Daniel's Collection
Bob Marley & The Wailers 06/08/1978
Music Hall, Boston, MA
| Source | Early Show: Unknown Master Audience Recording [allegedly Made From Front Row Of Balcony] > Probably An Analog Copy Generation Or Two? > Maxell Ud 7" Reel At 3.3/4 Ips > My Cassette (tdk-ad, No Dolby) > Soundforge > Flac (sb's Aligned) > Torrentially Yours. |
| Media | FLAC 16/44.1khz 1 disc |
| Notes | glasnostrd19: Marley's popularity was at or near its peak with the release of his album "Exodus", and the Wailers deliver that kind of energy in this show. The beginning seems almost mellow in mood (for a Bob Marley concert) but that doesn't last very long. All in all for both the music and sound, this is one of my 2 favorite BMW recordings. Many I've heard sound either really bassy (almost all do), really generated/saturated or distorted. The King Biscuit Flower Hour radio series also recorded from one or both these shows and broadcasted about 30 minutes. This is not the same source recording made by/for that broadcast, although I bet the KBFH people would not have been too upset if they had to defer to this one instead of theirs, because the tale of the tape on this is it was recorded using 2 mikes (unknown make/model, but good ones), one on either side of the balcony hung on or over the railing. Even though it has the classic bass heavy BMW mix all their live recordings seem to have, on this one, you get the rest of it too, you can hear the percussion and the guitar and keyboards clearly, the bass is heavy, but doesn't drown out everything else. The energy of the last half (or so) of the show is very high, with the Jammin' and a nice encore medley. It is an audience tape, but the quality almost defies that distinction. Whoever did this thing must really like Bob Marley, and took great care to make this wonderful document of a classic concert performance. |
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· Last Updated Oct 27, 2023
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