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The Wailers
Upstairs at Max's Kansas City
New York City, NY
July 18-23, 1973

Segment-1: Reel > C > DAT > CD > Plex 48A > EAC > CDWav > FFE > FLAC
Segment-2: Reel > C > DAT > CD > Plex 48A > EAC > CDWav > FFE > FLAC
Segment-3: Reel > C(2) > DAT > CD > Plex 48A > EAC > CDWav > FFE > FLAC

Size: 603 MiB flac
Length: 94:34 min

Thanks to Jah, here's some mighty fine Reggae, the most complete capture of
The Wailers run at Max's, in July 1973. Fourteen shows were played from the
18th through the 23rd. Only three of those circulate with unknown dates.
Here they are, presented together for the first time, in segments. This is
meaningful partly because of Bob, Peter, and Joe, and partly because it's
historically accurate. Each segment has it's own text file with some notes.
So big respect to the kind traders who kept these alive for so long. Jah bless
them and Joey Newlander who compiled these and opened his collection for us.

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The Wailers
Upstairs at Max's Kansas City
New York City, NY
July 18-23, 1973
Segment #1

Source: Audience to reel , However, possibly through the board.
Lineage: Reel > C > DAT > CD > Plex 48A > EAC > CDWav > FFE > FLAC
Length: 33:36 min


1) Bend Down Low [3:54]
2) Lively Up Yourself [3:54]
3) Slave Driver [4:45]
4) Stop That Train [3:52]
5) Stir It Up [5:08]
6) Kinky Reggae [3:47]
7) Get Up, Stand Up [4:27]
8) E: Rude Boy [4:25]


Notes:
The Wailers began the Catch A Fire North American Tour with a trip to Ontario,
then a fourteen show run at Paul's Mall in Boston from July 9th - 15th. They
then hit the Big Apple for a fourteen show run opening up for Bruce Springsteen
at Max's Kansas City, Upstairs. There were two shows per night and three shows
on the weekend.

It is highly unlikely that these were the first US appearances by the Wailers,
as they apparently did a mini-tour of New York and the Northeast the previous
December around New Years. All three recordings we have from this run are most
likely mastered by the same recordist. Definitely two of the three sets appear
to be either the same night or two consecutive nights. My guess is that these
recordings were made at the soundboard, if not through it, either by the engineer
or someone associated with the venue. This lends high hopes to the existence and
survival of the remaining 11 sets.

This show has a great Stir It Up that begins with a terrific keyboard rhythm.
The Kinky Reggae that follows picks up on the same energy, as you get to hear
Peter Tosh and Joe Higgs on backing vocals. Joining in the energy, Aston Barrett
delivers a blazing bass line during Get Up Stand Up.


Flaws:
There is slight overmodulation and hiss throughout the recording.
t5 - 1:33 - Subsecond drop out
t8 - 0:47 - Subsecond static pop


Credits:
To Joey Newlander, aka cosmofone, for providing the compilation to be seeded
to Easytree for the Wailers fans out there. Respect!


Fingerprints:
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