Lost Bob Marley live recordings rescued from hotel basement

by Mark Brown

 

Bob Marley at the Rainbow theatre in Finsbury Park. Photograph: Graham Wiltshire/Redferns

 

Live recordings of Bob Marley and the Wailers, which were found by chance after spending 40 years in a damp hotel basement, are to appear at auction.

 

The reel-to-reel analogue tapes were recovered during the clearance of a hotel in Little Venice, west London, but, with water damage, mould and grime oozing out, they looked beyond repair and were going to be binned.

 

But after a two-year restoration by a sound engineer, Martin Nichols, the 10 tapes will be auctioned off next month.

 

The recordings were of 1970s gigs at the Lyceum theatre in the West End of London, the Rainbow theatre in Finsbury Park, and the Pavillon Baltard in Paris. 

 

Full Story: https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/apr/23/bob-marley-live-recordings-rescued-from-damp-hotel-basement

20 minutes ago, snoop1130 said:

But after a two-year restoration by a sound engineer, Martin Nichols

Big pat on the back to Martin Nichols for his great work.

Wehre can i get a copy?

16 hours ago, Tom1959 said:

Wehre can i get a copy?

According to the article, right here...????
 

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The tapes, with digitally restored audio, are being sold by the specialist auction house Omega in Merseyside, in three lots on 21 May. Each has a low estimate of £25,000 and the auctioneer Paul Fairweather predicted worldwide interest.

 

Edited April 25, 20197 yr by khunPer