1978-06-08 Music Hall, Boston, Massachusetts, USA (Early Show)





Date : 1978-06-08
Concert : Music Hall, Boston, Massachusetts, USA (Early)
Source : Audience
Songs : 13
Lossless :Yes
Duration : 74:22 mn
Opening Act : John Vandiver


The Boston Music Hall was a concert hall located on Winter Street in Boston, Massachusetts.
Finished nine years before the Civil War and opened in 1852
The Boston Music Hall, now named the Orpheum Theatre has played host to some of the world's most renowned musical talents.

As the birthplace of The New England Conservatory and The Boston Symphony Orchestra.
The Orpheum boasts such events as the premiere of Tchaikovsky's First Piano Concerto and lectures by Booker T. Washington
and Ralph Waldo Emerson.

The Orpheum Theatre is accessible to persons using wheelchairs. theatre is located in a private alley
and there are no handicapped spaces, but there is an area for drop-off in front of theatre.
The Orpheum was hosting several concerts from various artists, in the like of :

Bruce Springsteen, The Police, Kiss, the Grateful Dead, U2, The Allman Brothers, The Rolling Stones, Lenny Kravitz

The Boston Music Hall / Orpheum Theater is located : 1 Hamilton Place, Theatre District and is having a capacity of 2700 seats

This show is the early one, the opening act : John Vandiver





Informations about the setlisting :

01-slave driver 4:24
02-burning and lootin' 5:58
03-them belly full 3:23
04-the heathen 4:28
05-rebel music 5:46
06-i shot the sheriff 4:55
07-easy skanking 3:30
08-no woman no cry 7:11
09-lively up yourself 6:27
10-jamming 8:35
11-war 4:45
12-no more trouble - get up stand up 7:31
13-exodus 7:22



Additional Informations And Comments:

- bob marley start singing burning and looting by 'did you hear '

- Good Sounding Audience

- 2 Shows per day

- Opening Act was John Vandiver










1978-06-08 Music Hall, Boston, Massachusetts, USA (Early Show)





Date : 1978-06-08
Concert : Music Hall, Boston, Massachusetts,USA (Early)
Source : Soundboard
Songs : 14
Lossless : Yes
Duration : 76:10 mn
Opening Act : John Vandiver


The Boston Music Hall was a concert hall located on Winter Street in Boston, Massachusetts.
Finished nine years before the Civil War and opened in 1852
The Boston Music Hall, now named the Orpheum Theatre has played host to some of the world's most renowned musical talents.

As the birthplace of The New England Conservatory and The Boston Symphony Orchestra.
The Orpheum boasts such events as the premiere of Tchaikovsky's First Piano Concerto and lectures by Booker T. Washington
and Ralph Waldo Emerson.

The Orpheum Theatre is accessible to persons using wheelchairs. theatre is located in a private alley
and there are no handicapped spaces, but there is an area for drop-off in front of theatre.
The Orpheum was hosting several concerts from various artists, in the like of :

Bruce Springsteen, The Police, Kiss, the Grateful Dead, U2, The Allman Brothers, The Rolling Stones, Lenny Kravitz

The Boston Music Hall / Orpheum Theater is located : 1 Hamilton Place, Theatre District and is having a capacity of 2700 seats

This show is the early one, the opening act : John Vandiver





Informations about the setlisting :

01-slave driver 4:18
02-burning and lootin' 5:27
03-them belly full 3:43
04-the heathen 4:30
05-rebel music 5:36
06-i shot the sheriff 4:50
07-easy skanking 3:33
08-no woman no cry 7:06
09-lively up yourself 7:56
10-jamming 9:24
11-war 4:41
12-no more trouble 2:03
13-get up stand up 5:00
14-exodus 7:57



Additional Informations And Comments:

- bob marley start singing burning and looting by 'did you hear '

- Apparently soundboard recording , you can hear in between commentary from the audience

- 2 Shows per day

- Opening Act was John Vandiver










1978-06-08 Music Hall, Boston, Massachusetts, USA (Early Show)





Date : 1978-06-08
Concert : Music Hall, Boston, Massachusetts,USA (Early Show)
Source : Soundboard
Songs : 14
Lossless : Yes
Opening Act : John Vandiver


The Boston Music Hall was a concert hall located on Winter Street in Boston, Massachusetts.
Finished nine years before the Civil War and opened in 1852
The Boston Music Hall, now named the Orpheum Theatre has played host to some of the world's most renowned musical talents.

As the birthplace of The New England Conservatory and The Boston Symphony Orchestra.
The Orpheum boasts such events as the premiere of Tchaikovsky's First Piano Concerto and lectures by Booker T. Washington
and Ralph Waldo Emerson.

The Orpheum Theatre is accessible to persons using wheelchairs. theatre is located in a private alley
and there are no handicapped spaces, but there is an area for drop-off in front of theatre.
The Orpheum was hosting several concerts from various artists, in the like of :

Bruce Springsteen, The Police, Kiss, the Grateful Dead, U2, The Allman Brothers, The Rolling Stones, Lenny Kravitz

The Boston Music Hall / Orpheum Theater is located : 1 Hamilton Place, Theatre District and is having a capacity of 2700 seats

This show is the early one, the opening act : John Vandiver





Informations about the setlisting :

01-slave driver 4:16
02-burning and lootin' 5:29
03-them belly full 3:39
04-the heathen 4:28
05-rebel music 5:36
06-i shot the sheriff 4:49
07-easy skanking 3:30
08-no woman no cry 7:02
09-lively up yourself 7:55
10-jamming 9:21
11-war 4:42
12-no more trouble 2:03
13-exodus 7:57
14-get up stand up 5:01



Additional Informations And Comments:

- bob marley start singing burning and looting by 'did you hear '

- Close to Source 2 , but with Exodus before Get Up Stand Up

- 2 Shows per day

- Opening Act was John Vandiver










1978-06-08 Music Hall, Boston, Massachusetts,USA (Early Show)




Date : 1978-06-08
Concert : Music Hall, Boston, Massachusetts,USA (Early)
Source : Bootleg Japanese AMJ Boston'78 ABCP 93
Songs : 12
Lossless : Yes
Opening Act : John Vandiver


The Boston Music Hall was a concert hall located on Winter Street in Boston, Massachusetts.
Finished nine years before the Civil War and opened in 1852
The Boston Music Hall, now named the Orpheum Theatre has played host to some of the world's most renowned musical talents.

As the birthplace of The New England Conservatory and The Boston Symphony Orchestra.
The Orpheum boasts such events as the premiere of Tchaikovsky's First Piano Concerto and lectures by Booker T. Washington
and Ralph Waldo Emerson.

The Orpheum Theatre is accessible to persons using wheelchairs. theatre is located in a private alley
and there are no handicapped spaces, but there is an area for drop-off in front of theatre.
The Orpheum was hosting several concerts from various artists, in the like of :

Bruce Springsteen, The Police, Kiss, the Grateful Dead, U2, The Allman Brothers, The Rolling Stones, Lenny Kravitz

The Boston Music Hall / Orpheum Theater is located : 1 Hamilton Place, Theatre District and is having a capacity of 2700 seats

This show is the early one, the opening act : John Vandiver





Informations about the setlisting :

01-slave driver 4:08
02-burning and lootin' 5:24
03-them belly full 3:28
04-the heathen 4:27
05-rebel music 5:32
06-i shot the sheriff 4:47
07-easy skanking 3:26
08-no woman no cry 6:43
09-lively up yourself 6:05
10-war-no more trouble 6:15
11-get up stand up 4:53
12-get up stand up continue-exodus 7:50



Additional Informations And Comments:

- bob marley start singing burning and looting by 'did you hear '

- Japanese Bootleg AMJ (Absord Music Japan) ABCP 93

- 2 Shows per day

- Opening Act was John Vandiver










2015-02-10 - Bob Marley And The Wailers - Easy Skankin' In Boston' 78 - Tuff Gong / Island Records




Title : Easy Skankin' In Boston' 78
Format : Compact Disc
Origin : USA
Numbers Of Tracks : 13 Tracks
Label : Tuff Gong Records / Island Records
Release Date : 2015-02-10
Catalog : 602547165770


one of few officially released live performance of bob marley and the wailers, from 8 of june 1978..in Boston.
im using here the cd+blu ray boxset .

Tracklist :

CD :

01 - slave driver 4:14
02 - burnin' and lootin' 5:36
03 - them belly full 3:38
04 - the heathen 4:21
05 - rebel music 5:36
06 - i shot the sheriff 4:51
07 - easy skanking 3:26
08 - no woman no cry 7:05
09 - lively up yourself 7:50
10 - jammin' 9:42
11 - war- no more trouble 6:04
12 - get up stand up 5:55
13 - exodus 7:01

Recorded live at Boston Music Hall 1978.

Blu Ray :




01 - rebel music 5:30
02 - i shot the sheriff 4:42
03 - no woman no cry 6:59
04 - lively up yourself 7:56
05 - jammin 8:19
06 - war- no more trouble 4:39
07 - exodus 6:58



Producers : Cedella Marley, Ziggy Marley, Matt Solodky


Additional Informations And Comments:


- The boxset comes with a booklet wich is a repro of the Kaya's tour program 1978 with every wailers members bio and songs lyrics.
- Booklet photo by Adrian Boot, Dan Asher, Peter Murphy
- Visual Effects were added to the video between each songs , wich can be perturbing.
- video is shorter than the audio, 45 mn .



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