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Bob Marley and the Wailers, Live, Manhattan Center, 1975 (Re-up!)

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Here is a re-up of a previous show audio download.  Very good show.  Video segments from the show were included with the DVD release of Marley.  CLICK HERE to access the posting.

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Bob Marley and the Wailers Live at the Paramount Theater, 1975

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I came across this concert poster for a show that Bob Marley and the Wailers played on July 8, 1975 at Oakland’s Paramount Theater.  The opener for the show was the soulful Martha Reeves. This is the first time I’ve ever seen this poster so I figured it may be of interest to some.  The poster was designed by Randy Tutten.

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‘Marley, the Maytals, and the Reggae Armageddon’ (LA Times, 1975)

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Today I share with you an interview that Richard Cromelin conducted with Bob Marley in 1975.  The interview, published in Rolling Stone magazine on 11 September 1975, provides insight into Rastafari, the use of ganja as a sacrament, and Babylon.  The article also includes a short piece by Richard Cromelin called “An Herbal Meditation with Bob Marley.”  I have included an audio file of this interview.
The interview was conducted at the Tropicana Hotel in Hollywood,  Los Angeles, CA hotel during Bob Marley and the Wailers‘ U.S. Natty Dread tour.  They are in L.A. to play 5 consecutive shows at the world-famous Roxy on the Sunset Strip in Hollywood.  This tour introduces Bob Marley and the Wailers to a fickle, and mostly skeptical U.S. audience, however it is attended by the who’s who of Hollywood celebrities.
MANY THANKS TO DOC JAH FOR CONTRIBUTING THIS ARTICLE TO THE LIBRARY.  HE HAS ONE OF THE BEST REGGAE WEBSITES ON THE WEB!
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I have also included a review of the opening night concert by Richard Cromelin from the L.A. Times.
 
Concert Review
By Richard Cromelin

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Rare Bob Marley Interview & More: Swing Magazine, July/August 1975

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Included here is a real rarity.  Swing Magazine was a Jamaican reggae and entertainment magazine that was popular in the 1970s.  In this issue, published in July 1975, we get a rare early look into Marley’s life as he talks candidly about touring England with Johnny Nash, how Don Taylor knows how to “handle” Americans, about the band playing “tight and right” in Canada, Boston, Chicago, Detroit, Cleveland, Connecticut, and California.  He also says that Americans don’t just like the music, they dig the “stagecraft” explaining:
“Regardless of the size of the stage, you got to move.  Use it up, he, he, he.”
This interview is definitely not one to be missed.
In addition, there are tons of other gems as well!  A piece about a young, struggling band called Third World; a young Peter Tosh on stage with guitar; a review of the Super Soul ’75 concert; a story on an angel-voiced trio named The Tamlins; Clancy Eccles, Augustus Pablo, Burning Spear, Dennis Brown, Ken Boothe, Jack Ruby, and much more.
I would suggest reading this treasure from cover to cover…
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