1980-09-19

September 19, 1980

Facts

• Venue: Madison Square Garden
• City: New York City
• State/Province: New York
• Country: United States
• People in attendance: +/- 20.000

Band lineup

• Bob Marley, vocals, rhythm guitar
• Aston Barrett, bass
• Carlton Barrett, drums
• Junior Marvin, lead guitar
• Al Anderson, lead guitar
• Ian Wynter, keyboards
• Tyrone Downie, keyboards
• Alvin Patterson, percussion
• The I-Threes, backing vocals

Setlist

AUD

1. "Intro Jam"
2. "Natural Mystic"
3. "Positive Vibration"
4. "Forever Loving Jah"
5. "Running Away" -> "Crazy Baldhead"
6. "Zion Train"
7. "War" -> "No More Trouble"
8. "Zimbabwe"
9. "I Shot The Sheriff"
10. "No Woman, No Cry"
11. "Jammin'"
12. "Exodus"
13. "Could You Be Loved?"

Introductions

• "Greetings in the name of His Imperial Majesty, Emperor Haile Selassie, Jah Rastafari, who liveth and reigneth I'n'I itinually ever fearful, ever sure. This is the Rastaman Vibration!" - Marley before "Positive Vibration"
• "Yes! Yes, we'll be Forever Loving Jah Rastafari!" - Marley before "Forever Loving Jah"
• "Yes, as I'n'I would say, Zion Train is coming our way!" - Marley before "Zion Train"

Trivia

• first of two shows at the Madison Square Garden.
• opener for The Commodores, therefore only the first set played plus one encore song.
• guest appearance of keyboardist Ian Wynter.
• the intro jam is the tune usually played before the Exodus Tour concerts in 1977.
• the AUD source is quite complete, but misses a few seconds during "No More Trouble", "Jammin'" and "Exodus".
• the sound gets worse between "Crazy Baldhead" and "No More Trouble".
• the sound speeds up during "Could You Be Loved?".
• rare 1980 live performances of "Running Away" and "Crazy Baldhead".
• only known live performance of "Forever Loving Jah".
• the sold-out MSG got almost empty after Marley's performance, although he actually opened for The Commodores.

External links

• Entry at the etree database