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I was ... in the audience Reggae Rote Fabrik Switzerland Zurich

Roots Operator Johnny Godasher Rote Fabrik Zurich 1986

The Roots Operator sound system featuring Johnny Godasher (Jamaica) at Africa Liberation Day, Saturday, 24th of May 1986 at Rote Fabrik, Zurich Africa Liberation Day at Rote Fabrik. I don’t remember, if this was my first visit at Rote Fabrik, but in the 80’s Zurich was hot and sometimes burning fire hot. This flyer was […]

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I was ... in the audience recording Reggae Switzerland Volkshaus Zurich

Steel Pulse Volkshaus Zurich 1986

Steel Pulse live in concert on Saturday, 19th of April 1986 at Volkshaus in Zurich I haven’t digitalized the tape yet, I have no audio sample by hand. There is not much to say about that concert. It was amazing. I love Steel Pulse essentially. Easy to say, this was my first show with this […]

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I was ... in the audience Reggae Switzerland Volkshaus Zurich

Burning Spear live Volkshaus Zurich 1986

Burning Spear live at Volkshaus Zurich Thu, 13-February-1986. The good news page sais, that this show was on February 6th, but all my memory point to the 13th. Maybe I’m wrong. However, the show was specatular. The recording is done with a Sony Walkman from the first generation. I won this Walkman, because it was […]

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GZ Heuried I was ... in the audience Reggae Switzerland Zurich

The Gladiators live at GZ Heuried, Zurich 1986

The Gladiators, Gemeinschaftszentrum Heuried, Zurich on Sunday, January 19 1986 Albert Griffiths and Clinton Fearon as The Gladiators. I’m not sure about the rest of the band. I remember that my brother puke right on the ground. It was discussing, but it was too full, nobody realized it. At that time I didn’t know The […]

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I was ... in the audience Reggae Switzerland Volkshaus Zurich

Linton Kwesi Johnson live Volkshaus Zurich 1985

Linton Kwesi Johnson & The Dennis Bovell Dub Band live at Volkshaus Zurich Thu, 26-September- 1985. This show is my first live contact with LKJ and Dennis Bovell. Many years later I’ll meet both of them in personal way. But that is another story. In 1985 I take Romantsche my good friend from those days. […]

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I was ... in the audience Reggae Switzerland Volkshaus Zurich

Sunsplash Festival, Volkshaus Zürich 1985

Sunsplash Festival with Toots & The Maytals, Gregory Isaacs, Sugar Minott, Paul Blake & Bloodfire Possee plus special guests Sly Dunbar & Robbie Shakespeare and Band, Thursday, July 11 1985 at Volkshaus in Zurich This was my very first reggae festival and the line-up is looking great. I don’t remember much. Robbie played the bass […]

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I was ... in the audience Reggae Switzerland Volkshaus Zurich

Yellowman live Volkshaus Zurich 1984

Yellowman live in concert at Volkshaus Zurich Thu, 22-November- 1984. Yellowman on the Tour of ’84 is my very first Reggae concert. I only remember, that I was shocked, when I first saw King Yellowman live and direct. I had no records or other musical material of him at that time. Never saw a picture […]

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Hallenstadion I was ... in the audience Rock Switzerland Zurich

Roger Waters live Zurich 1984

Roger Waters, Pros And Cons Of Hitch Hiking Tour 1984 feat. Eric Clapton and Michael Kamen at Hallenstadion, Zurich on Tuesday, 3rd of July 1984 There is a nice fan site about the whole tour (here). This tour picture is from that page as well. This was my first big concert. I was with my […]

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Casino I was ... in the audience Luzern (Lucerne) Rock Switzerland

King Kurt live Casino Luzern 1984

King Kurt live at the Casino, Luzern Fri, 24-February-1984. It is a cold February night in Luzern. Shortly before my brother and I are leaving for Ski holiday. I would rather be at the Clash concert the next day in Bern, but that is not possible. I heard some strange things about a group called […]

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audio samples I was ... in the audience recording Reggae Switzerland Volkshaus Zurich

Burning Spear live 1984 Volkshaus, Zurich

Burning Spear live in concert on Monday, 2nd of February 1984 at Volkshaus in Zurich This is a very short moment of the concert. I don’t know what was wrong with the recording, why it was that bad. But Door Peep was a monster version of more than 10 minutes. The lady horn section wasn’t […]