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only by FTP and SHN, FLAC. I have a server. I'm interested in all jamaican music : ska, rocksteady, early reggae, roots, dub, digital, modern roots, dancehall... My favorite artists : Abyssinians, Don Carlos, Sugar Minott, Linval Thompson, Augustus Pablo, Skatalites, , Burning Spear, Bob Marley, Peter Tosh, Max Romeo...

Search : old shows (70's, mid80's)


My Music List:

Abyssinians
Date Venue City State Media Type Source Sound Note
12/12/89 Unknown Paris France FLAC Soundboard A I can say that it's my favorite show. With all the original members : Bernard Collins and Manning Brothers !!! Some statics but the sound is always good. a great backing band. 55 min.
04/11/00 Le Theatre De Moulin Marseille France FLAC Audience B Manning Brothers' show without Bernard Collins 72 min

Alpha Blondy
Date Venue City State Media Type Source Sound Note
08/25/02 Chiemsee Reggae Summer Übersee Germany SHN TV show A++ TVShow on Bayerischer Rundfunk Tuesday 10.12.2002 23:50h 43min I don't think it is a complete show. It is cutted by two short interviews

Anthony B
Date Venue City State Media Type Source Sound Note
09/20/99 Toad's Place New Haven CT SHN good audience (Jah C) A A nice show. 82 min

Apple Gabriel
Date Venue City State Media Type Source Sound Note
06/20/99 Sierra Nevada Music Festival, Riverfront Park Marysville CA FLAC DSoundboard A+ a very nice show with Skelly and Wiss. Good horns
12/11/99 Top of the World Coburg OR FLAC Soundboard A+ 123 min

Barrington Levy
Date Venue City State Media Type Source Sound Note
07/20/97 Culturama Randalls Island NY FLAC Audience (Jah C) A Good audience. The first part of a long show. W/ Determine, Beenie Man, Cocoa Tea. 91min.
06/23/02 Town Point Parc Norfolk VA FLAC Audience A Nice audience show. 25 tracks ! 74 min.

Black Uhuru
Date Venue City State Media Type Source Sound Note
11/27/82 Bob Marley Performing Centre Montego Bay Jamaica SHN Sounboard A A great sound except many clicks and pops. The music is really great, better than the official live release. 78min.
09/15/00 House Of Blues Chicago IL SHN Soundboard A Nice and long show. With Sly and Robbie, Andrew Bees is the lead singer. Good dubs. 119 min.

Bob Marley & The Wailers
Date Venue City State Media Type Source Sound Note
05/27/73 Ethiopian Famine Relief Benefit, Edmonton Sundown London England Soundboard A-B Only 3 tracks. 16 min.
07/11/73 Paul's Mall Boston MA SHN Soundboard A Nice show. The sound is clean and the music is for my part a must. 37min.
06/27/75 Paul's Mall Boston MA SHN ?????? A- Liberated Bootleg AMJ ABCP-14. 57 min.
04/23/76 Tower Theater (Late Show) Upper Darby PA FLAC Soundboard A+ Bob's mom was in attendance at this show. He really give it an extra special effort this night. Chatting between the songs. Amazing performances of many of Bob's rarer tunes and his classics. Fantastic versions of Jah Live, Johhny Was and Want More. 122min.
04/22/78 OLPC National Heroes Stadium Kingston Jamaica SHN Soundboard A legendary concert !!! when Edward Seaga and Michael Manley came on Jammin'. 53 min.
06/14/78 Pinecrest Country Club Shelton CT SHN Soundboard B With Punky Reggae Party. 73min.
04/07/79 Shibuya Public Hall Shibuya, Tokyo Japan FLAC Audience B Rare show in Japan. 96min.
07/21/79 Harvard Stadium Boston MA SHN Soundboard A SBD version. 89 min.

Bob Marley & The Wailers Rehearsal
Date Venue City State Media Type Source Sound Note
??/??/76 Yvette Acoustic Tapes Unknown Unknown SHN AUD A Yvette's Bedroom Tape. 56 min.
??/??/77 Acoustic Sessions with Sons of Jah London England SHN audience B-C The sound is very strange, not always equal... But it's a nice tape with a long Waiting In Vain or she's Gone... 54 min.
??/??/77 Exodus Rehearsal (Morning Trail) Unknown Unknown SHN Studio B+ Only five tracks. Rare version of So Much Things To Say. 25min.
05/31/78 Studio Rehearsals Miami FL SHN Studio A Nice rehearsals. A incredible version of Time Will Tell (24min) and a rare version of Crisis. 77min.
09/20/80 Essex House Hotel New York NY SHN Audience A Acoustic Sessions... with interviews. 46 min.

Bunny Wailer
Date Venue City State Media Type Source Sound Note
09/27/89 The Warner Theater Washington DC SHN Audience B Not a really good sound but the show is audible. 73min.

Burning Spear
Date Venue City State Media Type Source Sound Note
08/20/78 Music Inn Lenox MA FLAC Soundboard A- Early show w/ Monyaka. 80min.
10/23/80 Coconut Grove Santa Cruz CA FLAC Soundboard A+ Great organ. 91min.
08/30/86 Jarrett Park Montego Bay Jamaica SHN Soundboard A+ A nice show. Intermittent Static during the first few songs. Most notiably during the first two songs. 79 min.
02/22/87 First Avenue Minneapolis MN SHN Soundboard A 78 min.
08/07/94 The Globe Theatre Norwalk CT SHN Audience A+ Very good sound for a audience recording. 121 min.
07/28/95 The Globe Theatre Norwalk CT SHN Audience A- Good and long show. 126 min.
08/03/97 Reggae on the River Garberville CA SHN Sounboard A 115min.
07/11/99 Unknown Hamburg Germany FLAC Soundboard A+ This comes right from Burning Spear himself ! 67min.
09/10/99 Unknown Austin TX SHN Audience ? A- There is also a show the day before 09-09-99 in Austin. 72 min.
09/09/00 House of Blues West Hollywood CA FLAC Soundboard A++ a nice show with a very good sound and a great burning band. 89 min.
09/12/01 Cafe Tomo Arcata CA SHN Soundboard A+ Without lead guitar. 105min.

Capleton
Date Venue City State Media Type Source Sound Note
03/10/98 Toad's Place New Haven CT FLAC audience (Jah C) B

Congos
Date Venue City State Media Type Source Sound Note
02/29/00 S.O.B.'s New York NY SHN Audience (Jah C) A 115 min.

Culture
Date Venue City State Media Type Source Sound Note
01/01/81 Unknown Boston MA FLAC Soundboard A Really great early show of Culture. The group is complete. WITH HORNS.
04/13/88 The Kennel Club San Francisco CA SHN Audience A- 72.56 min.
09/18/97 Toad's Place New Haven CT SHN Audience A- 113 min.

Dennis Brown
Date Venue City State Media Type Source Sound Note
08/02/81 Varsity Stadium Toronto ON FLAC Audience (??) A Excellent show. Incredible backing band : L. Parks, Bo-Pee, A. Bassford, Bubbler, D. Frazer, Nambo, C. Chin, D. Richard, R. Thomas. 71min.

Eek-A-Mouse
Date Venue City State Media Type Source Sound Note
09/17/97 S.O.B's New York NY FLAC Audience (Jah C) A- 97min.

Everton Blender
Date Venue City State Media Type Source Sound Note
07/22/00 N.E. Reggae Fest Escoheag RI SHN Audience (Jah C) B With Half Pint. 75 min

Gladiators
Date Venue City State Media Type Source Sound Note
05/21/97 Oméga Live Toulon France SHN soundboard A+ A classic gladiators show but a very good sound. COMMERCIAL RELEASE : "Alive and Fighting"
02/06/00 Salvador Summer Festival Salvador Brazil FLAC Soundboard A+ Tenament yard cover. 58min.
07/12/01 Place Du Jeu De Ballon Cignac France Audience B+ In general, the sound is good but the voices are low.

Israel Vibration
Date Venue City State Media Type Source Sound Note
10/10/79 My Father's Place Old Roslyn NY FLAC Soundboard A- The beginning of the group. A historic show for the fans of the group. With horns. 49min.
04/05/89 Barbary Coast - San Francisco State University San Francisco CA SHN Audience B+ With Mekey Dread and the Roots Radics. 112min.
04/24/94 tivoli utrecht holland SHN Soundboard A+ 90 min.
06/28/98 Irving Plaza New York NY SHN Audience (Jah C) A 115 min.
06/19/99 Riverfront Park Marysville CA SHN Soundboard A+ With Apple. 74 min.
07/10/02 BB Kings Blues Club New York NY SHN Audience (Jah C) A 80 min.
08/23/02 Chiemsee Reggae Summer Übersee Germany SHN TV Show A++ TVShow on Bayerischer Rundfunk Tuesday 43min I don't think it is a complete show. It is cutted by two short interviews
06/01/03 The NorVa Norfolk VA SHN Soundboard A+ 94min.

Jacob Miller
Date Venue City State Media Type Source Sound Note
??/??/78 Paradiso Amsterdam Holland FLAC Sounboard A Nice old but short show. 29min.

Laurel Aitken
Date Venue City State Media Type Source Sound Note
08/08/98 Pioneer Square Seattle WA SHN Soundboard A+ Rare show of the Godfather of Ska, Laurel Aitken backed by the New York Ska Jazz Ensemble. 61min.

Linton Kwesi Johnson
Date Venue City State Media Type Source Sound Note
07/11/98 Chiemsee Reggae Fest Chiemsee Germany SHN FM ? A+ A classic show with horns. 40min42
04/13/02 Södra Teatern Stockholm Sweden FLAC FM A+

Luciano
Date Venue City State Media Type Source Sound Note
08/30/99 Toad's Place New Haven CT FLAC Soundboard A++ Very good sound for this long show. With Mikey General. 103min.

Michael Prophet
Date Venue City State Media Type Source Sound Note
01/01/83 Unknown London England FLAC Soundboard A A very great show, for a too unfamous artist. With saxophone. 33min.

Michael Rose
Date Venue City State Media Type Source Sound Note
09/18/99 Northampton Reggae Fest Northampton MA SHN Audience B++ 68min.

Mikey General
Date Venue City State Media Type Source Sound Note
03/27/01 Toad's Place New Haven CT FLAC Audience (Jah C) A Good audience. 59min.

Peter Tosh
Date Venue City State Media Type Source Sound Note
??/??/77 Legalize It Sessions Unknown Unknown SHN Soundboard A+ Legalize It Demos. 29 min.
07/29/81 The Ritz New York NY SHN Soundboard A+ 72min.
09/30/83 Ahoy Hallen Rotterdam Netherlands SHN Soundboard A- 77min.
??/??/83 mama africa demos studio studio FLAC Soundboard A 46 min.

Skatalites
Date Venue City State Media Type Source Sound Note
09/17/97 S.O.B. 's New York NY SHN Soundboard A the first track, Freedom Sound is cutted. 63 min.
08/08/98 Knitting Factory New York NY FLAC Soundboard A- The horns are not the equal level of sound. 101min.
11/24/99 Nefertiti Gothenburg Sweden APE Sounboard A+ Classic show. 120min.
04/01/00 Comfort Zone Toronto ON SHN Audience A+ Amazing show. My favorite skatalites' show. 122 min.
07/23/00 Festival des Vieilles Charrues Carhaix France FLAC Soundboard (TV show) A+
07/??/01 WOMAD Reading England SHN Soundboard A+ Nice show with a good sound
08/24/03 Slopeside Steamboat Springs CO FLAC Audience A 109min.

Sly & Robbie
Date Venue City State Media Type Source Sound Note
08/30/86 Reggae Sunsplash IX, Jarrett Park Montego Bay Jamaica FLAC Soundboard A+ Taxi Gang with Robbie Lyn, Dean Fraser, Chico Chin, Nambo. With Ini Kamoze and The Tamlins. Great Early dancehall !!! 64min.

Steel Pulse
Date Venue City State Media Type Source Sound Note
09/10/82 The Catalyst Santa Cruz CA SHN Soundboard A *Seven second drop out at start of Track 3 **Songs 10-12 sound as though they are from a different show. 67 min.
11/26/83 Paradiso Club Amsterdam Netherlands SHN Soundboard A filler: The Ritz, New York City 7.12.84 FM SBD>? 12.Reggae Fever 13.Prodigal Son 14.Roller Skates(Life Without Music) 60+16min.
07/02/84 The Ritz New York NY FLAC Soundboard A Again a nice show for Steel Pulse. A must have in live. 79min.
??/??/84 Rainbow Theatre Denver CO SHN Audience A- Nice show. 84min.
06/16/01 Caribana Festival Crans Switzerland FLAC Audience ?? A Classic show. 69min.
07/10/03 Toad's Place New Haven CT FLAC Audience (Jah C) A- 95min.

Sugar Minott
Date Venue City State Media Type Source Sound Note
10/27/02 Pepper's Cafe Fort Lauderdale FL FLAC Soundoard A+ A nice show for a great artist. 23 tracks. 68 min.

The Itals
Date Venue City State Media Type Source Sound Note
08/24/88 Grand Emporium Kansas City MO Soundboard A Nice show. 84 min.

The Meditations
Date Venue City State Media Type Source Sound Note
06/02/96 Woodbury Ski & Racket Woodbury CT FLAC Audience B With Michael Rose. 44min.

The Wailers
Date Venue City State Media Type Source Sound Note
??/??/96 Unknown Chateauroux France SHN Soundboard A++ recorded by a friend. very good sound.
04/25/02 Fitzgerald's Houston TX SHN Soundboard A+ Very good sound. 24 tracks 142 min.

Third World
Date Venue City State Media Type Source Sound Note
??/??/80 Rainbow Theatre London UK SHN Soundboard A Early FM show. Good sound. 51min.
??/??/82 Hammersmith Odeon London UK SHN Soundboard (FM) A+ Good show. Very good sound. 48min.

Toots & The Maytals
Date Venue City State Media Type Source Sound Note
??/??/76 The Longbranch Saloon Berkeley CA SHN Soundboard A Good sound for an early show. Nice organ. 54min.
04/22/78 The Horseshoe Tavern Toronto ON SHN Audience (Stage) A- Early show. The sound is correct. 62min.
11/25/82 Bob Marley Performing Centre Montego Bay Jamaica SHN Soundboard A+ 52min.


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