Bob Marley and the Wailers ‘Survival’ Demos (1979)
Included here are rare demos and alternate versions from the Survival LP recording sessions. Also included is a review of the album by journalist Neil Spencer which appeared in the September 29, 1979...
View ArticleBob Marley interviewed by Mike Strand, 1980
Included here is one of Marley’s last print interviews, which appeared in Smash Hits Magazine in 1980… The post Bob Marley interviewed by Mike Strand, 1980 appeared first on MIDNIGHT RAVER.
View ArticleBob Marley interviewed by Bruce Morrow (NBC News), NYC, March 16, 1978
One month prior to returning to Jamaica to perform the show of his career, Bob Marley sits down in NYC with NBC News reporter Bruce Morrow to discuss his assassination attempt, exile in London, and his...
View ArticleMarley Down Under (1979)
Bob Marley and the Wailers head due south for record-setting shows in Australia and New Zealand Included here are rarely circulated features and concert reviews from the Australian press… A review of...
View ArticleBob Marley, Hoch Auditorium, University of Kansas, 1979
by George Diepenbrock Lawrence Journal “Bill Tuttle remembers being in a rotten mood on Dec. 6, 1979. The Kansas University history professor’s house had just been broken into. Someone took two of his...
View ArticleBob Marley, New York Times Magazine, 1977
The following 5-part feature was published in the September/October 1977 New York Times Magazine. The post Bob Marley, New York Times Magazine, 1977 appeared first on MIDNIGHT RAVER.
View ArticleBob Marley and the Wailers: Reggae Sunsplash, 1979
Included here is a most excellent audio recording of Bob Marley and the Wailers performing live at Reggae Sunsplash, Jarrett Park, Montego Bay, JA on July 7, 1979. Also included here is journalist...
View ArticleRoger Steffens on MD #104 Dec 20th-21st 1981 KTIM Pt 1 The Year’s Best
with co-host Roger Steffens for Doug’s 3rd annual year’s end Midnight Dread special in 1981. Roger talks about the song Marley set for release upon his passing. After a few seasonal tunes it’s all...
View ArticleAll Request Top 5s MD #103 Dec 13-14 ’81 Pt 1 KTIM Listener Postcards
Listen up to The Listeners’ Best! Here’s their individual picks for the Top Five Reggae Songs Of All Time plus the first inkling of the ranking of their collective All Time Top Fives as the Midnight...
View ArticleAmandla: The Festival of Unity, 1979
The Amandla Festival of Unity was a world music festival held at Harvard Stadium in Boston, Massachusetts, on July 21, 1979. The festival was held in an effort to support and celebrate the liberation...
View ArticleJunior Marvin interview MD #80 July 19th-20th, 1981 KTIM Midnight Rockers
Wailers lead guitarist Marvin talks at length 2 months after playing Marley’s funeral & outlines his work & tours with Bob & the band from Exodus & Kaya to Survival & Uprising....
View ArticleDreader General MD #78 July 5th-6th, 1981 KTIM
All I & I have is one love, one heart, which Bob Marley & Blue Riddim follow LKJ’s Reggae Sounds with, after Big Youth targets No No No screaming & Black Uhuru’s gun youth warning. 1st time...
View ArticleBob Marley Exodus & Kaya Alternate Versions
Included here is a playlist of alternate mixes of tracks from the Exodus and Kaya albums. Enjoy! 1. Exodus (Alternate) 2. Running Away (Alternate) 3. Guiltiness (Alternate) 4. Roots (Alternate) 5....
View ArticleBob Marley: 2015 Top Rankin’
My selection for best reggae album so far this year is Bob Marley and the Wailers Easy Skanking: Boston 1978. This phenomenal live set, released on CD/LP/DVD/Blu-Ray, captures the group at the peak...
View ArticleTough Tight & Midnight Dread #77 June 28-29, 1981
Tony Gee provides Bob Marley’s dynamite demo of “Babylon Feel This One”. Smiling faces sometimes mask the truth. Early ghost town sound echoes as midnight brings a lethal how the west was won theme....
View ArticleSummer Comin’ Hot Midnight Dread #76 June 21-22, 1981
On the day San Rafael hit 104 degrees MD hit the airwaves with hot new music from Peter Tosh, Jimmy Cliff, Black Uhuru, Bunny Wailer, Earl 16 et al + JA Marley midnight mixes & Ras Kidus drop by.
View ArticleRaver’s Top Ten Reggae Albums of 2015!
Bob Marley and the Wailers‘ ‘Easy Skanking in Boston ’78’ comes in at Number One on MusicSnake’s Top Ten Reggae Albums of 2015. The first half of 2015 has seen the release of a ‘whole heap’ of solid...
View ArticleJamaican Rockers Hop Midnight Dread #75 June 14-15, 1981
Kinky reggae dirty bop on the rock for the restless spirit. Dennis Brown & Blue Riddim come to town. Listen 1st time since 1981.
View ArticleThe Wailers w/ Soul Brothers “Bend Down Low”/”Freedom Time” (1966)
One of my favorite Wailers 7″s is the “Bend Down Low”/”Freedom Time (Get Ready)” single. Recorded shortly after Bob Marley’s return to Jamaica from Delaware in 1966, “Bend Down Low” is the Wailers’...
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