Bob Marley & The Wailers - Greatest Hits At Studio One

Artist:

Marley, Bob

UPC:

011661776128

See Also:

Various Artists - Trojan Tribute To Bob Marley [Box] Various Artists - Rockabye Baby! Lullaby Renditions Of Bob Marley [3/13] Various Artists - Rockabye Baby! Lullaby Renditions Of Bob Marley [3/13] Various Artists - Keep It Burning: The Hawaiian Tribute To Bob Marley [7/17]

Description:

Personnel: Bob Marley, Peter Tosh, Neville Livingston (vocals); Jerome "Jah Jerry" Haines, Huks Brown, Ernest Ranglin, Harry Sweeting (guitar); Lester Sterling, Headley Bennett, Seymour Walker (alto saxophone); Tommy McCook, Roland Alphonso, Dennis Campbell, Tony Wilson (tenor saxophone); Carlton Samuels (baritone saxophone); Johnny Moore, Bobby Ellis, Trummie Miles (trumpet); Don Drummond, Vin Gordon (trombone); Jackie Mittoo, Richard Ace, Danny McFarlane, Lloyd Delpratt (keyboards); Lloyd Brevett, Lloyd Spence, Bryan Atkinson, Desi Miles, Fred Crossley, Lynn Taitt, Dwight Pinckney (bass); Lloyd Knibb, Carl McCloud, Joe Issacs, Lloyd Robinson, Bunny Williams, Esmond Jarrett (drums); Beverley Kelso, Rita Marley (background vocals).
Producer: Clement S. Dodd.
Compilation producer: Chris Wilson.
Recorded at Studio One, Kingston, Jamaica between 1964 & 1966. Includes liner notes by Rogger Steffens.
In strictly musical terms, you simply have to give this album top marks. It contains just about every recording that could be called essential from the Wailers` Studio One era in the mid-`60s, when they were evolving (like most of their contemporaries) from the galloping ska sound that had ruled the Jamaican dancehalls for the previous five years into the slower, thicker rhythm that would come to be called rocksteady (and would later slow and thicken further into reggae). All the undisputed classics are here: "One Love" (in a souped-up ska version very different from the one Marley would record ten years later on the Exodus album), the rude boy anthems "Simmer Down" and "Let Him Go," a spectacular early version of "Dreamland" (later a signature song for Bunny Wailer), and Peter Tosh`s snide "Maga Dog." There is also a previously unreleased version of "It Hurts to Be Alone," which features some impressive jazzy guitar playing by Ernest Ranglin. The only problem with this album is that almost all of the material on it has been packaged and repackaged so many times, most of them within the last ten years by the Heartbeat label itself. But if you don`t own either the two-disc One Love compilation or the single-disc distillations that were released separately thereafter, this one will make an excellent introduction to one of the most significant periods in the history of reggae music`s most important artist. ~ Rick Anderson

Track Listing:

DISC 1

1. One Love
2. Put It On, (I`m Gonna)
3. Simmer Down
4. Treat Me Good
5. Who Feels It Who Knows It
6. Cry to Me
7. It Hurts to Be Alone
8. Dreamland
9. Let Him Go
10. Sinner Man
11. Jailhouse
12. Love and Affection
13. Maga Dog
14. I Am Going Home
15. I Need You So
16. I`m Still Waiting
17. And I Love Her
18. Sunday Morning

Album Information

Release Date:

03/10/2003

Type:

Performer

Genre:

Reggae

Subgenre:

Rock Steady

Label:

Rounder Select

Catalog Number:

CDHB 7761

Original Release Year:

2003

# of Discs:

1

Studio/Live:

Studio

Mono/Stereo:

Stereo

Runtime:

51 : 58

Guest Artist:

Peter Tosh; Rita Marley

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