Significant longplayers from yesteryear
5 December 2025
The late reggae pioneer BOB MARLEY (1945-1981) and his WAILERS
had their classic and timeless praised LP LIVE! out on 5 December 1975,
today 50 years ago.
It was recorded live in July 1975 at their
2 concerts at the Lyceum Theatre, London.
Sound‘s (legendary British music weekly) photographer
Kate Simon (who shot the cover of Marley‘s 1978 album Kaya)
was at one of the concerts:
“It was like seeing someone who was as good-looking as Steve McQueen, playing with
a group that was peerless, as tight as anything you’d ever heard. And not only did you
hear this magnificent voice, but the message was one of faith, truth and doing the right
thing. To see someone who sang about principles, and did it in such a way that made
even me dance, that was quite something.”
The fantastic version on the LP of Marley‘s greatest hit NO WOMAN, NO CRY
was released as a single (more than 350 million streams on Spotify).
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