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This was assembled through both a Soundboard Tape and several FM Broadcasts into what purports to be the complete Bob Marley & The Wailers show in the correct running order.
For those of you who may be interested in such minutia, This is how The tracks shake out:
When I first met with "Snoid Studios"
in the midth 70ies our friendship was founded on a common passion for
Max Romeo & The Upsetter "War ina Babylon". He was then deeply into
Reggae, had a big collection of LPs and singles he had purchased in
Zürich, where a good Reggae Store was placed.
At that time I
was engaged in taping everything that could be found in my friends'
record collections and so this funny wall of tapes arised from that -
including a Reggae part I'm just busy ripping by now. I'm on R 19 (of
36)
London Wavelength's Scheduled Broadcast Week of November 28, 1982
Recorded at:
Keele University, England
November 25, 1980
01 Pete Larkin, Richard Skinner - BBC College Concert 12 Intro
02 UB40 - My Way Of Thinking
03 UB40 - Strange Fruit
04 UB40 - The Earth Dies Screaming
05 UB40 - Burden Of Shame
06 UB40 - I Think It's Going To Rain Today
07 Pete Larkin - BBC College Concert 12 Break
08 Pete Larkin - Segment Into
09 UB40 - Tyler
10 UB40 - Food For Thought
11 UB40 - Madam Medusa
12 UB40 - Wildcat
13 UB40 - Signing Off
14 Pete Larkin - BBC College Concert 12 Outro
The groovy runout grooves say:
BBC College Concert - UB-40 - Δ
BBC College Concert - UB-40 - B
When I originally posted this digitization in 2015 I was unable to determine the date of the show. By using Newspapers.com, I confirmed the show took place on November 25, 1980.
I've updated the post with better file tagging, added the groovy runout grooves information, added both discs labels, and newspaper clippings.
In 1981 UB40 played at Keele University several times, and one of the concerts was recorded for later broadcast.
Tracks from the Keele concert first turned up on the BBC program "Rock Goes To College." Eight songs from the show were broadcast on January 19, 1981 (not the date of the concert). The eight songs on the RGTC concert are:
King
Strange Fruit
The Earth Dies Screaming
Little By Little
I Think It's Going To Rain Today
Food For Thought
Tyler
Signing Off
Almost two years later, ten songs from the Keele show were assembled for distribution in the U.S.A. on London Wavelength’s "BBC College Concert" show #12, which had a broadcast date of November 28, 1982. "King" and "Little By Little" were dropped, and "My Way Of Thinking," "Burden Of Shame," "Madam Medusa," and "Wildcat" were added.
In the 1990s, the Keele concert turned up on the bootleg albums "H20" by Beech Marten/Phonocomp (BM 086 (CD, 1992)), and then again as "Paris" by On Stage Records (CD-ON 2307 (CD, 1994)). Both of these were Italian bootleg labels, and both attributed the show to "Paris Theatre, London UK in 1982." Both bootlegs had the same 10 songs in the same order as the BBC College Concert show. As both bootlegs have the same incorrect information about the venue and date, it’s likely that the 1994 release just bootlegged the earlier bootleg.
Adding to the confusion on this show is that Keele University sometimes turns up spelled as "Keyl University" (which doesn’t exist) or "Kiel University" (which does exist, but is in Germany).
(note: London Wavelength also released a UB40 concert on the "The Penthouse/Omni College Concert" show number #1019. That show is not the Keele concert, it’s from the Hammersmith Odeon in 1984.)
01 BBC College Concert #6 Intro - Pete Larkin, Roger Steffens
02 Steel Pulse - Uncle George
03 Steel Pulse - Blues Dance Raid
04 Steel Pulse - Soldiers
05 Steel Pulse - Rally Round
06 Steel Pulse - Riot
07 Pete Larkin - BBC College Concert #6 Break
08 Steel Pulse - Chant A Psalm
09 Steel Pulse - A Who Responsible
10 Steel Pulse - Sound System
11 Steel Pulse - Ravers
12 Pete Larkin - BBC College Concert #6 Outro
The groovy runout grooves say:
BBC College Concert 10/17/82 - Δ
BBC College Concert 10/17/82 - B
This version digitized Sept. 2015 from the syndicated radio disc. 300 dpi scans of the cue sheet and a disc label included. Updated Feb. 2025 with both disc labels and confirmation of the concert date from the Santa Cruz Sentinel.
After three albums on Island Records subsidiary label Mango Records, Steel Pulse had signed with Elektra Records and was touring America in support of their album "True Democracy." While often known for politically themed lyrics, one of the highlights of this set is the sweet, loping groove of the religiously themed "Chant A Psalm."
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