MARLEY, BOB

DVD · HotWacks archive review

LIVE IN OAKLAND COLISEUM 1979

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Label
RSVP 2000
Source
Tracks 1-18: CBS Studio 24th October 73; Tracks 19-40: Oakland Coliseum, 30th Nov. 79.
Format
1 DVD-R, 4:3 NTSC
Running time
196:17
Sound / source
Mono Soundboard
Packaging
Standard DVD Clamshell
Features
Interactive menu, chapters selection
Video / source
Proshot colour and Multicamera b&w (Tracks 19-40)
Live in Oakland 1979 DVD front
Live in Oakland 1979 DVD front
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Track list

1. Rastaman Chantin', 2. Testin' Duppy And Tunin', 3. Conquering Duppy, 4. Duppy Conqueror, 5. Slave Drivers, 6. Burnin' And Lootin', 7. Rastaman A Chant, 8. Rappin' And Tunin', 9. Instrumental Duppy, 10. Nightlife Raving, 11. Three Ravin' Retakes, 12. Midnight Raver, 13. Put It On, 14. Stop That Train, 15. Kinky Reggae, 16. Stir It Up, 17. No More Trouble, 18. Get Up, Stand Up, 19. Positive Vibration, 20. Wake Up And Live, 21. Concrete Jungle, 22. Them Belly Full, 23. I Shot The Sheriff, 24. Runnin' Away, 25. Crazy Baldhead, 26. Ambush, 27. The Heathen, 28. War, 29. No More Trouble, 30. No Woman, No Cry, 31. Lively Up Yourself, 32. Africa Unite, 33. One Drop, 34. Exodus, 35. Encore, 36. Is This Love?-Jammin', 37. Ride Natty Ride, 38. Roots Rock Reggae, 39. Natty Dread, 40. Get Up Stand Up.

 

The review

This release from Bob Marley couples some studio work from 1973 at L.A. Capitol Studios with a live concert from 1979 at Oakland Coliseum. Sourced from a VHS recording the CBS tracks are songs played in the studio as Rehearsals, with Peter Tosh still in the band. There are three different sources for these relearsals: a low colored version with time code, a high coloured version without time code (this is it) and a short black and white one with time code. The footage is not of high quality and the soundtrack, although soundboard, is in mono. The Oakland Coliseum concert from 1979 has become a classic one, just two years before Marley's untimely death and features Ron Wood playing on "Is This Love?/Jammin'", "Ride Natty Ride", "Roots, Rock,Reggae", "Natty Dread" and "Get Up, Stand Up". This concert has been broadcasted by Wolfgang's Vault and features an all great hits setlist played confidently by skilled musicians and enjoyed by the crowds. Here the video is in black and white, the only footage to have come out from this historic concert, the soundtrack being in mono as well.

                         

 

 

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