1979-07-21 Amandla Festival Of Unity , Harvard University , Boston
Date : 1979-07-21
Archive : Private Collection
Duration : S1 : 120:00 mn | S2 : 43:00 mn | S3 : 80:00 mn
Place : Amandla Festival Of Unity , Harvard University , Boston





Informations :

Amandla is a word in Zulu, Xhosa and other South African languages, which means strength and power.
It is used as a call for empowerment for the people

The Amandla festival 1979-07-21 at the Harvard Stadium in Boston
it was a benefit concert to provide aid to liberation forces in Southern Africa

This video is amazing, the lengh is around 2h10 it include the speech intro by Dick Gregory
the live performance,and the press conference

it was ported to my attention that the people in charge of the Harvard University were affraid of riot due to the wailers performance
prior to allowing it.

Source 1 duration 120 mn

introduction
positive vibration
slave driver
them belly full
running away
crazy baldheads
the heathen
war
no more trouble
lively up yourself no woman no cry (with bob marley improvisation)
jammin get up,stand up exodus encore zimbabwe (amazing bob marley talking to the audience)
wake up and live!

Source 2 duration 43mn

running away-crazy baldheads (cut)
war-no more trouble
no woman no cry
exodus (cut)
wake and live

Source 3 - Low Generation Multi Camera , Duration 80:00 mn

positive vibration
slave driver
them belly full
runnin away crazy baldhead
the heathen
war
no more trouble
lively up yourself
no woman no cry
jammin
get up stand up
exodus

Encore:

zimbabwe
wake up and live



Additional Informations And Comments:

- Rastaman Liveup and Hypocrites were and are still quite rare being played live

- Sequences of this concert were inclued inside others documentaries over years

Title : Bob Marley & The Wailers - Live Boston 1979
Heb Film Production
Date : 2007-07-23
Audio : English
Audio Format : PCM Stereo, Dolby Digital 2.0
Video Format : NTSC
Multiple Viewing Angles : 1
Region : All Zone
Lenght : 80 Minutes
Catalogue Number : HEB7110





Informations :

Amandla is a word in Zulu, Xhosa and other South African languages, which means strength and power.
It is used as a call for empowerment for the people

The Amandla festival 1979-07-21 at the Harvard Stadium in Boston
it was a benefit concert to provide aid to liberation forces in Southern Africa

This video is amazing, the lengh is around 2h10 it include the speech intro by Dick Gregory
the live performance,and the press conference

it was ported to my attention that the people in charge of the Harvard University were affraid of riot due to the wailers performance
prior to allowing it.

About the content : 01 - positive vibration 02 - slave driver 03 - them belly full 04 - running away 05 - crazy baldhead 06 - the heathen 07 - war 08 - no more trouble 09 - lively up yourself 10 - no woman no cry 11 - exodus 12 - zimbabwe 13 - wake up and live Recorded Live at Harvard Stadium, Boston, 1979.

Additional Informations And Comments:

- Bob Marley covered himself the cost of the performance from his own money

Date : 1979-07-21
Concert : Amandla Festival Of Unity , Harvard University , Boston, USA
Source : Audience Alan P.
Songs : 17
Lossless : Yes
Duration : 89:11 mn



Informations :

Amandla is a word in Zulu, Xhosa and other South African languages, which means strength and power.
It is used as a call for empowerment for the people

The Amandla festival 1979-07-21 at the Harvard Stadium in Boston
it was a benefit concert to provide aid to liberation forces in Southern Africa

it was ported to my attention that the people in charge of the Harvard University were affraid of riot due to the wailers performance
prior to allowing it.

Informations about the setlisting :

01 - wake up and live soundcheck 2:32
02 - introduction 0:46
03 - positive vibration 5:13
04 - slave driver 4:15
05 - them belly full 4:03
06 - running away 5:00
07 - crazy baldhead 4:04
08 - the heathen 5:14
09 - war 5:36
10 - no more trouble (cut) 1:43
11 - lively up yourself 5:04
12 - no woman no cry 6:53
13 - jammin 5:45
14 - get up stand up 4:43
15 - exodus 8:44
16 - zimbabwe 7:17
17 - wake up and live-outtro 12:14



Additional Informations And Comments:

- Audience recording

Date : 1979-07-21
Concert : Amandla Festival Of Unity , Harvard University , Boston, USA
Source : Audience
Songs : 17
Lossless : Yes
Duration : 84:14 mn



Informations :

Amandla is a word in Zulu, Xhosa and other South African languages, which means strength and power.
It is used as a call for empowerment for the people

The Amandla festival 1979-07-21 at the Harvard Stadium in Boston
it was a benefit concert to provide aid to liberation forces in Southern Africa

it was ported to my attention that the people in charge of the Harvard University were affraid of riot due to the wailers performance
prior to allowing it.

Informations about the setlisting :

01 - positive vibration 5:28
02 - slave driver 4:04
03 - them belly full 3:46
04 - running away - crazy baldhead 8:53
05 - the heathen 4:57
06 - war - no more trouble (cut) 7:27
07 - lively up yourself 4:58
08 - no woman no cry 6:35
09 - jammin 5:33
10 - get up stand up 4:41
11 - exodus 8:25
12 - zimbabwe 7:16
13 - wake up and live 12:05



Additional Informations And Comments:

- Audience recording

Date : 1979-07-21
Concert : Amandla Festival Of Unity , Harvard University , Boston, USA
Source : Soundboard
Songs : 16
Lossless : Yes
Duration : 85:25 mn



Informations :

Amandla is a word in Zulu, Xhosa and other South African languages, which means strength and power.
It is used as a call for empowerment for the people

The Amandla festival 1979-07-21 at the Harvard Stadium in Boston
it was a benefit concert to provide aid to liberation forces in Southern Africa

it was ported to my attention that the people in charge of the Harvard University were affraid of riot due to the wailers performance
prior to allowing it.

Informations about the setlisting :

01 - positive vibration 5:51
02 - slave driver 4:10
03 - them belly full 3:46
04 - running away 5:01
05 - crazy baldhead 3:55
06 - the heathen 4:54
07 - war 5:37
08 - no more trouble (cut) 1:51
09 - lively up yourself 4:58
10 - no woman no cry 6:41
11 - jammin 5:26
12 - get up stand up 4:34
13 - exodus 8:46
14 - encore 1:18
15 - zimbabwe 6:36
16 - wake up and live 11:54



Additional Informations And Comments:

- Soundboard recording, almost surely from the video

Date : 1979-07-21
Concert : Amandla Festival Of Unity , Harvard University , Boston, USA
Source : Bootleg TDk Japan
Songs : 7
Lossless : Yes



Informations :

Amandla is a word in Zulu, Xhosa and other South African languages, which means strength and power.
It is used as a call for empowerment for the people

The Amandla festival 1979-07-21 at the Harvard Stadium in Boston
it was a benefit concert to provide aid to liberation forces in Southern Africa

it was ported to my attention that the people in charge of the Harvard University were affraid of riot due to the wailers performance
prior to allowing it.

Informations about the setlisting :

01 - running away - crazy baldhead 9:34
02 - war - no more trouble 7:53
03 - no woman no cry 7:07
04 - get up stand up 0:48
05 - exodus 6:25
06 - zimbabwe 7:03
07 - wake up and live 10:11



Additional Informations And Comments:

- Bootleg TDK Japan , incomplete