The Legendary Live Tapes: 1978–1981

 The Legendary Live Tapes: 1978–1981 is a four-CD live recording of Weather Report on Columbia, Sony, released on November 20, 2015. Discs one and three are quintet recordings from 1980 to 1981, while discs two and four are quartet recordings from 1978. Most of the music was recorded on analog tape by the band's then drummer (and producer of this live album) Peter Erskine and front of house mixing engineer Brian Risner. In the liner notes, Erskine provides insight into Weather Report's live performances and life on tour via a song by song discussion.

Personnel

 * Joe Zawinul – keyboards; ARP Quadra synthesizer bass (Disc 1 / tracks 1, 3); acoustic piano (Disc 2 / track 1); "Chicken Neck" (Disc 1 / track 8)
 * Wayne Shorter – saxophones
 * Jaco Pastorius – fretless bass; drums (Disc 1 / track 1)
 * Peter Erskine – drums, timpani (Disc 2 / track 3)
 * Robert Thomas Jr. – hand drums (Discs 1 and 3)

Technical
 * Peter Erskine - producer
 * Tony Zawinul - executive producer
 * Brian Risner - live engineer / editing
 * Rich Breen - mastering
 * Jim Lane - product direction
 * Tara Master - project direction
 * Jeff Gilligan - art direction, design
 * Shigeru Uchiyama - cover photo