Mike Brecker*80/81

Label:

ECM Records – 2641 180

Format:

2 x Vinyl , LP, Album, Stereo

Country:

Released:

Genre:

Jazz

Style:

Contemporary Jazz

Tracklist

Two Folk Songs
A1 1st
Composed ByPat Metheny
13:17
A2 2nd
Composed ByCharlie Haden
7:31
B1 80/81
Composed ByPat Metheny
7:28
B2 The Bat
Composed ByPat Metheny
5:58
B3 Turnaround
Composed ByOrnette Coleman
7:05
C1 Open
Composed ByMetheny*
Composed By [Final Theme]Pat Metheny
14:25
C2 Pretty Scattered
Composed ByPat Metheny
6:56
D1 Every Day (I Thank You)
Composed ByPat Metheny
13:16
D2 Goin' Ahead
Composed ByPat Metheny
3:56

Companies, etc.

  • Phonographic Copyright ℗ECM Records GmbH
  • Recorded AtTalent Studio
  • Published ByPat-Meth Music
  • Published ByLiberation Music Co.
  • Published ByComposers Music
  • Lacquer Cut AtPRS Hannover
  • Pressed ByPRS Hannover

Credits

  • BassCharlie Haden
  • DesignBarbara Wojirsch
  • DrumsJack DeJohnette
  • EngineerJan Erik Kongshaug
  • GuitarPat Metheny
  • Photography By [Back]Dag Alveng
  • Photography By [Inside]Rainer Drechsler
  • ProducerManfred Eicher
  • Tenor SaxophoneMike Brecker* (tracks: A1, A2, B2, C1, C2, D1)

Notes

Some copies have sticker with:
"Preis der Deutschen Schallplattenkritik - Jahrespreis"
The record won the prize in 1981.

On inner gatefold:
Recorded May 26-29, 1980 at Talent Studios, Oslo.
An ECM Production.
℗ 1980 ECM Records GmbH

On rear cover:
Printed in W.

On labels:
Made in W.

Catalogue numbers:
ECM 1180/81 - center labels
ECM 1180 / 81 - back cover, spine
2641 180 - back cover only
2301 180 - center label record 1 only
2301 181 - center label record 2 only

Runouts are stamped.
Some final mastering letters and numbers are rotated 90 degrees from the rest of the runouts.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

  • Label Code: LC 2516
  • Rights Society: GEMA
  • Rights Society (A1, B3, ): ASCAP
  • Rights Society (A2, B1, B2, C1 to D2): BMI
  • Other (Catalogue number record 1): 2301 180
  • Other (Catalogue number record 2): 2301 181
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout A, variant 1): 2301 180 S 1 = 3 320 1 P
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout B, variant 1): 2301 180 S 2 = 2 320 2 7
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout C, variant 1): 2301 181 S̶ 1̶ = 2̶ S 3 = 2̶ 2 320 P 1
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout D, variant 1): 2301 181 S̶ 2̶ = 2̶ S 4 = 2 320 2 Q
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout A, variant 2): 2301 180 S 1 = 3 320 2A A3
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout B, variant 2): 2301 180 S 2 = 2 320 1D A VI
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout C, variant 2): 2301 181 S⃫1⃫=⃫2⃫ ⃫3⃫5⃫2⃫ S3-2 320 2A AY
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout D, variant 2): 2301 181 S⃫2⃫=⃫2⃫ S4=2 320 1C AZ
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout A, variant 3): 2301 180 S 1 = 3 320 2 ΛC
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout B, variant 3): 2301 180 S 2 = 2 320 ΛG 1A
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout C, variant 3): 2301 181 S̶1̶=̶2̶ S3= 3̶ 2 320 Λ✳D 1
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout D, variant 3): 2301 181 S̶2̶=̶2̶ S4=2 320 AH
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout A, variant 4): 2301 180 S 1 = 3 320 2 V
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout B, variant 4): 2301 180 S 2 = 2 320 W 1A
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout C, variant 4): 2301 181 S⃫1⃫=⃫2⃫ S3=2 320 2 W
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout D, variant 4): 2301 181 S⃫2⃫=⃫2⃫ S4=2 320 T 2
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout A, variant 5): 2301 180 S 1 = 3 320 2A AR
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout B, variant 5): 2301 180 S 2 = 2 320 1D AU
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout C, variant 5): 2301 181 ̶S̶ ̶1̶ ̶=̶ ̶2̶ ̶6̶6̶2̶ ̶ S3=2 320 ̶C̶ ̶ AX 2A
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout D, variant 5): 2301 181 S̶ ̶2̶ ̶=̶ ̶2̶ ̶ S4=2 320 BA ̶I̶ ̶ C1
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout A, variant 6): 2301 180 S 1 = 3 320 2 V
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout B, variant 6): 2301 180 S 2 = 2 320 1A X
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout C, variant 6): 2301 181 ̶S̶ ̶1̶ = ̶2̶ S3=2 320 2 W
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout D, variant 6): 2301 181 ̶S̶ ̶2̶ = ̶2̶ S4=2 320 2 AC
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout A, variant 7): 2301 180 S 1 = 3 320 F 2
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout B, variant 7): 2301 180 S 2 = 2 320 I 2
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout C, variant 7): 2301 181 S 1 = 2 320 1 H
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout D, variant 7): 2301 181 S 2 = 2 320 E 1

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80/81 (2×LP, Album, Gatefold, Wakefield Pressing) ECM Records ECM-2-1180 US 1980
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80/81 (2×LP, Album, Promo/Radio Station Copy) ECM Records ECM-2-1180 US 1980
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80/81 (2×LP, Album) ECM Records PA-6123/24 Japan 1980
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80/81 (Cassette, Album) ECM Records ECM 1180/81 1980
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80/81 (Cassette, Album, Stereo) ECM Records ECM 1180, 3541 180 1980

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Reviews

  • Twysden's avatar
    Twysden
    Long term deterioration!
    Great music .. I bought this new when it first came out and was very happy with the all round quality. It’s had very few full plays but over the years the playback on all four sides, especially 4, have become so crackly it’s almost unlistenable! Anyone else?
    • cjanderson79's avatar
      cjanderson79
      I have a test pressing of 80/81 that came from Bobby Naughton's personal collection, housed in a Naughton record sleeve with his handwriting on it. An interesting artifact for ECM fans. Not sure how to add it, or if it should be added. But putting this here.
      • rspaus's avatar
        rspaus
        Great music, record and pressing.
        Pat Metheny at his best, incredible guitar works on Ornette Coleman’s Turn around and Open.
        My first Metheny album more than 30 years ago and still sounds so fresh!
        • vkubrick's avatar
          vkubrick
          One more attempt to understand and check if i like the Pat Metheny group/records. Definitely not for me. Overall its good to listen, but nothing special. Skip it.
          • JacquesdeVilliers's avatar
            A few years after reissuing this album ECM started adding stickers to their vinyl reissues stating that the release is 'from the original analog tapes'. I'm almost certain that goes for all the reissues in recent years, including this one.

            Also worth noting is that this hasn't been remastered at all. This is the album as it would have sounded if you bought it on vinyl in 1980.

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