Customer Reviews

Peter Tosh: The Man behind Reggae Music! - By: Tanko Onanjiri, 21 Aug 2002
"Complete Captured Live" the unexpurgated release of "Captured Live" is arguably the best live album since "Babylon By Bus". I have heard of & also read about the August 23rd, 1983 show at the Greek Theatrein Los Angeles, but have never seriously ponder over it. Now thanks to EMI, the show is available for the first time on two CDs. The band opens with Tosh singing a medley of 'Creation' & 'Buk-in-hamm Palace' backstage. You hear cheers & screams when Peter enter the stage halfway through the final songin the medley; 'Start All Over'. Dressed like O'Toolein "Lawrence of Arabia", Peter rendered five of "Mama Africa's" nine tracks together with vast materials from the Tosh repertoire. You hear the best rendition of 'Where you gonna run?', 'Glass House' & 'Mama Africa' from this release. Mighty & Thunder Rebel -Tosh backing band also known as Word, Sound & Power- were laudable. Lead guitarist Donald Kinsey, Drummer Carlton Davis & Bassist George Fullwood were the highlight of the show. Sly & Robbie were not missed. Fullwood bass line on 'Mama Africa' befitted better than the studio version of the song (probably played by Robbie). The rhyme of the bass on "Mama Africa" with Tosh rendition resonates through the sky, sea & air. You may press the repeat button for this track. Buy this double cd whether you are a reggae or a rock & roll fan. Thanks to Micheal C. Collins for taping & filming the show. Thanks to Word, Sound & Power for such a superb performance. Thank you to Peter Tosh for such powerful hymns that night. 'You are as sound as a rock'.