1968-01-XX Living Room Rehearsal, Kingston, Jamaica

Rehearsal/Sessions Name: Living Room Rehearsal
Source : Unknow for most , S4 is from a tape
Tracks : 8
Lossless : Source 4 Yes , others need to be checked

the current tape is a rare items sold on Christie's few years ago

The following is the story of it and the setlist as well as some others information :

The original master tape from 1968, a standard audio cassette, runs about twenty-four minutes in length and is in fragile, but playable condition.

The recording was made on non-professional equipment owned and operated by Jimmy Norman.

The song list of the original tape includes:

01-wings of a dove (i need your love so much)
02-stranger on the shore
03-one love,true love
04-splish for my splash
05-im hurting inside
06-falling in and out of love (Jimmy Norman and Al Pyfrom)
07-stay with me (Jimmy Norman and Al Pyfrom)
08-you think i have no feelings (Jimmy Norman and Al Pyfrom)

The Bob Marley Bronx Jam

The Bob Marley Bronx Jam.an original audio tape recorded in 1968.
represents a pivotal day in the life of one of the world's most popular musical artists.

When Bob Marley visited songwriter Jimmy Norman at his New York City
apartment in early 1968, he wanted to be an American-style rhythm and blues
singer. Not yet a star, Marley, then 23, had just come under contract with
pop music pioneer Johnny Nash. Norman, at 31 already a veteran Tin Pan
Alley composer and R&B singer, was asked by Nash to work with the promising
Jamaican artist on his first trip to New York.

The day began in apartment 6-H at 2119 Valentine Avenue in the Bronx with
Marley and Norman sharing songs. Marley, a fan of James Brown, wanted to
learn as much from Norman as he could about R&B. Norman learned from Marley
about Rock Steady, soon to evolve into Reggae. During the day, the pair
worked together on eight songs. Norman played an old upright piano. Marley
played his guitar. There were various instruments, including part of a drum
set, in the six-room apartment and they all were used from time to time
throughout the day.

That night.after a long collaboration.Marley; his wife, Rita; Norman; his wife, Dorothy;
and his co-writer, Al Pyfrom, recorded the songs on a cassette tape recorder.

The jam session was such a success that Norman was invited by Marley to
join him a week later in Jamaica to work with the Wailers on their first
major recordings. Remarkably, all eight songs from the Bronx jam session
recording'several written by Norman and Pyfrom and several by Marley.would
eventually be recorded in some form for commercial release. However, they
appeared on Marley's albums not as R&B, but as Reggae.

The Bronx recording is a remarkable illustration of Marley's rapid musical
evolution from R&B to the Reggae sound that made him an international star.
Yet, the Bronx jam is virtually unknown in Marley lore. Outside of a select
group of less than a half dozen people, the tape has not been heard, and
its existence is unknown to collectors within the Marley community.

the info above comes from www.niceup.com so no credits for me except for the cut/paste ;)

Informations about the songs :

01-falling in and out of love 3:44
02-what goes around comes around 4:10
03-splish for my splash 2:16
04-stranger on the shore 3:01

Bob Marley did the vocals and played the guitar
Jimmy Norman did the piano part
Rita Marley and Dorothy Norman did the chorus
Peter Tosh apparently did the backing vocal

Additional Informations And Comments :

- Tracks 01,03,04 were used inside ' Complete Wailers Volume 9 - Freedom Time'
- Tracks 01,03,04 were used inside ' Fy-ah Fy-ah Boxset - Jad / Universal' onto CD 3