Jamaica World Music Festival, Montego Bay, Jamaica, 11-27-1982, Part 6: Peter Tosh

The sixth and last act of the third day of the 1982 Jamaica World Music Festival was Peter Tosh. That makes this the last act of the entire festival too.

By 1982, Bob Marley was far and away the best known Jamaican musician in the world. I'm sure had he lived, the festival would have wanted him as the final act. Unfortunately, he died of cancer in 1981. So having Peter Tosh close the festival was probably thought of as the next big thing. For one, Tosh was in the Wailers from 1963 to 1974. During that time, he co-wrote and co-sang the classic song "Get Up, Stand Up," which he also performed here.

But also, he had a successful solo career after leaving the Wailers, including some success in the U.S. and other overseas countries. Unfortunately, his career would be cut short when he was killed by an armed gang robbing his house in 1987.

I made one very drastic cut to this. Track 94, a banter track, is only half a minute long. It had originally been 18 minutes long! Tosh, after not talking much at all between the other songs, gave a a very long monologue, mostly about his desire to see marijuana legalized. I have no problem with the topic. In fact, I'm in favor of legalization. But in my opinion, this monologue went on way, way too long, and it killed the momentum of his set. Furthermore, most of it is moot by now anyway, with marijuana becoming legal in more and more places (including the state I live in). In Jamaica, which is what mostly would have mattered to Tosh, it is mostly legal, but only in private or public dispensaries.

This album is an hour and 18 minutes long.

85 Steppin' Razor (Peter Tosh)
86 talk (Peter Tosh)
87 African (Peter Tosh)
88 Coming in Hot (Peter Tosh)
89 Not Gonna Give It Up (Peter Tosh)
90 Don't Look Back (Peter Tosh)
91 Rastafari Is (Peter Tosh)
92 I'm the Toughest (Peter Tosh)
93 Bush Doctor (Peter Tosh)
94 talk (Peter Tosh)
95 Get Up, Stand Up (Peter Tosh)
96 Want I (Peter Tosh)
97 Legalize It (Peter Tosh)

https://www.upload.ee/files/16411128/VA-JmicaWrldMsicFstvlMntgoByJmica__11-27-1982Prt06PetrTsh_atse.zip.html

alternate:

https://pixeldrain.com/u/HyRna8iN

I couldn't find any good photos of Tosh at this festival, or even from 1982. So this one is from an unknown location in June 1981.

No Nukes Concerts, Madison Square Garden, New York City, 9-22-1979: Peter Tosh

For the 12th album of the 1979 No Nukes concerts, I'm presenting a set by Peter Tosh.

Tosh is one of the legends of reggae music. He was a member of the Wailers with Bob Marley and Bunny Wailer until 1973, when he went solo. He had a successful solo career internationally. However, he was killed in 1987 at the age of 42 when an armed gang robbed his house in Jamaica.

The only set I know that Tosh did was on September 22nd. So all the songs here are from that.

There was one problem though. As you may have noticed by now, many of these sets had a song or two that was only partially recorded. That's the case here with the song "African." Most of it is recorded with soundboard quality, like the rest of the set. However, there's a section near the front of the song that lasts about a minute that comes from an audience bootleg instead. The quality of this bit is much lower than the rest. Unfortunately, I'm sure you'll notice. So please just bear with that little bit. I wanted to include that section to make the set as complete and as accurate as possible. 

Tosh released the album "Mystic Man" in 1979, but I think that was after this concert, because he didn't play any of the songs from it. However, he did play two songs from his 1978 album, "Bush Doctor:" "Don't Look Back" and "Bush Doctor." On the record, "Don't Look Back" was a duet with Mick Jagger, and it was a hit in some countries. But the version here was sung by Tosh alone.

Note that the last song here, "Get Up, Stand Up," is known as a Bob Marley classic. But this song was actually co-written by Tosh and Marley, and they sang different verses on it as well. Additionally, "400 Years" was originally sung by Tosh when he was part of Bob Marley and the Wailers.

None of his songs made the official No Nukes album. Therefore, everything here is officially released.

This album is 34 minutes long.

01 talk (Peter Tosh)
02 400 Years (Peter Tosh)
03 Steppin' Razor (Peter Tosh)
04 African [Edit] (Peter Tosh)
05 Bush Doctor (Peter Tosh)
06 Don't Look Back (Peter Tosh)
07 Get Up, Stand Up (Peter Tosh) 

https://www.upload.ee/files/17362821/VA-NONUKS1979MdisnSqurGrdnNwYrkC__9-22-1979PetrTshatse.zip.html

alternate:

https://pixeldrain.com/u/jbuQ6BkF

The cover photo comes from this exact No Nukes concert.