Contents
The album takes its title from an 1855 poem by Walt Whitman, also a 1969 short story by Ray Bradbury.
Track listing
- "Unknown Soldier" (Zawinul) – 8:00
- "The Moors" (Shorter) – 4:45
- "Crystal" (Vitouš) – 7:25
- "Second Sunday In August" (Zawinul)– 4:13
- "Medley: Vertical Invader" (Zawinul) /"T.H." (Vitouš) /"Dr. Honoris Causa" (Zawinul)– 10:40
- "Surucucú" (Shorter) – 7:42
- "Directions" (Zawinul) – 4:36
Personnel
Songs
1Unknown Soldier
2The Moors4:43
3Crystal7:19
References
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