Bob Marley & The Wailers

BOB MARLEY And THE WAILERS- Their Classic ‘LIVE!’ Album Came Out 50 Years Ago Today

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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).

ALBUM


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Biography – Discography

BOB MARLEY – Live Hit Version Of ‘NO WOMAN NO CRY’ Released 50 Years Ago Today

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Top singles from the past

17 July 2025

The late Jamaican reggae master BOB MARLEY who passed
away in 1981 due to cancer (only 36) had a huge hit with the
live version of NO WOMAN, NO CRY.

A song that appeared originally in 1974 on his LP Natty Dread

It was recorded at the Lyceum Theatre in London on 17 July 1975
for his Live! LP and released as a single (the best-known version)
today 50 years ago, on 17 July 1975

The songwriting credit was given to Vincent Ford, a friend of Marley‘s
who ran a soup kitchen in Trenchtown, the ghetto of Kingston, Jamaica,
where Marley grew up The royalty payments received by Ford ensured
his efforts would continue. Class, Bob!

LIVE 1975
The Lyceum, London

– LIVE 1977
Rainbow Theatre, London

STUDIO 1974


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Bio – Discography

‘One Love/People Get Ready’ By BOB MARLEY & THE WAILERS (1977)…

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Knockouts from the past…

3 June 2019

Today 42 years ago, on 3 June 1977 amidst the punk explosion BOB MARLEY and his WAILERS released their ninth studio album, the highly triumphant EXODUS, recorded in London as Marley has left Jamaica after gunmen tried to kill him a year before in his native country. The LP made Marley a global star as it received gold certifications in the US, UK and Canada.

ALL MUSIC wrote: “Thematically, ‘Exodus’ represented a subtle but significant shift for Marley, while he continued to speak out against political corruption and for freedom and equality for Third World people, his lyrics dealt less with specifics and more with generalities and the need for peace and love ‘Exodus’ was recorded at a time when Bob Marley was learning about the unexpected costs of international stardom, but it hadn’t yet sapped his creative strengths, and this is one of the finest albums in his stellar catalog.”

One of his most famous songs ever ‘ONE LOVE/PEOPLE GET READY’ was one of the singles that helped to make EXODUS a huge success. Still a great song, still a great message given the sad reality of our nowadays severely divided world…

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The album…