Bob Marley & The Wailers - The Capitol Session '73

The Capitol Session ’73 is a live studio recording by Jamaican reggae band Bob Marley & The Wailers, released in September 2021 via Mercury Records and Tuff Gong Records.

In 1973 Bob Marley and the Wailers found themselves stranded on the West Coast of the United States after being asked to leave the Sly & The Family Stone tour for outperforming them every night.

To make the best of the situation the band made their way to Los Angeles where they performed this recording session at the famed Capitol Studios.

Whilst they performed and recorded twelve classic songs, from the sidelines producer Denny Cordell captured the event on camera.

The footage lay unseen for decades and was long considered lost, until a freelance researcher, sent to archive all things Marley, found a few frames.

Intrigued, for over 20 years the trail to track down more of the film led him through storage units and record company archives from New York and London to San Diego until, finally, enough of the precious fragments were assembled.

Now, painstakingly restored and edited, the Capitol Session ’73 is ready for release and set to become arguably the finest audio-visual recording of BobMarley and the Wailers in existence.

The intimate performance has been restored and remastered and is now released for the very first time on vinyl.

This double album 2LP record set is a limited edition on red and green coloured vinyl housed in a gatefold sleeve, pressed in Europe via Mercury and Tuff Gong Records.