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The Wailing Wailers

The first full-length LP of the group, assembled by Coxsone Dodd from 1964 and 1965 recordings.
Bob Marley and the Wailers, 1965

Released
1965
Recorded
1964 and 1965
Label
Studio One
Producer
Clement Coxsone Dodd

The album is a compilation of recordings made in 1964 and 1965 by Neville "Bunny" Livingston (Bunny Wailer), Robert Marley and Peter McIntosh (Peter Tosh), chosen by Clement Coxsone Dodd as the best of the period. They were backed by the Studio One band the Soul Brothers. It was the first full-length LP of the group's work, and later reissues were newly overdubbed to fit the fashions of the day.

Simmer Down and Rude Boy, recorded in 1964 and 1965, were youth anthems that established the Wailers as leaders of a new movement. The band photograph on the cover of the 1971 reissue, with Bunny Wailer on the left, Marley in the middle and Tosh on the right, inspired Walt Jabsco, the logo of 2 Tone Records, drawn by Jerry Dammers and Horace Panter.

Track listing

  1. (I'm Gonna) Put It On3:06
  2. I Need You2:48
  3. Lonesome Feeling2:50
  4. What's New Pussycat?3:02
  5. One Love3:20
  6. When the Well Runs Dry2:35
  7. Ten Commandments of Love4:16
  8. Rude Boy2:20
  9. It Hurts to Be Alone2:42
  10. Love and Affection2:42
  11. I'm Still Waiting3:31
  12. Simmer Down2:49

More from Bob Marley and the Wailers

Soul Rebels (1970), Catch a Fire (1973), Burnin' (1973), Natty Dread (1974), Live! (1975), Rastaman Vibration (1976), Exodus (1977), Kaya (1978), Babylon by Bus (1978), Survival (1979), Uprising (1980), Confrontation (1983), Legend (1984)

Sources

  1. The Wailing Wailers, Wikipedia
  2. Bob Marley, Wikipedia