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The Walers - Max's Kansas City, NYC July 18th 1973

Tue, 10 Jan 2012 04:03:11 +0100

The Wailers
(all pics from 1973, not Max's)

July 18, 1973

    * Venue: Max's K.C.
    * City: New York
    * State/Province: New York
    * Country: United States
    * Recording Source Soundboard

Band lineup

    * Bob Marley, vocals, rhythm guitar
    * Peter Tosh, vocals, lead guitar
    * Joe Higgs, vocals, percussion
    * Aston Barrett, bass
    * Carlton Barrett, drums
    * Earl 'Wya' Lindo, keyboards

Setlist

Set I

Segment-1:

Bend Down Low
Lively Up Yourself
Slave Driver
Stop That Train
Stir It Up
Kinky Reggae
Get Up, Stand Up

E: Rude Boy

Set II

Segment-2:

Bend Down Low
Lively Up Yourself
Slave Driver
400 Years
Stir It Up
Kinky Reggae
Don't Rock My Boat
Get Up, Stand Up
E: Put It On

Set III

Segment 3:

Put It On
Slave Driver
Burnin' & Lootin'
Stop That Train
Kinky Reggae
Stir It Up

Comment

The three segments represent the three known shows in existence from the Max's run, July 18-23. None of the dates are certain, so all three are included in this one database record, as they now circulate together. According to the records, Set 3, as it is called, has been in circulation 8 years longer than the other two sets.
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Bunny Wailer - Big Plans for 50th Anniversary of the Wailers from 1962 - 2012

Tue, 10 Jan 2012 03:15:07 +0100

This is the 50th Anniversary of the Wailers from 1962 - 2012 tells Bunny Wailer as introduction to the Butterfly video collage you can watch below!

Bunny Wailer, Andrew Tosh and Ky-Mani Marley went to the studio and did a new version of the Wailers' tune Butterfly

This was only the start... much more to come in 2012... read this press release:

LEGENDARY WAILERS 50th Anniversary 2012-2014
·    Bunny Wailers Sings The Wailers World Tour 2012-14 To Africa featuring The Skatalites
·    Bunny Wailers Sings The Wailers 50 Track Boxed Set
·    The Wailers Legacy Boxed Set
·    Stolen Property Anti-Piracy Album CD
·    Butterfly Single featuring Reformed Wailers
·    Three The Zion Way Boxed Set featuring the solo work of Robert Marley, Peter Tosh & Bunny Wailer
·    Documentaries on The Wailers, Bunny Wailer, Peter Tosh & Robert Marley respectively
·    Published books on The Wailers & Bunny Wailer respectively

Bunny Wailer, the living legend and survivor of The Wailers in reminiscence of The Wailers musical journey , from The Wailers catalog have selected and compiled for the 50th Anniversary campaign several related products and has incorporated and established brands for facilitating the reclaimed products incorporating the intellectual properties of The Wailers creative artistry, authors, composers and moral rights for the future exploitation.

To be released in conjunction with The Wailers 50th Anniversary, it also incorporates the Bunny Wailers Sings The Wailers World Tour 2012-14 targeting Jamaica, Caribbean, South America, North America, Europe, Asia into Africa. Celebrations and products will also include the revival and reformation of The Wailers incorporating the son of Marley, Ky-Mani, and Tosh, Andrew along with Bunny Wailer the foundation and still survivor of The Original Wailers.

The Wailers were recruited in 1962 consistent of Robert Nesta Marley, Junior Alexander Braithwaite, Winston Hubert McIntosh, Beverly Kelso, Neville ORiley Livingston, Cherry Smith-Grant & Constantine Walker.

1963 welcomed the Wailers to Jamaica’s music industry of talents, recording their very first single and number one chart buster Simmer Down. The Wailers went on to record several other landmark hits i.e. Hurts To Be Alone and Lonesome Feeling etc. and after scaling down to the trinity in Robert, Peter and Bunny went on to pursue solo careers as Bob Marley, Peter Tosh and Bunny Wailer respectively. After pioneering Reggae Music to international acceptance and acclaim with the Catch A Fire and Burnin albums and in later years of their solo careers inherited Grammy Awards and inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

2012 marks the 50th Anniversary of The Wailers fame and legend reflecting on their musical journey with Studio One, Beverly’s and their very own Wail N Soul M/Tuff Gong label.

The logo of their early record label Wail N Soul M showed three hands holding each other's forearm to form a triangle. All for one, etc. Other than being sad and insulting to see Peter Tosh and Bunny Wailer presented as merely Bob Marley's early-years backup singers it has also greatly assisted in the most abusive piracy of Jamaican music. With claims of over 250 million copies sold worldwide the majority of this attributed to The Wailers pre-Island/1972 material has reaped minimum/negligible benefit to the group members but mostly enriched pirate record and publishing companies and tainting Universal Music Group in the process. Reclaiming and owning ‘the environment’ of The Wailers and offering alternatives to the legions of consumers and fans will greatly assist the Jamaican music industry as it chokes off the parasitic international music industry that has been enriched by this illegal and immoral activity.

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Bob Marley & the Wailers - 1975-06-21 Manhatten Center, NYC

Thu, 22 Dec 2011 21:22:00 +0100

The Natty Dread tour started on the 5th in Miami so by this show The Wailers were in a tight groove. It was a new time for Bob and The Wailers band with the addition of the I-Threes Judy, Marcia, and Rita on tour. The performances on this tour would help sky rock Bob's music to the mainstream with the huge popularity of No Woman, No Cry. The recordings from the Lyceum in London later in the Tour being used for one of the greatest Live LP's ever showing the power of Bob's live presence to everyone. The setlist contains one of the rare performances of Nice Time and So Jah Seh. Plus a very special rendition of Get Up Stand Up with Bob scatting and changing up the lyrics through out. A few recorded sources have surfaced over the years. This one recorded by a well known New York area musical archivist Jerry Moore and from copy of his master. Many Marley live concert collectors put shows from this tour and 1979 tour as their favorites. Performance like this and the rest of this tour massively helped shape the aura and highly rising popularity of Bob Marley.

Bob Marley & the Wailers
6/21/75
Manhatten Center, NYC

source: aud 1st gen reel
Jerry Moore's copy

lineage: aud cassette master>7" reel @ 7.5 ips w/dolby

mastered: sony ecm 33p's>sony tc-152sd
recorded by Dennis Anderson & Jerry Moore

technics rs1500>teac an-180>hd-p2 24/48>cd wave>adobe 16/44>flac
transferred & seeded to LL by Rob Berger

disc one: 60:19

01: Trench Town Rock
02: Slave Driver
03: Burnin' And Lootin'
04: Concrete Jungle
05: Kinky Reggae
06: Midnight Raver
07: Lively Up Yourself
08: No Woman No Cry
09: Rebel Music

disc two: 59:08

01: Them Belly Full
02: Natty Dread
03: I Shot The Sheriff
04: Nice Time
encore:
05: Talkin' Blues
06: Bend Down Low
07: So Jah Seh
08: Get Up Stand Up

Bob Marley and The Wailers Beacon Th. NYC 1976

Tue, 10 Jan 2012 03:12:30 +0100

Beacon Theater 1976 Blog Page

Bob Marley and the Wailers performed 2 shows per night on April 30th, and May 1st 1976 AT The Beacon Th. in New York City. Below are tracks and pictures from that historic 2 nights.

Bob Marley and the Wailers The tour began at the Tower Theater in Upper Darby, Pennsylvania, on April 23, 1976, and ended in Manchester, England, on June 27, 1976. On the tour's second leg Marley performed for the first time in continental Europe and premiered in Germany, Sweden, France and the Netherlands. After the tour Marley performed the Smile Jamaica Concert in his homeland Jamaica, after being shot a couple of days before. The album Live At the Roxy was recorded during this tour, on May 26.

These 4 sets from the Beacon Theater show Bob and his band in top form.
* rare live performance of "Johnny Was" and "Night Shift" May 1st was first show with the "Get Up, Stand Up"/"War"/"No More Trouble" medley

At the beginning of the tour, for example during the four shows at the Beacon Theater when Marley experimented and changed the setlist much more than later during the tour, a gospel-like medley of two Nyabinghi chants ("Rastaman Chant" and "Lion Of Judah") and a brief reggae riff ("Keep The Faith") had been performed at the beginning instead of "Trenchtown Rock". Since the Nyabinghi chants were very meditative and slow until it segued into the lively reggae riff, it was decided to replace the long medley by the classic and instantly-lively "Trenchtown Rock" to better catch the audience from the beginning, as seen during the Natty Dread Tour in 1975 where "Trenchtown Rock" was the opening song as well

April 30, 1976 - early show

Band lineup

    * Bob Marley, vocals, rhythm guitar
    * Aston Barrett, bass
    * Carlton Barrett, drums
    * Donald Kinsey, lead guitar
    * Earl "Chinna" Smith, lead guitar
    * Tyrone Downie, keyboards
    * Alvin Patterson, percussion
    * The I-Threes, backing vocals

* Recording Source Soundboard

Setlist

   1. "Are You Ready?"
   2. "Rastaman Chant" -> "Lion Of Judah" -> "Keep The Faith"
   3. "Burnin' And Lootin'"
   4. "Them Belly Full (But We Hungry)"
   5. "Rebel Music (3 O'Clock Roadblock)"
   6. "Want More"
   7. "Roots, Rock, Reggae"
   8. "Johnny Was"
   9. "Lively Up Yourself"

10. "Night Shift"

11. "Crazy Baldhead"
12. "Positive Vibration"
13. "Rat Race"

14 "War" > "Get Up Stand Up"

Review

* encore break after "Crazy Baldhead"
* rare live performance of "Johnny Was" and "Night Shift"

April 30, 1976 - late show

Setlist

   1. "Rastaman Chant" -> "Lion Of Judah" -> "Keep The Faith"
   2. "Burnin' And Lootin'"
   3. "Them Belly Full (But We Hungry)"
   4. "Rebel Music (3 O'Clock Roadblock)"
   5. "Want More"
   6. "Johnny Was"
   7. "No Woman, No Cry"
   8. "Lively Up Yourself"
   9. "Kinky Reggae"
10. "Crazy Baldhead" into>
11. "Roots, Rock, Reggae"
12. "Positive Vibration"
13. "Rat Race"
14. "Get Up, Stand Up" -> "War"

Review

    * encore break after "Roots, Rock, Reggae"
    * rare live performance of "Johnny Was

May 1, 1976 - early show

* Recording Source Audience

Setlist

   1. "Lion Of Judah" -> "Keep The Faith"
   2. "Burnin' And Lootin'"
   3. "Them Belly Full (But We Hungry)"
   4. "Rebel Music (3 O'Clock Roadblock)"
   5. "I Shot The Sheriff"
   6. "Johnny Was"
   7. "Kinky Reggae"
   8. "Lively Up Yourself"
   9. "Roots, Rock, Reggae"
10. "Rat Race"
11. "Positive Vibration"
12. "Get Up, Stand Up"

Review

    * encore break after "Roots, Rock, Reggae"
    * rare live performance of "Johnny Was"

May 1, 1976 - late show

* Recording Source Audience

Setlist

   1. "Are You Ready?"
   2. "Lion Of Judah" -> "Keep The Faith"
   3. "Burnin' And Lootin'"
   4. "Them Belly Full (But We Hungry)"
   5. "Rebel Music (3 O'Clock Roadblock)"
   6. "I Shot The Sheriff"
   7. "Want More"
   8. "No Woman, No Cry"
   9. "Lively Up Yourself"
10. "Bend Down Low"
11. "Rat Race"
12. "Roots, Rock, Reggae"
13. "Positive Vibration"
14. "Night Shift"
15. "Get Up, Stand Up" -> "War" -> "No More Trouble"

Review

    * encore break after "Roots, Rock, Reggae"
    * rare live performance of "Night Shift"
    * first show with the "Get Up, Stand Up"/"War"/"No More Trouble" medley

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Recent Beacon Theater Pictures Courtesy of Doc. Jah

Bob Marley & the Wailers – 1979 Toronto Canada

Tue, 20 Dec 2011 19:15:48 +0100

Bob Marley & the Wailers – 1979-11-01 Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto Canada

Bob Marley & Wailers
Maple Leaf Gardens
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
November 1, 1979

* Carlton Barrett gives a raving psychedelic drum solo during the extended live rendition of "The Heathen".

Source: AUD
Lineage: AUD > ? > FLAC

Setlist:
CD 1:
1. Positive Vibration (5:31)
2. Wake Up And Live (4:42)
3. Them Belly Full (But We Hungry) (4:04)
4. Concrete Jungle (6:03)
5. I Shot The Sheriff (4:45)
6. Ambush In The Night (4:11)
7. Running Away (1:54) ->
8. Crazy Baldhead (3:56)
9. The Heathen (6:18)

CD 2:
10. War (4:18) ->
11. No More Trouble (1:48)
12. One Drop (4:29)
13. No Woman, No Cry (5:58)
14. Africa Unite (3:14)
15. Exodus (7:18)
16. Jammin' (5:27)
17. Get Up, Stand Up (5:16)
18. Is This Love? (4:37)

Lossless FLAC Files HERE

After playing at smaller cozy venues previously in Toronto, 1979 was totally different. The Wailers were now one of the world’s biggest live attractions, and despite the suspicion that may still have existed among the more conservative elements of Toronto society, their concert had to be at Maple Leaf Gardens. They returned to the Gardens on November 1 of 1979, this time in support of the Survival album — and no one, perhaps least of all Marley, had any inkling that this would be his last visit to Toronto.

The Rastafarian Christmas

Tue, 20 Dec 2011 19:13:44 +0100

The Rastafarian Christmas

December 13, 2008 by Masimba Musodza ·
Filed under: Inspire & motivate, News you won't find elsewhere, Religion, Spirituality for such a time, Topical issues

The following articel was originally published in the 24th December 2006 edition of The Sunday Mirror, Harare. The video depicts an Ethiopian hymn celebrating the Birth of Christ.

በተሳብ ቂዱስ The Blessed Virgin Maryam and Her Son

Lidät – the Rastafarian Christmas

Christmas as the saying goes, means different things to different people.
Even so, being the only Rastafarian in my wide circle of friends and family, my way of marking this occasion remains something of an enigma. I get many cards, and presents, but I never return the gesture. I also decline to attend Christmas parties. Then, in the first week of January, those of my people that are online get e-cards with the Amharic Greeting, Inkwan lalidätu baal badahna adarrasaw (lit. “Congratulations, to the Birth of Him the feast in safety He has brought you”)

And so, it emerges that Rastafarians do celebrate the Birth of Christmas, except that it’s not called Christmas and it’s not celebrated on the 25th of December. It is called Lidät, an Amharic word meaning “Birthday”. Because the Amharic language has its own alphabet, you will sometimes find this spelt as Ledet or Lidet as there is no standard transliteration in Western letters.

Already, it is clear from the name that the origin of this custom is Ethiopia, the spiritual home of Rastafari. The Ethiopian Orthodox Church, one of the oldest Christian Churches in the world, has been celebrating the Birth of Christ on the 7th of January long before European Christendom even came up with its own version of Christmas. In the light of the on-going controversy about the exact date, let me hasten to mention that the Orthodox Church does not claim that this was the day Jesus was born. Rather, the Feast was instituted by the Three Kings who arrived in Bethlehem on this day and paid homage to the Infant Christ.
“Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judaea in the days of Herod the king, behold, there came wise men from the east to Jerusalem, Saying, Where is he that is born King of the Jews? for we have seen his star in the east, and are come to worship him,” Gospel of Matthew 2:1-2.
Further testament of the particular importance of Lidät is found in a prophecy of the visit if these Three Kings, dating from the time of the Patriarch Adam, who was given their gifts as a consolation after his expulsion from Eden.

“After these things God said to Adam, You asked Me for something from the garden, to be comforted therewith, and I have given you these three tokens as a consolation to you; that you trust in Me and in My covenant with you. For I will come and save you; and kings shall bring me when in the flesh, gold, incense and myrrh; gold as a token of My kingdom; incense as a token of My divinity; and myrrh as a token of My suffering and of My death. But, O Adam, put these by you in the cave; the gold that it may shed light over you by night; the incense, that you smell its sweet savour; and the myrrh, to comfort you in your sorrow,” I Adam and Eve 31: 1-3.

Tradition has it that Balthasar, one of the Three Kings, was from Ethiopia, and is often depicted as a Black man even in the West.

The Visit of the Three Kings in European Art.

In Ethiopia, Lidät is celebrated with a special service at church. The more devout will fast on the gahad (“Christmas Eve”), and the even more devout for 40 days prior. At home, a big feast is prepared. No tree, no snow, no mistletoe. The main decoration depicts the Manger scene, where the Three Kings pay homage to the Infant. Tradition has it that Balthasar, the Ethiopian King, brought the frankincense. And, only children get presents. On this day, children play a hockey-like game called Genna, from where we get the alternative name of the Feast.

It is easy to see why this version of Christmas appeals to the Rastafarian, quite apart from the fact that it signifies a return to an original, African Judaeo-Christian tradition. Lidät is there in the Bible! It is not corrupted by the materialism, debauchery and the occult overtones of the Western Christmas. In fact, when we look upon the rest of society taking part in Christmas, we see what goes on as proof of what has become an established teaching of the various Rastafarian movements- that the world is ruled by a Luciferian political and economic Order, and that what is now commonly called “Christianity” (derisively called the “Ghost-spell”) is a tool to control the masses, and deny them their heritage.

One has only to look at the millions of human beings slaving in Asian sweat-shops for less than a dollar a day- generating US$32b- so that the European child can have the latest MP3 player to see that this Christmas does not convey goodwill to all Mankind. This child is told that the gift came from Santa Claus, whose address is always given as the North Pole, and was made by his elves. To celebrate Christmas on Western terms is therefore to condone, sustain, even, such a system. This is why I won’t attend the Christmas parties.

In Zimbabwe, celebration of this Christmas by African people is no more than active cooperation in this same global political system’s continuing operation to suck wealth from this country, for the benefit of other people. And what do we get out of it- no money for school fees in January!

Many have asked me why I have continued to observe Lidät, despite the scorn and condemnation that is often poured on me even by friends and family and despite the fact that I am often alone. But, I know the nature of that which I have embraced, and also of that which I have rejected. So, there can be no question that I can be detracted, especially not by people who do not have a clue what Christmas is really about.

O Judah, keep thy solemn feasts, perform thy vows: for the wicked shall no more pass through thee; he is utterly cut off, Nahum 1:15.
And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God,” Romans 12:2.

As I said, Christmas means different things to different people. For some, it is about spending US dollars, the loot of deals in the parallel economy, on the latest gadgets and trinkets. For some, the urge to spend all the bonus on booze and women will once again prove irresistible.

But for the Rastafarian, it is a time to not only celebrate the birth of our Lord and Saviour in the manner prescribed by tradition, but to reflect on this event in the context of the original prophecy as told to our father Adam, and the expectations of the time of the manifestation of God not only as Priest but King, which the Emperor Haile Selassie has fulfilled. Next year in September, according to the Ethiopian calendar, begins the new Millenium. Just as we use A.D. to denote dates in the Western calendar, they are called Amet Meherit ( the year of Mercy).

So, this year is the 1999th Year of Mercy. This, to the Rastafarian, says that despite all the disasters that have befallen Mankind, there is still purpose and beauty in life because of the Mercy that our Creator has shown us. Could a more precious gift be asked for?

ማልካም ባአል ሁሉ (Malkam Baal hulu -Happy Holiday to you all!)