Black Uhuru
The Front Row, Cleveland OH
Saturday September 1, 1984

audience recording > ?? > DAT clone > Tascam 302 > Egosys Waveterminal 2496 >
WAV > Sound Forge Pro 11 for tracking > flac level 8 via TLH


1. Shine Eye Girl >
2. Plastic Smile
3. I Love King Selassie
4. Solidarity
5. Darkness
6. What is Life?
7. Sponji Reggae
8. Abortion (cut)

9. encore break inc Cleveland mention
10. Sinsemilla inc band intros



Existing Flaws (no remastering was done):

two small instances of diginoise in the first two minutes
cut at 10:42
some audience talk in the background minutes 10-17
track 8 is cut and part of the concert missing
54:30-54:55 about 15 small bumps against the mic or something similar




The FRONT ROW THEATER, built at an approximate cost of $3 million,
was completed in 1974 and opened on July 5 of that year. It was
located in HIGHLAND HTS. on Wilson Mills Road near I-271. Richard R. Jencen,
who lived in SHAKER HTS., designed the Front Row. The first all-weather
theater to be built in Greater Cleveland since the CLEVELAND PLAY HOUSE
in 1927, it seated 3,200 and was approximately 300 feet by 270 feet.
Since it was a theater in the round, the last row was fifty-nine feet
from the stage, which was twenty-nine feet in diameter with its orchestra
pit. A circular curtain concealed the stage lighting, and the entire stage
slowly revolved during each performance in order to provide a clear view
for all the spectators. Also, the circular domed auditorium had no pillars
to block spectators' views. The theater had three concession stands,
including an elegant champagne bar, and featured such Las Vegas-style
attractions as Sammy Davis, Jr., Wayne Newton, Liberace, and Steve
Lawrence & Eydie Gorme. The original five owners of the Front Row were
Nate and Mollie Dolin of Bratenahl, Dominic Visconsi of CHAGRIN FALLS,
Lawrence S. Dolin of BEACHWOOD, and Len Luxenberg. Rock and Roll Hall
of Famer Roy Orbison performed his last concert at the theater on
Dec 4, 1988. After nineteen years of operation, President Lawrence
Dolin announced that the Front Row would close in July 1993, with its
bookings devolving on PLAYHOUSE SQUARE Center in downtown Cleveland.