This is a very commonly shared bootleg, but this is a less common version. It turns out that concert was emceed by BBC DJ Pete Drummond, and he introduced all the songs except for the first one. This differs from the usual version in that it includes all of Drummond's comments (as separate tracks).
Like the other Bob Marley and the Wailers BBC volume I just posted, this remains officially unreleased. I'm surprised, since it's a rare, high quality recording of the band while Peter Tosh and Bunny Wailer were still key members. In fact, Tosh wrote and sang lead vocals on "Stop That Train" and "400 Years," and shared the writing and singing on "Get Up, Stand Up."
The vocals were a bit low in the mix, so I used the audio editing program UVR5 too boost them some. Otherwise, there were no problems.
"Volume 1" starts with a BBC studio sessions from May 1st, whereas this show is from May 24th. That's why this one is "Volume 2," even though many songs on Volume 1 are from later.
At the time of this concert, Marley was very little known outside of Jamaica. Heck, reggae as a whole was little known (aside from the 1972 hit song "I Can See Clearly Now" by Johnny Nash"). It was only with Eric Clapton's Number One hit single of Marley's "I Shot the Sheriff" in 1974 that Marley would start to get lots of mainstream attention. So kudos to the BBC for giving him this radio show.
This album is 50 minutes long.
01 Rastafarian Chant (Bob Marley & the Wailers)
02 talk (Bob Marley & the Wailers)
03 Slave Driver (Bob Marley & the Wailers)
04 talk (Bob Marley & the Wailers)
05 Stop That Train (Bob Marley & the Wailers)
06 talk (Bob Marley & the Wailers)
07 No More Trouble (Bob Marley & the Wailers)
08 talk (Bob Marley & the Wailers)
09 400 Years (Bob Marley & the Wailers)
10 talk (Bob Marley & the Wailers)
11 Midnight Ravers (Bob Marley & the Wailers)
12 talk (Bob Marley & the Wailers)
13 Stir It Up (Bob Marley & the Wailers)
14 talk (Bob Marley & the Wailers)
15 Concrete Jungle (Bob Marley & the Wailers)
16 talk (Bob Marley & the Wailers)
17 Get Up, Stand Up (Bob Marley & the Wailers)
18 talk (Bob Marley & the Wailers)
19 Kinky Reggae (Bob Marley & the Wailers)
https://pixeldrain.com/u/RLvks46w
alternate:
https://bestfile.io/en/sArQjrLHjqTkWbp/file
The cover photo comes from the "Old Grey Whistle Test" performance they did earlier in May 1973. From left to right: Tosh, Marley, and Wailer. Other band members are cropped out. As a random aside, this is the second album cover in a week with big time lens flare after not having any of that pretty much ever.
In February 2025, I upgraded the image slightly with the help of the Krea AI program.
Unbelievable! Your commitment is splendid! Thank you for allow us to get this one (and all the othrs!) ! Grtatitude!
ReplyDeleteActually there was an introduction by Pete Drummond before Rastaman Chant. The producer for the session appears to have been Phil Stannard but I have not found a name for the engineer. It was first broadcast on 23 June 1973. Although not credited my ears tell me that Rita Marley and Marcia Griffiths may have been present?
ReplyDeleteP.S. Elsewhere Jeff Griffin is given as producer, so perhaps the engineer is Phil Stannard. The final track, Kinky Reggae, was not broadcast at the time.
ReplyDeleteMany thanks for these!
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