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" . . . Jah Rastafari! . . . " Positive Vibration Wake Up And Live Concrete Jungle Dem Belly Full I Shot The Sheriff Running Away-> Crazy Baldhead Ambush In The Night Heathen War!-> No More Trouble No Woman No Cry Lively Up Yourself Africa Unite One Drop Exodus Encore: " . . . look what I found, a Rollin' Stone . . ." Is This Love?-> Jamming Ride Natty Ride Roots Rock Reggae-> Natty Dread-> Get Up Stand Up

A pretty rough-sounding, truncated, out-of-order, stereo soundboard of this show has circulated for about 20 years. It turned into one (or perhaps several) of the infamous Japanese bootlegs. A certain prominent reggae collector surmised that this was show from Libreville, Gabon on January 5, 1980, because of Junior's exhortation "Come On, Africa!" at the beginning "Africa Unite." Thus it circulated for a time with the wrong date and location (a situation that frustrates Marley collectors with respect to this show and many others). This setlist is complete and is derived from a black and white archival pro video shot by Bill Graham Presents. Unfortunately, the video becomes seriously distorted toward the end of the show, but audio track is fine. The audio is monaural, SBD and can be recognized because the sound for the first couple of tracks is a bit inconsistent, but by the time "Concrete Jungle" comes around, the mix starts to improve dramatically. There is a cut in "Ambush in the Night," and there is a little bit missing from the beginning of "Lively Up Yourself," which starts abruptly. There are heavy dub effects on the vocals throughout, (e.g. "I Shot the Sheriff . . . riff . . . riff . . . riff . . ."), which are more apparent on this recording than on the stereo version. Al Anderson's lays down trippy, burning solos on "Concrete Jungle" and "Dem Belly Full." He is one of the great unsung guitarists in any genre. Junior's solos on "Wake Up and Live" and "Heathen" are superb. Fams' bass is killer, as always. And Carly . . . was a better drummer ever born? And Bob, the consummate reggae rhythm guitarist, a role that is overshadowed by all his other greatness. And as a special, if somewhat strange bonus, the encore features a guest appearance by Ron Wood.

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