Final date of the 1986 Amnesty International Conspiracy of Hope Tour. Peter Gabriel played arguably the best set of his career. Joni Mitchell's husband, Larry Klein, on bass.
Final date of the 1986 Amnesty International Conspiracy of Hope Tour. Peter Gabriels 1st performances of material from So, which had come out a few weeks before.
The Sons of Negus play Burning Spears Zion Higher (aka Nyah Keith) by the water on a rocky Jamaican beach, and then explain drums & roots consciousness in contrast to modern society.
King Scratch updates his '60s rock steady hit "I am the Upsetter" at Joe Gibbs recording studio in 1982. Footage includes shots in the control room with the late great Errol Thompson at the controls, assisting Scratch as he annoints the studio with ganja during playback,
Using a riff donated by Jimmy Page, Bowie & Reeves Gabrels deliver a great acoustic version of Dead Man Walking, the drum&bass version of which appears on Earthling
King Scratch Perry, filmed in 1982, chanting & ranting on the beach & running around in mud, declarations in the decrepit Black Ark Studio with his children (pre fire). The early stages of his "action-reaction" stream of consciousness mind-set. Crucial.
The final date of the 1986 Amnesty International Conspiracy of Hope Tour. So had come out a few weeks before, but this song was from his third album.
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