The Best of the Wailers
1971 studio album by the Wailers
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Released | August 1, 1971[1] | |||
Recorded | May 1970 | |||
Studio | Dynamic Sound Studios, Kingston, Jamaica[1] | |||
Genre | Reggae | |||
Length | 30:43[1] | |||
Label | Beverley's | |||
Producer | Leslie Kong[1] | |||
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The Best of the Wailers is the fourth studio album by the Wailers, released in August 1971.[1] Despite its title, it is not a compilation album. The album was recorded in May 1970 (prior to the band's involvement with Lee Perry) but not released until August 1971.[1]
The album was produced by Leslie Kong, who died of a heart attack at the age of 37, a week after the album was released.[1]
Track listing
All songs written by Bob Marley, except where noted.
Original album (1971)
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Soul Shakedown Party" | 3:09 | |
2. | "Stop the Train" | Peter Tosh | 2:20 |
3. | "Caution" | 2:43 | |
4. | "Soul Captives" | 2:03 | |
5. | "Go Tell It on the Mountain" | Traditional | 3:15 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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6. | "Can't You See" | Tosh | 2:42 |
7. | "Soon Come" | Tosh | 2:23 |
8. | "Cheer Up" | 2:03 | |
9. | "Back Out" | 2:18 | |
10. | "Do It Twice" | 2:48 |
The Definitive Remastered edition (2004)
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Soul Shakedown Party" | 3:09 | |
2. | "Stop the Train" | Peter Tosh | 2:20 |
3. | "Caution" | 2:43 | |
4. | "Soul Captives" | 2:03 | |
5. | "Go Tell It on the Mountain" | Traditional | 3:15 |
6. | "Can't You See" | Tosh | 2:42 |
7. | "Soon Come" | Tosh | 2:23 |
8. | "Cheer Up" | 2:03 | |
9. | "Back Out" | 2:18 | |
10. | "Do It Twice" | 2:48 | |
11. | "Soon Come" (version) | Tosh | 2:25 |
12. | "Soul Shakedown Party" (version) | 3:05 |
Personnel
- The Wailers
- Bob Marley – vocals
- Peter Tosh – vocals, melodica
- Bunny Livingston – vocals
- Additional musicians
Beverley's All Stars:[2]
- Gladstone Anderson – piano
- Winston Wright – organ
- Paul Douglas – drums
- Jackie Jackson – bass
- Lloyd Parks – bass
- Lynford "Hux" Brown – guitar
- Radcliffe "Rad" Bryan – guitar
- Lynn Taitt – guitar
- Production
- Leslie Kong – producer
- Warwick Lyn – producer
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h Jo-Ann Greene. "The Best of the Wailers - Bob Marley & the Wailers, The Wailers | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved 20 July 2017.
- ^ David Vlado Moskowitz (28 February 2007). The Words and Music of Bob Marley. Greenwood Publishing Group. ISBN 9780275989354. Retrieved 20 July 2017 – via Internet Archive.
Beverley's All-Stars.
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- The Wailing Wailers (1965)
- Soul Rebels (1970)
- Soul Revolution Part II (1971)
- The Best of the Wailers (1971)
- Catch a Fire (1973)
- Burnin' (1973)
- Natty Dread (1974)
- Rastaman Vibration (1976)
- Exodus (1977)
- Kaya (1978)
- Survival (1979)
- Uprising (1980)
- Confrontation (1983)
- African Herbsman (1973)
- Rasta Revolution (1974)
- Legend (1984)
- Rebel Music (1986)
- Natural Mystic: The Legend Lives On (1995)
- 21 Winners: The Best of Bob Marley and the Wailers (1997)
- One Love: The Very Best of Bob Marley & The Wailers (2001)
- Gold (2005)
- Live! (1975)
- Babylon by Bus (1978)
- Talkin' Blues (1991)
- Live at the Roxy (2003)
- Live Forever: September 23, 1980 • Stanley Theatre • Pittsburgh, PA (2011)
- Easy Skanking in Boston '78 (2015)
- Chances Are (1981)
- Chant Down Babylon (1999)
- B Is for Bob (2009)
- Songs of Freedom (1992)
- The Complete Bob Marley & the Wailers 1967–1972 (1997–2002)
- "Judge Not"
- "Simmer Down"
- "Guava Jelly"
- "Stir It Up"
- "Get Up, Stand Up"
- "I Shot the Sheriff"
- "No Woman, No Cry (Live '75)"
- "Jah Live"
- "Exodus"
- "Waiting in Vain"
- "Jamming"/"Punky Reggae Party"
- "Is This Love"
- "Satisfy My Soul"
- "So Much Trouble in the World"
- "Could You Be Loved"
- "Redemption Song"
- "Three Little Birds"
- "Forever Loving Jah"
- "Buffalo Soldier"
- "One Love/People Get Ready"
- "Iron Lion Zion"
- "Sun Is Shining"
- "Turn Your Lights Down Low"
- "Slogans"
- "Is This Love"
- "One Love"
- "Rude Boy"
- "Mr Brown"
- "Small Axe"
- "No Woman, No Cry"
- "Turn Your Lights Down Low"
- "Sun Is Shining"
- "One Drop"
- "War"
- "Hammer"
- Smile Jamaica Concert (1976)
- Exodus Tour (1977)
- One Love Peace Concert (1978)
- Uprising Tour (1980)
- Chris Blackwell
- Errol Brown
- Allan Cole
- Coxsone Dodd
- Vincent Ford
- Neville Garrick
- Joe Higgs
- Lee Jaffe
- Arthur Jenkins
- King Sporty
- Leslie Kong
- Johnny Nash
- Jimmy Norman
- Lee "Scratch" Perry
- Mortimer Planno
- Karl Pitterson
- Alex Sadkin
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- Outline of Bob Marley
- 1976 assassination attempt
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- Upsetter Records
- Tuff Gong
- Bob Marley Museum
- Statue of Bob Marley
- Tribute to the Legend: Bob Marley
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