Reggae Live Albums
I developed my taste for and knowledge of reggae from listening to the late night John Peel radio show when I was a teenager.
I’m very much stuck in the 1975 to 1978 phase of reggae which coincides with when Bob Marley cracked the British market.
Alpha Blondy Live Au Zenith Paris 1992
Aswad Live And Direct 1983
Big Youth Live at Reggae Sunsplash 1982
Black Uhuru Tear It Up Live 1981
Burning Spear Live 1977
Burning Spear Live In Paris Zenith 88
Burning Spear Love & Peace Live 1993
Burning Spear Live At Montreux Jazz Festival 2001
Culture Cultural Livity Culture Live ’98
Culture Live In Africa 2000
Justin Hinds Live at the Grassroots 2002
Israel Vibration Vibes Alive 1991
Bob Marley Live 1975
Bob Marley Live At The Roxy The Complete Concert 1976
Bob Marley Babylon By Bus 1978
Bob Marley Easy Skanking In Boston 78
Bob Marley Live Forever, Stanley Theatre Pittsburgh 1980
Bob Marley Live in Dortmund Germany 1980
Steel Pulse Rastafari Centennial Live in Paris 1992
Taj Mahal Live & Direct 1979
Peter Tosh Live & Dangerous Boston 1976
Peter Tosh Captured Live 1983
Toots and the Maytals Live 1980
UB40 Live 1982
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Live at Reggae Sunsplash is a live album by Big Youth.
It was recorded at the Reggae Sunsplash concert at Jarrett Park, Montego Bay, Jamaica on August 4, 1982.
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Live Forever: The Stanley Theatre, Pittsburgh, PA, September 23, 1980 is a live album by Bob Marley & The Wailers.
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Live At The Grassroots is a live album by Justin Hinds backed by John Brown’s Body.
It was recorded at the Finger Lakes Grassroots Festival in Trumansburg, New York on July 19, 2002.
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UB40 Live is a live album by British reggae group UB40.
It was recorded in Ireland in February 1982.
Live & Dangerous Boston 1976 is a live album by former Wailer, Peter Tosh.
Easy Skanking In Boston 78 is an archive released live album and/or DVD by Bob Marley & The Wailers.
It was recorded at the Music Hall in Boston on June 8, 1978.
Release date is 16 February 2015 in the UK and a day later in the USA.
It celebrates the 70th anniversary of Bob Marley’s birth on 6 February 1945.
Burning Spear Live is a live album by reggae great Burning Spear aka Winston Rodney.
It was recorded at the Rainbow Theatre in London in October 1977 and the album was released later the same year.
Live In Africa is a live album by Jamaican roots reggae group Culture.
It was recorded in South Africa on December 14th, 2000 but not released in 2002 as a CD and DVD.
Live In Paris Zenith 88 is a live album by Jamaican reggae singer Burning Spear.
It was recorded on May 21, 1988 but not released until the following year.
Confusingly this is available as a double CD or as two separate CDs.
Live And Direct is a live album by British reggae group Aswad.
It was recorded at the 1983 Notting Hill Gate Carnival in London and was released the same year.
