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Bob Marley and the Wailers Live at the Rainbow
Bob Marley and the Wailers Live at the Rainbow

 enlarge 		Actor: Bob Marley & The Wailers
Studio: Island
Category: DVD

List Price: $19.98
Buy New: $12.49
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Avg. Customer Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars 38 reviews
Sales Rank: 7132

Format: Ac-3, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Dts Surround Sound, Dvd-video, Live, Original Recording Remastered, Ntsc
Language: English (Original Language)
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Number Of Items: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 7.3 x 5.6 x 0.5

MPN: MCMDB0004075D
UPC: 602498235973
EAN: 0602498235973

Theatrical Release Date: November 23, 2004
Release Date: November 8, 2005
Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
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5 out of 5 stars Chuk-a-chuk   August 20, 2006
 4 out of 4 found this review helpful

The Wailers had perfected their groove, and what a groove it was. Heavy, heavy, heavy. This groove apeared in full force in their live shows - Live at the Rainbow is a beauty.
Tough and driving rhythms non-stop, the Wailers demonstrate why their brand of reggae conquered the world.
Nice little mini-documentary comes with the live concert DVD.

Funny thing though - Aston "Familyman" Barrett was in many ways the "engine" that drove the Wailers sound. But the camera seems to avoid him in the concert footage. He's barely seen at all. Its like he's not there. Wonder why. Familyman is The Man, and it would have been nice to see less of Bob and more of him.
Actually, the way the concert is filmed is a little too Bob-centred, but who cares, the music is kicking.


5 out of 5 stars When it hits, you feel no pain   June 24, 2006
 9 out of 10 found this review helpful

Marley fans know what time it is with this title.

This is an excellent (and economical) 2-DVD set. Disc 1 is Marley live at the Rainbow (London) in June 1977. A MUST for Bob fans. Check out his dancing throughout and spinning like a top onstange during "Exodus" and his prophet-like stance through much of the proceedings. Mostly tunes from "Exodus" and "Natty Dread." Powerful.

Disc 2 is "Carribean Nights.' Early cable fans will recognize this as "The Bob Marley Story" which used to air a lot on A&E and "USA's Night Flight" (of sainted memory) in the late 80s and early 90s. Lots of REALLY rare footage that did not appear on television when it was orginally aired. We see Bob's pal Jimmy Cliff performing a ska set while very young in the early 60's, unedited interviews with Bob's mom, Peter Tosh, and Rita, and Bob performing at the Zimbabwe independence celebration in 1980.

There are also some really interesting interviews. A Canadian interviewer gets downright rude with Bob, asking him "Don't you think that most conservative people would think that you look strange?" (remember, dreadlocks were rarely seen outside of Jamaica during the 70s). I won't spoil it by telling Bob's answer, but let's just say our reporter friend had met her match.

But enough of this, just SEE it!


5 out of 5 stars We Will Never See The Likes Of Him Again.   November 29, 2005
 20 out of 30 found this review helpful

As a "baby-boomer", it's been my great fortune to have seen some of the very best concert performances of all time. For instance I was at Madison Square Garden in the summer of 1972 when the Rolling Stones played to a packed house on Mick's Birthday. They performed with Nicky Hopkins and the famed Hollywood Horns, headed by Jim Horn. If that were not enough they performed an encore with the opening act, Stevie Wonder and did a medley of each others hits. I caught The Allman Brothers on several occassions during the Duane Allman era at the glorious Filmore East and Capitol Theatre, Portchester, NY. where they opened for Delaney & Bonnie & Friends. I saw Santana a few short weeks after Woodstock at the Boston Tea Party. Even the nearby "Green Monster" had to rocking. And I caught Jimmy Cliff at Carnagie Hall in 1975. All classic performances by legendery artists at or near their prime.

With that said, and without reservation, my ultimate concert-going experience was and will always be, seeing Bob Marley & The Wailers live at The Beacon Theatre in NYC, just weeks after he performed This Rainbow Theatre Concert in London. I'll not waste anyone's time with my feebile words in trying to describe Marley's phenomenal performance. Keep in mind, this was at a time when The Wailer's were transitioning away from the vocal harmonies of Tosh and Bunny. Bob had to really come forward as never before. He needed to firmly position himself as the new face of The Wailers. Would he rise to the occassion? We all know the answer. Bob Marley was not only the poet laureate of reggae, he was a showman of extraordinary depth. This timeless concert footage stands as testiment to the charisma, the brillance, the unmitigated genius of Robert Nesta Marley. Surely we will never see the likes of him again! Jah-Rastafari!!!


5 out of 5 stars Well it is here! After worldwide popular demand...   November 22, 2005
 21 out of 29 found this review helpful

Well it is here! After worldwide popular demand---it is finally here-Bob Marley & I-Three & The Wailers---LIVE at the Rainbow Theatre-1977 on DVD (I wrote five letters to Tuff Gong Studios requesting to re-issue it from VHS to DVD). It arrived just in time to continue in our celebration for Brother Bob's 60th Birthday Celebration. In addition, it arrived just in time to be given as gifts during the Christmas and Kwanzaa holiday season. When the DVD arrived in my mailbox a few days ago, I want to check it out immediately (saw it many times on VHS, but DVDs are generally better in picture and sound quality) but I drew my brakes and waited for the weekend when I could allot a few hours of quality time to view it. I took off my shoes, sat in my favorite chair, lit up my peace pipe, poured a glass of my Ginseng & Herbal Root Elixir and popped in the concert DVD. Five minutes into the concert, I was taken back to the moments when I saw Bob Marley live in Philadelphia, PA--1978 the first time (I was blessed to witness Brother Bob in three concerts and visited his grave site-Nine Mile Road---in Rainbow Country--Jamaica). It was one the most awesome, uplifting and phenomenal musical experience in my life to date. The audience stood up the entire show---singing, chanting and dancing with the captivating 2/4-offbeat reggae rhythms as their political and spiritual consciousness was enhanced by Bob Marley's gusty and social conscious lyrics. (The building lights were turned on to stop the show because he was jammin so long and tuff.) His reggae lyrics are of sweet songs of Black Love; protest songs of Black Rebellion; powerful songs of Black Liberation and sorrow songs of Black Redemption utilizing African-Jamaican double-entendre, metaphors, proverbs, parables, utterances, call and response, and Biblical references as its method to touch the spiritual and cultural ethos of people of African descent, and others who can feel it. Bob Marley's offering to the unique genres of reggae music is an outstanding human testament to his survival ingeniousness and the will to achieve---to bare the worst and make something good out of it for all humanity to benefit. It has been said that some of the best of human musical artistic expressions can come out of the worst of human suffering and from the warm water deep in the well of human spirituality. Such was the circumstances of Bob Marley and so many other African-Jamaican musical artists who suffered and paid their dues to become impressive international reggae musicians that are driven by their raw talent, rebel politics and Rastafarian spiritual convictions. The concert at the Rainbow Theater shows Bob Marley when he was at his apex on the world music stage singing some of his most cherished and classical tunes. His passionate artistic musical delivery, energy, style, timing and lyrics have carved a permanent place in millions of minds, hearts and souls worldwide. Purchase this DVD today and place it among your most special, loved and sacred music. Also, buy it and pass it on as a unique gift. Bob Marley & I-Three & The Wailers---LIVE at the Rainbow Theatre-1977 on DVD was my 53rd Birthday present to I & I (to me & from me).


One Love-Forward & Upward,

Brother Ras Mojo Ibo Changa




5 out of 5 stars One of the best live performances in popular music   November 20, 2005
 3 out of 12 found this review helpful

If you can recall, Time Magazine picked Bob's "Exodus" as the best album of the last 100 years. This performance has been capsuled by, I believe the Smithsonian to be played after another 100 years. I do not want to be so arrogant but I will tell you Bob is the best musician that ever lived. There is not a topic/subject in life for which he did not write a song.
"Life is heavy as a feather - heavy as lead"--too deep - go figure that out. Get this now!!!


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