This is a live recording of Israel Vibration during their French tour in February of last year. Like all of their other recordings, this album serves up some quality roots reggae, starting off with the Roots Radics and ROCKFORT ROCK, a song that immediately puts you into a Rasta groove. This would be a 5 star album if it wasn't for the inconsiderate editing of the concert. It's pretty obvious that the concert was cut up into pieces, as the track listing constantly jumps from Skelly to Skelly to Skelly, and then to Wiss. Otherwise, this recording is excellent. Here, Israel Vibration provides you with some of their classic tunes, like COOL AND CALM, VULTURES, WHY WORRY, and THE SAME SONG. Newer tunes can also be heard on this album, like the jumpy JAMMIN and LEVEL EVERY ANGLE, which sends a positive message through the pumping bass line, lead guitar, and horns. This is a great live album, but if you have never seen or heard Israel Vibration live, this would not be a great place to start. In my opinion, this album does not capture the full magic of an Israel Vibration concert. If you want to capture the full magic of an Israel Vibration concert, I would recommend "Live Again" and/or "Vibes Alive."
September 20, 2004backed by the heaviest crew in jamaica (the roots radics), IV just keeps going and going and going. spreading the word of jah rastafari, these guys are amazing and this set is an essential chronicle of their recent "fighting soldiers" tour. with a nice mix of classics and newer material, the sixteen tracks rock hard for 72+ minutes. and, as usual from RAS, the sound quality is excellent. support live music and be sure to catch 'em when they're on the road. peace!
October 28, 2003add this one to the list of spectacular live reggae shows caught on cd. and you thought they were getting old. backed by the industry-standard roots radics band, izzy vibes delivers hit after hit; old favorites like the seat-of-your pants intro rockford rock, same song, vultures, red eyes, cool and calm, ball of fire, and why worry, and also a few newer tunes like get up and go, african unification, jah runnings, and some a holler some a bawl. and the crowd's "we want more" reaction to every note they play makes you feel like youre right there; the energy is at maximum irieness. even people who dont care for reggae will dig this. i promise.
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