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Bob Marley interview Los Angeles, CA, 1973 plus Musician Magazine profile (1980)

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This interview by journalist Wanda Coleman was conducted while the Wailers were on tour in California in the fall of 1973.

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Here is an interview and profile from the April 1, 1980 issue of MUSICIAN magazine.  Click on the image to read in our digital document library.

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Bob Marley and the Wailers: Paul’s Mall, Boston, 1973

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Today I share with you an article by “Beacon Hill Bill” that was published on October 31, 1973, a few months after The Wailers played Paul’s Mall in Boston.
Paul’s Mall and the Jazz Workshop, located on Boylston Street opposite the Prudential center, was a popular music venue in the mid-1970s.  Paul’s Mall was a popular venue from it’s opening in 1963 until it closed in 1978.  Before it was Pall’s Mall Jazz Workshop, it was the Unicorn coffee house. It helped introduce acts like Linda Ronstadt, The Stone Ponies, The Wailers, and Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers to the rock audience.
In addition to the profile article, I have included an EXCELLENT recording of The Wailers first show at Paul’s Mall on July 11, 1973.  The audio for this show is amazing.  It is one of the few recorded shows that features Peter Tosh on vocals/lead guitar as he would depart the band the following year.  Recorded by the legendary Neil Cronin and copied in a trade in the mid 70′s to two Sony PR-150 reels and mastered to CD by Matt Smith, this show is a “must have” for any Wailers fan.  It is presented here in lossless (FLAC) audio format.

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The Wailers Live at Paul’s Mall, Boston July 11, 1973
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
Set List
1 Intro > Lively Up Yourself
2 400 Years
3 Stir it Up
4 Slave Driver
5 Stop that Train
6 Kinky Reggae
7 Concrete Jungle
8 Get up Stand Up > Outro (DJ Banter)
DOWNLOAD FLAC FILES

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Bob Marley, Paul’s Mall 1973

© Cliff Garboden

Marley and Tosh, Paul’s Mall 1973

© Cliff Garboden

Bob Marley, Paul’s Mall

© Cliff Garboden

Bob Marley: “Midnight Ravers Version Mix”

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I liked the tune so much I named my blog after it.  This has always been my favorite Wailers tune.  Take equal parts apocalypse, Revelation, Armageddon, and add a likkle homosexuality, gender dysmorphia, rape, pillage, and plunder – mix it all together and “Stir It Up” – and you get “Midnight Ravers.”

Included in this mix is a live version from Chicago 1975 where the tune is performed dread and heavy.  Also included is The Wailers’ performance of “Midnight Ravers” at Leeds Polytechnic 1973 – a performance as wild and raucous as Marley’s hair at the time.

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Bob Marley 1973

Bob Marley 1973

Peter Tosh, Leeds, 1973

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