by talkfromtherockroom | Feb 3, 2018 | Reviews
Following the heinous assassination attempt on Bob Marley’s life in December of 1976, he flew to London to escape the imminent threat hanging over him in Jamaica. He’d spend more than a year in Britain, developing and recording songs that would eventually make...
by talkfromtherockroom | May 11, 2014 | Reviews
It’s a slow burn this evening in the rock room, fresh from a vacation in Jamaica, Reggae is the order of the night. Spinning currently is the collection Bob Marley and the Wailers- The Complete Upsetter Singles 1970-1972, which compiles through 36 tracks all...
by talkfromtherockroom | Mar 9, 2014 | Live Reviews, Reviews
For today’s ‘Now Playing’ feature I have been inspired to ruminate about the various live concert recordings that have been featured in the ‘rock room’ and are the stone pillars of my rock collection, as well as holding the same regard in...
by talkfromtherockroom | Mar 1, 2014 | Put the Boot In, Reviews
Jammin in the ‘reggae room’ today is a beautiful soundboard recording of a Bob Marley and The Wailers concert from May 30, 1980 that has never circulated until this past December. Having this tape appear over thirty years after the concert event is a...
