Tale Spinnin'


Tale Spinnin' is the fifth studio album by Weather Report, recorded and released in 1975, featuring the addition of Leon "Ndugu" Chancler on the drums. Ndugu was recruited after Josef Zawinul heard him play with Carlos Santana. Weather Report was recording next door to Ndugu in the studio, and Chancler was asked to join them for a recording session. That session ended up lasting a week and produced Tale Spinnin'. After the record, Ndugu was asked to join the band as a permanent member, but declined in favor of continuing to work with Carlos Santana.

Track listing

All tracks composed by Joe Zawinul unless otherwise noted.
  1. "Man in the Green Shirt" – 6:29
  2. "Lusitanos" – 7:25
  3. "Between the Thighs" – 9:33
  4. "Badia" – 5:21
  5. "Freezing Fire" – 7:29
  6. "Five Short Stories" – 6:56
Note
In addition to the usual 2-channel stereo version the album was also released by Columbia in 1975 in 4-channel quadraphonic sound on LP record and 8-track tape. The quad LP release was encoded in the SQ matrix system. The quad mixes were performed by Bruce Botnick.
The album was reissued in the UK on the Super Audio CD format in 2018 by Dutton Vocalion. This edition contains both the stereo and quad mixes.

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