Midnight Dread Top Six ‘Unreleased’ Bob Marley & Wailers Live Videos

April 28, 2013 by midnightdread2012

For my extra special contribution to the Midnight Raver Millennial Posts Musical Stampede I and I offer this tough and tight quick list / long view of Bob Marley & The Wailers’ most amazing performances captured live (outside of One Love Peace & Smile Jamaica) on film or video. These complete concerts or rehearsals should be made widely available as soon as possible in the fullness with state-of-the-art transfers of both sound and image at the highest standards in line with the depth of the lyrics and musicianship. Granted, a couple of these have seen some limited release in either geography or selection and thanks to YouTube can be constricted to fit on most any current receiver device but all call for bigga big up screen THX (give thanx) surround style reproduction to reincarnate every soul. Lively up Skip!

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Marcia Sings Marley

March 27, 2013 by marleyrkives

Marcia brings the house down in the first track with a fiery performance of “Trenchtown Rock”! Then we have 2 different mixes of “The Heathen” by Marcia pressed by the Penthouse label. Pure niceness from Marcia….

Marcia Griffiths “Trenchtown Rock” Live at Kaisers Cafe, March 14, 1989 (w/ Dennis Brown)

Marcia Griffiths “The Heathen” (Penthouse) Mix 1

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Marcia Griffiths “Hurting Inside” / “Still Hurting” (High Note) 7″ vinyl 45 rpm (midnightraverblog.com)
Rare Bob Marley Interview & More: Swing Magazine, July/August 1975 (midnightraverblog.com)
‘Cedella Marley’s ‘Three Little Birds’ turns theatre musical’ (midnightraverblog.com)

Marcia Griffiths “Hurting Inside” / “Still Hurting” (High Note) 7″ vinyl 45 rpm

February 12, 2013 by marleyrkives

Another recent addition to the MIDNIGHT RAVER archives by our friend Doctor Dread is the “Hurting Inside” 7″ vinyl 45 rpm, which was released in 1979 on the High Note label. On the flip is the outstanding version titled “Still Hurting” by the Revolutionaries (Sly and Robbie). Track written by Bob Marley. Crucial addition to the archives…

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Tix for Bob Marley, Peter Tosh, Ziggy Marley & The Melody Makers, The Wailers California shows via Midnight Dread

February 6, 2013 by midnightdread2012

for Bob Marley’s birthday today here’s this scan from my Midnight Dread collection of personally used tix & passes for various Wailers related California shows including Bob at the Paramount in Oakland 1976; at the Greek Theatre UC Berkeley 1978 and then five days later Peter Tosh in Oakland at Day On The Green opening for The Rolling Stones, Santana, & Eddie Money; Ziggy Marley & The Melody Makers debut Hey World Tour at the Circle Star (a circular rotating stage) in San Carlos south bay 1986; and The Wailers in San Francisco for Bill Graham Presents 1988. All tremendous performances and productions! Here’s my initial reaction when Bob Marley & The Wailers Island Records lps were first all released on compact disc: “The Sacred Scrolls of Bob Marley, A Dread In The Life; Bob Marley on CD By Doug Wendt” http://www.midnightdread.com/sacred.html full site: http://www.midnightdread.com

Bob Marley and the Wailers Play the Apollo, Harlem, NY, 1979

February 5, 2013 by marleyrkives

This is a repost. I updated the original blog post with personal testimony from someone who attended one of the shows. Also updated to include the NME article.

The U.S. dates of the 1979 Survival tour kick off at Harvard University on July 29, 1979. In late October 1979, Bob Marley and the Wailers score a seven-show slot at the famed Apollo Theatre in Harlem, NY. These shows, which run for 4-days straight are very special to the band for several reasons. This is where Marcus Garvey first reached out to the blacks in Harlem hearkening “look to East Africa, for the crowning of the Black King” – a prophecy which kindles the early flames of the Rastafari Movement. The shows are also Marley’s first real shot at reaching and teaching the black audience in North America. In fact, according to Marley biographer Chris Salewicz, it is Bob himself who demands these shows in an effort to deliver a targeted message to this audience.

According to the Black Enterprise magazine issue from September 1983, Bob marley was the very last performer to play the historic Apollo before it went dark for 5 years. It reopened in 1984.

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A fan who attended one of the shows during the Apollo run left me this message:

“Concerning the Bob Marley concert at the Apollo….there were three shows, in three days….and I made sure I was present for all three…Each show was different…but each unique. The Apollo Theater has 2 balconies…I was in the first balcony …front row center…best seat in the house…I sooo wish at least one of the concerts were on film….Bob rocked the house…so much so, at one point I actually got frightened…at the end of the third and final show…Bob had everyone on their feet singing “Get up Stand up”…of course everyone got up…but it wasn’t until a few minutes into the song that I realized the whole balcony was shaking….literally moving…I kept still to see if it was movement that I was really feeling…sure enough…it was…that’s when I started to hope that the balcony would hold….the balcony was full…even the isles…the Apollo is an old theater…..After the concert , I left feeling fulfilled and exhausted…Bob had taken all my energy…..any time he played NYC I was there….have never been to a concert that could surpass any Bob Marley concert since…….BLESS.”