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For Bob Marley, 1975 was a triumphant year. The singer's Natty Dread album featured one of his strongest batches of original material (the first compiled after the departure of Peter Tosh and Bunny Wailer) and delivered Top 40 hit "No Woman No Cry." The follow-up Live set, a document of Marley's appearance at London's Lyceum, found the singer conquering England as well. Upon completing the tour, Marley and his band returned to Jamaica, laying down the tracks for Rastaman Vibration (1976) at legendary studios run by Harry Johnson and Joe Gibbs. At the mixing board for the sessions were Sylvan Morris and Errol Thompson, Jamaican engineers of the highest caliber. Though none of these cuts would show up on Legend, Marley's massively popular, posthumous best-of, some of the finest reality numbers would surface on the compilation's more militant equivalent, 1986's Rebel Music set. "War," for one, remains one of the most stunning statements of the singer's career. Though it is essentially a straight reading of one of Haile Selassie's speeches, Marley phrases the text exquisitely to fit a musical setting, a quiet intensity lying just below the surface. Equally strong are the likes of "Rat Race," "Crazy Baldhead," and "Want More." These songs are tempered by buoyant, lighthearted material like "Cry to Me," "Night Shift," and "Positive Vibration." Not quite as strong as some of the love songs Marley would score hits with on subsequent albums, "Cry to Me" still seems like an obvious choice for a single and remains underrated. Though record buyers may not have found any single song to be as strong on those terms as "No Woman No Cry," Rastaman Vibration still reached the Top Ten in the United States.
© Nathan Bush /TiVo
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Vincent Ford, ComposerLyricist - Bob Marley, Producer - Bob Marley & The Wailers, MainArtist - The Wailers, Producer - Sylvan Morris, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Errol Thompson, Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1976 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Vincent Ford, ComposerLyricist - Bob Marley, Producer - Bob Marley & The Wailers, MainArtist - The Wailers, Producer
℗ 1976 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Bob Marley, Producer - CHRIS BLACKWELL, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Rita Marley, ComposerLyricist - Bob Marley & The Wailers, MainArtist - The Wailers, Producer - Aston Barrett, Mixer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1976 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Bob Marley, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Bob Marley & The Wailers, MainArtist - The Wailers, Producer - Sylvan Morris, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Errol Thompson, Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1976 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Bob Marley, Producer - Bob Marley & The Wailers, MainArtist - The Wailers, Producer - Sylvan Morris, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Aston Barrett, ComposerLyricist - Errol Thompson, Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1976 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Vincent Ford, ComposerLyricist - CHRIS BLACKWELL, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Rita Marley, ComposerLyricist - Bob Marley & The Wailers, Producer, MainArtist - Aston Barrett, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Errol Thompson, Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1976 UMG Recordings, Inc.
CHRIS BLACKWELL, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Bob Marley & The Wailers, Producer, MainArtist - Carlton Barrett, ComposerLyricist - Aston Barrett, Mixer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1976 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Bob Marley, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Bob Marley & The Wailers, MainArtist - The Wailers, Producer - Sylvan Morris, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Errol Thompson, Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1976 UMG Recordings, Inc.
CHRIS BLACKWELL, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Bob Marley & The Wailers, Producer, MainArtist - Carlton Barrett, ComposerLyricist - Allan Cole, ComposerLyricist - Aston Barrett, Mixer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1976 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Rita Marley, ComposerLyricist - Bob Marley & The Wailers, Producer, MainArtist
℗ 1976 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Bob Marley, Guitar, Acoustic Guitar, Percussion, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Earl Chinna Smith, Guitar, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Tyrone Downie, Double Bass, Keyboards, Percussion, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Bob Marley & The Wailers, Producer, MainArtist - Carlton Barrett, Drums, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Lee "Scratch" Perry, ComposerLyricist - Aston Barrett, Guitar, Bass Guitar, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - I-Three, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Alvin "Seeco" Patterson, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Donald Edward Kinsey, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1976 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Bob Marley, Guitar, Acoustic Guitar, Percussion, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Earl Chinna Smith, Guitar, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Tyrone Downie, Double Bass, Keyboards, Percussion, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Bob Marley & The Wailers, Producer, MainArtist - Carlton Barrett, Drums, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Lee "Scratch" Perry, ComposerLyricist - Aston Barrett, Guitar, Bass Guitar, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - I-Three, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Alvin "Seeco" Patterson, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Donald Edward Kinsey, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1976 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Vincent Ford, ComposerLyricist - Bob Marley, Guitar, Acoustic Guitar, Percussion, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - CHRIS BLACKWELL, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Earl Chinna Smith, Guitar, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Tyrone Downie, Double Bass, Keyboards, Percussion, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Bob Marley & The Wailers, Producer, MainArtist - Dick Cuthell, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Carlton Barrett, Drums, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Aston Barrett, Guitar, Bass Guitar, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - I-Three, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Alvin "Seeco" Patterson, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Donald Edward Kinsey, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2002 The Island Def Jam Music Group
Vincent Ford, ComposerLyricist - Bob Marley, Guitar, Acoustic Guitar, Percussion, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - CHRIS BLACKWELL, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Earl Chinna Smith, Guitar, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Tyrone Downie, Double Bass, Keyboards, Percussion, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Bob Marley & The Wailers, Producer, MainArtist - Dick Cuthell, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Carlton Barrett, Drums, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Aston Barrett, Guitar, Bass Guitar, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - I-Three, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Alvin "Seeco" Patterson, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Donald Edward Kinsey, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2002 The Island Def Jam Music Group
Bob Marley, Guitar, Acoustic Guitar, Percussion, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Earl Chinna Smith, Guitar, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Tyrone Downie, Double Bass, Keyboards, Percussion, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Bob Marley & The Wailers, Producer, MainArtist - Carlton Barrett, Drums, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Aston Barrett, Guitar, Bass Guitar, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - I-Three, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Alvin "Seeco" Patterson, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Donald Edward Kinsey, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2002 The Island Def Jam Music Group
Al Anderson, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Vincent Ford, ComposerLyricist - Bob Marley, Guitar, Acoustic Guitar, Percussion, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Earl Chinna Smith, Guitar, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Tyrone Downie, Double Bass, Keyboards, Percussion, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Rita Marley, ComposerLyricist - Bob Marley & The Wailers, Producer, MainArtist - Carlton Barrett, Drums, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Aston Barrett, Guitar, Bass Guitar, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - I-Three, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Alvin "Seeco" Patterson, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2002 The Island Def Jam Music Group
Bob Marley, Guitar, Acoustic Guitar, Percussion, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Earl Chinna Smith, Guitar, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Tyrone Downie, Double Bass, Keyboards, Percussion, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Bob Marley & The Wailers, Producer, MainArtist - Carlton Barrett, Drums, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Allan Cole, ComposerLyricist - Aston Barrett, Guitar, Bass Guitar, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - I-Three, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Alvin "Seeco" Patterson, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Donald Edward Kinsey, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2002 The Island Def Jam Music Group
Bob Marley, Guitar, Acoustic Guitar, Percussion, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Earl Chinna Smith, Guitar, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Tyrone Downie, Double Bass, Keyboards, Percussion, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Rita Marley, ComposerLyricist - Bob Marley & The Wailers, Producer, MainArtist - Carlton Barrett, Drums, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Aston Barrett, Guitar, Bass Guitar, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - I-Three, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Alvin "Seeco" Patterson, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Donald Edward Kinsey, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2002 The Island Def Jam Music Group
DISC 2
Bob Marley, ComposerLyricist - Bob Marley & The Wailers, MainArtist
℗ 2002 The Island Def Jam Music Group
Ray Thompson, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Bob Marley, Guitar, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Earl Chinna Smith, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Tyrone Downie, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Bob Marley & The Wailers, MainArtist - Carlton Barrett, Drums, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Aston Barrett, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - I-Three, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Alvin "Seeco" Patterson, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Donald Edward Kinsey, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2002 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Ray Thompson, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Bob Marley, Guitar, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Earl Chinna Smith, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Tyrone Downie, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Bob Marley & The Wailers, MainArtist - Carlton Barrett, Drums, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Aston Barrett, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - I-Three, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Alvin "Seeco" Patterson, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Donald Edward Kinsey, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2002 The Island Def Jam Music Group
Ray Thompson, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Bob Marley, Guitar, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Earl Chinna Smith, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Tyrone Downie, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Bob Marley & The Wailers, MainArtist - Carlton Barrett, Drums, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Lecon Cogill, ComposerLyricist - Aston Barrett, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - I-Three, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Alvin "Seeco" Patterson, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Donald Edward Kinsey, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2002 The Island Def Jam Music Group
Ray Thompson, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Bob Marley, Guitar, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Earl Chinna Smith, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Tyrone Downie, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Bob Marley & The Wailers, MainArtist - Carlton Barrett, Drums, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Hugh Peart, ComposerLyricist - Aston Barrett, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - I-Three, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Alvin "Seeco" Patterson, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Donald Edward Kinsey, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2002 The Island Def Jam Music Group
Ray Thompson, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Bob Marley, Guitar, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Earl Chinna Smith, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Tyrone Downie, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Bob Marley & The Wailers, MainArtist - Carlton Barrett, Drums, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Aston Barrett, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - I-Three, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Alvin "Seeco" Patterson, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Donald Edward Kinsey, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2002 The Island Def Jam Music Group
Ray Thompson, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Bob Marley, Guitar, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Earl Chinna Smith, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Tyrone Downie, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Bob Marley & The Wailers, MainArtist - Carlton Barrett, Drums, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Aston Barrett, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - I-Three, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Alvin "Seeco" Patterson, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Donald Edward Kinsey, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2002 The Island Def Jam Music Group
Ray Thompson, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Vincent Ford, ComposerLyricist - Bob Marley, Guitar, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Earl Chinna Smith, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Tyrone Downie, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Bob Marley & The Wailers, MainArtist - Carlton Barrett, Drums, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Aston Barrett, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - I-Three, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Alvin "Seeco" Patterson, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Donald Edward Kinsey, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1992 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Ray Thompson, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Bob Marley, Guitar, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Earl Chinna Smith, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Tyrone Downie, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Bob Marley & The Wailers, MainArtist - Carlton Barrett, Drums, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Aston Barrett, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - I-Three, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Alvin "Seeco" Patterson, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Donald Edward Kinsey, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2002 The Island Def Jam Music Group
Ray Thompson, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Vincent Ford, ComposerLyricist - Bob Marley, Guitar, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Earl Chinna Smith, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Tyrone Downie, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Bob Marley & The Wailers, MainArtist - Carlton Barrett, Drums, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Aston Barrett, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - I-Three, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Alvin "Seeco" Patterson, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Donald Edward Kinsey, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2002 The Island Def Jam Music Group
Ray Thompson, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Bob Marley, Guitar, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Earl Chinna Smith, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Tyrone Downie, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Rita Marley, ComposerLyricist - Bob Marley & The Wailers, MainArtist - Carlton Barrett, Drums, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Aston Barrett, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - I-Three, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Alvin "Seeco" Patterson, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Donald Edward Kinsey, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2002 The Island Def Jam Music Group
Bob Marley, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Bob Marley & The Wailers, MainArtist - Aston Barrett, Producer
℗ 1976 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Bob Marley, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Bob Marley & The Wailers, MainArtist - Aston Barrett, Producer
℗ 1976 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Album review
For Bob Marley, 1975 was a triumphant year. The singer's Natty Dread album featured one of his strongest batches of original material (the first compiled after the departure of Peter Tosh and Bunny Wailer) and delivered Top 40 hit "No Woman No Cry." The follow-up Live set, a document of Marley's appearance at London's Lyceum, found the singer conquering England as well. Upon completing the tour, Marley and his band returned to Jamaica, laying down the tracks for Rastaman Vibration (1976) at legendary studios run by Harry Johnson and Joe Gibbs. At the mixing board for the sessions were Sylvan Morris and Errol Thompson, Jamaican engineers of the highest caliber. Though none of these cuts would show up on Legend, Marley's massively popular, posthumous best-of, some of the finest reality numbers would surface on the compilation's more militant equivalent, 1986's Rebel Music set. "War," for one, remains one of the most stunning statements of the singer's career. Though it is essentially a straight reading of one of Haile Selassie's speeches, Marley phrases the text exquisitely to fit a musical setting, a quiet intensity lying just below the surface. Equally strong are the likes of "Rat Race," "Crazy Baldhead," and "Want More." These songs are tempered by buoyant, lighthearted material like "Cry to Me," "Night Shift," and "Positive Vibration." Not quite as strong as some of the love songs Marley would score hits with on subsequent albums, "Cry to Me" still seems like an obvious choice for a single and remains underrated. Though record buyers may not have found any single song to be as strong on those terms as "No Woman No Cry," Rastaman Vibration still reached the Top Ten in the United States.
© Nathan Bush /TiVo
About the album
- 2 disc(s) - 31 track(s)
- Total length: 02:12:24
- Main artists: Bob Marley & The Wailers
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Tuff Gong
- Genre: World
© 2002 Island Records Inc. This Compilation ℗ 2002 The Island Def Jam Music Group
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