title: Tale Spinnin'
text: Tale Spinnin' is the fifth studio album by Weather Report, recorded and released in 1975, featuring the addition of drummer Leon "Ndugu" Chancler, who was recruited after Josef Zawinul heard him play with Carlos Santana. Weather Report was recording in the studio next door to Ndugu, and asked him to join them for “one session”. That session ended up lasting a week and produced Tale Spinnin'. Ndugu was asked to join as a permanent member, but decided to stay with Santana.
  
  Some Canadian copies of the album list a track entitled "Krampus" on the back of the sleeve. However, this track does not appear on the actual record.
  
  Release history
  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.
  
  Track listing
  
  Personnel 
  
   Josef Zawinul - Rhodes piano, acoustic piano, melodica,  TONTO synthesizer, ARP 2600 synthesizer, organ, steel drums, oud, mzuthra,  West African talking drum, xylophone, cymbals, vocals
   Wayne Shorter - soprano and tenor saxophones
   Alphonso Johnson - electric bass
   Leon "Ndugu" Chancler - drums, tympani, marching cymbals
   Alyrio Lima - percussion
  
  Technical
  
   Bruce Botnick - recording engineer, mixing
   Wayne Shorter - mixing
   Teresa Alfieri, John Berg - cover design
  
  References
  
  External links 
  
  Weather Report Annotated Discography: Tale Spinnin'
  
  Columbia Records albums
  Weather Report albums
  1975 albums