Broadcast Collection '75-'79: Jammin' In The '70s

Broadcast Collection ’75–’79: Jammin’ In The ’70s is a seven‑CD clamshell box set of Bob Marley & The Wailers live performances recorded for North American FM radio between 1973 and 1979 and later issued by the Master Music label. Presented with a 20‑page booklet of background notes and photos, it assembles complete or near‑complete sets from Boston, Sausalito, Chicago, San Francisco, Los Angeles, and Oakland, tracing the band’s transformation from a rising roots‑reggae act into an arena‑level phenomenon.

The discs move chronologically: early ’73 club dates at Paul’s Mall and the Record Plant (with songs like “Stir It Up,” “400 Years,” “Kinky Reggae,” “Rastaman Chant,” “Burnin’ & Lootin’”) show the original Wailers lineup in relatively intimate settings, while 1975 shows at Chicago’s Quiet Knight and San Francisco’s Boarding House introduce material from Natty Dread and the burgeoning live anthem “No Woman, No Cry.” Later discs capture a 1976 Roxy Theatre broadcast—featuring “Roots, Rock, Reggae,” “Rat Race,” and a powerful “Get Up, Stand Up/No More Trouble/War” medley—and a two‑disc document of the 1979 Oakland Auditorium concert where “Positive Vibration,” “Wake Up and Live,” “Africa Unite,” “One Drop,” “Exodus,” “Is This Love,” “Jammin’,” and “Get Up, Stand Up” reflect Marley’s full stadium‑era power.