Bob Marley

ecorded on the road in Europe during a 1978 tour, this is one of the Wailers' definitive live releases. Marley may be associated with ganja and tripped-out hippies in the U.S., but a certain ferocity lies under songs like "Exodus" and "War/No More Trouble," reminding us how political Marley's message actually was. Ashton "Familyman" Barrett is on bass.

Jamaicans have a marvelously vivid word–blueswee–to describe those who are wily and
hard to pin down: i.e., the Bob Marleys of the world. In native folklore, these qualities of
cunning are personified by Anancy, a legendary figure whose name comes from the Twi
anànse, meaning spider. The Anancy stories, derived from the Ashanti and brought to
Jamaica in the 1600s on slave ships from the Gold Coast, are fables wherein the s... More >

Here's another one of those live doubles I'd love to love--because I still think they're a great band when it's customary to put them down, and because the night I caught was magnificent. But I prefer the studio versions of every one of these songs (including "Punky Reggae Party," available as an import single). In other words, here's another one of those live doubles. (Grade - B-)