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A genre all to himself? Reggae and Bob Marley are undeniably inseparable in the world of music. The international superstar is responsible for giving a voice to the day-to-day struggles of his fellow Jamaicans, and this playlist represents what we believe to be the best of Marley, a man taken from this world before his time, but on his terms. Photo © Dennis ...
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Bob Marley, ComposerLyricist - CHRIS BLACKWELL, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Karl Pitterson, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Bob Marley & The Wailers, Producer, MainArtist - Robert Ash, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Terry Barham, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1978 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Errol Brown, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Bob Marley, ComposerLyricist - CHRIS BLACKWELL, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Bob Marley & The Wailers, Producer, MainArtist - The Wailers, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Chiao Ng, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1980 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Errol Brown, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Bob Marley, Producer, Acoustic Guitar, Recording Arranger, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Marcia Griffiths, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Peter Tosh, Guitar, Organ, Piano, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Rita Marley, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Bob Marley & The Wailers, MainArtist - The Wailers, Producer, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Bunny Wailer, Percussion, Bongos, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Carlton Barrett, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Aston Barrett, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Carlton Lee, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Stu Barrett, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Suha Gur, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2001 Universal Island Records Ltd. A Universal Music Company.
Curtis Mayfield, ComposerLyricist - Bob Marley, ComposerLyricist - Lee Perry, Producer - Bob Marley & The Wailers, MainArtist
℗ 1977 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Neville Livingston, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Bob Marley, Producer, Guitar, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - CHRIS BLACKWELL, Producer - Peter Tosh, Producer, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - The Wailers, MainArtist - Carlton Barrett, Producer, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Earl Lindo, Producer, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Aston Barrett, Producer, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Neville O'Riley Livingston, Producer
℗ 1973 Island Records, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited
Steve Smith, Producer - Vincent Ford, ComposerLyricist - CHRIS BLACKWELL, Producer - Bob Marley & The Wailers, MainArtist - The Wailers, Producer - Phil Ault, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Syl Morris, Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1974 Island Records, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited
Michael Reid, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Errol Brown, Producer, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Bob Marley, ComposerLyricist - CHRIS BLACKWELL, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Bob Marley & The Wailers, Producer, MainArtist - Noel George Williams, ComposerLyricist - Aston Barrett, Mixer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1983 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Bob Marley, ComposerLyricist - CHRIS BLACKWELL, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Karl Pitterson, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Bob Marley & The Wailers, Producer, MainArtist - Aston Barrett, Mixer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1977 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Bob Marley, ComposerLyricist - CHRIS BLACKWELL, Producer - The Wailers, Producer, MainArtist
℗ 1973 Island Records, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited
Errol Brown, Engineer, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Bob Marley, ComposerLyricist - CHRIS BLACKWELL, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Bob Marley & The Wailers, Producer, MainArtist - The Wailers, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Chiao Ng, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1980 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Errol Brown, Producer, Additional Producer - Bob Marley, ComposerLyricist - Bob Marley & The Wailers, Producer, MainArtist - Ingmar Kiang, Producer, Additional Producer - Trevor Wyatt, Producer, Additional Producer
℗ 1992 Island Records, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited
Bob Marley, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - CHRIS BLACKWELL, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Tyrone Downie, Keyboards, Percussion, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Karl Pitterson, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Bob Marley & The Wailers, Producer, MainArtist - Carlton Barrett, Drums, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Aston Barrett, Mixer, Guitar, Percussion, Fender Bass, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Alvin "Seeco" Patterson, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - I Threes, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Julian Marvin, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1977 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Alex Sadkin, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Bob Marley, ComposerLyricist - CHRIS BLACKWELL, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Karl Pitterson, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Bob Marley & The Wailers, Producer, MainArtist - Robert Ash, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Terry Barham, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1978 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Bob Marley, ComposerLyricist - Lee Perry, Producer - Bob Marley & The Wailers, MainArtist
℗ 1977 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Alex Sadkin, Producer, Mixer, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Errol Brown, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Bob Marley, ComposerLyricist - DENNIS THOMPSON, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Bob Marley & The Wailers, Producer, Mixer, MainArtist, StudioPersonnel - Chiao, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Philip Zadie, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1979 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Bob Marley, ComposerLyricist - Lee Perry, Producer - CHRIS BLACKWELL, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Karl Pitterson, Mixer, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Bob Marley & The Wailers, MainArtist - Aston Barrett, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Guy Bidmead, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Terry Barham, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1977 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Bob Marley, ComposerLyricist - CHRIS BLACKWELL, Producer - Bob Marley & The Wailers, MainArtist - The Wailers, Producer
℗ 1974 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Alex Sadkin, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Stephen Marley, Remixer, StudioPersonnel - Bob Marley, ComposerLyricist - CHRIS BLACKWELL, Producer, Mixer, Executive Producer, StudioPersonnel - Karl Pitterson, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Bob Marley & The Wailers, Producer, MainArtist - Robert Ash, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Terry Barham, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2018 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Bob Marley, ComposerLyricist - CHRIS BLACKWELL, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Karl Pitterson, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Bob Marley & The Wailers, Producer, MainArtist - Aston Barrett, Mixer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1977 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Bob Marley, Producer, Acoustic Guitar, Recording Arranger, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Marcia Griffiths, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Tony Platt, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - CHRIS BLACKWELL, Producer - Wayne Perkins, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Tyrone Downie, Organ, AssociatedPerformer - Peter Tosh, Guitar, Organ, Piano, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Rita Marley, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Robbie Shakespeare, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Bob Marley & The Wailers, MainArtist - The Wailers, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Bunny Wailer, Percussion, Bongos, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Carlton Barrett, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Aston Barrett, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - John "Rabbit" Bundrick, Keyboards, Organ, Synthesizer, AssociatedPerformer - Winston Wright, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Carlton Lee, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Stu Barrett, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Chris Karen, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Francisco Willie Pep, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1973 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Alex Sadkin, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Bob Marley, ComposerLyricist - CHRIS BLACKWELL, Producer, Mixer, Executive Producer, StudioPersonnel - Karl Pitterson, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Bob Marley & The Wailers, Producer, MainArtist - Robert Ash, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Terry Barham, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1978 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Vincent Ford, ComposerLyricist - Bob Marley, Producer - Bob Marley & The Wailers, MainArtist - The Wailers, Producer - Errol Thompson, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Syl Morris, Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1976 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Bob Marley and The Wailers, MainArtist - KIRSHNER DON MUSIC, MusicPublisher
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Curtis Mayfield, ComposerLyricist - Errol Brown, Producer - Bob Marley, Composer, Producer - Bob Marley & The Wailers, MainArtist - Lee "Scratch" Perry, Producer - Ingmar Kiang, Producer - Trevor Wyatt, Producer
℗ 1995 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Bob Marley & The Wailers, Bob Marley & The Wailers
℗ 1973 Island Records, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited
Alex Sadkin, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Bob Marley, ComposerLyricist - CHRIS BLACKWELL, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Karl Pitterson, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Bob Marley & The Wailers, Producer, MainArtist - Robert Ash, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Terry Barham, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1978 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Phil Brown, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Bob Marley, ComposerLyricist - Tony Platt, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - CHRIS BLACKWELL, Producer - The Wailers, Producer, MainArtist - Syl Morris, Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1973 Island Records, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited
Bob Marley, ComposerLyricist - CHRIS BLACKWELL, Producer - Jack Nuber, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Bob Marley & The Wailers, Producer, MainArtist
℗ 1978 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Al Anderson, Producer, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Bernard Harvey, Producer, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Bob Marley, Producer, Guitar, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - CHRIS BLACKWELL, Producer - Jean Roussel, Producer, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Rita Marley, ComposerLyricist - Bob Marley & The Wailers, MainArtist - Carlton Barrett, Producer, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Aston Barrett, Producer, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Allen Cole, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1975 JAD Record Company, Inc.
Phil Brown, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Bob Marley, ComposerLyricist - Tony Platt, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - CHRIS BLACKWELL, Producer - The Wailers, Producer, MainArtist - Syl Morris, Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1973 Island Records, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited
CHRIS BLACKWELL, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Bob Marley & The Wailers, Producer, MainArtist - Carlton Barrett, ComposerLyricist - Allan Cole, ComposerLyricist - Aston Barrett, Mixer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1976 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Errol Brown, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Bob Marley, Producer, Acoustic Guitar, Recording Arranger, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Marcia Griffiths, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Tony Platt, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - CHRIS BLACKWELL, Producer - Peter Tosh, Guitar, Organ, Piano, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Rita Marley, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Bob Marley & The Wailers, MainArtist - The Wailers, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Bunny Wailer, Percussion, Bongos, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Carlton Barrett, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Aston Barrett, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - John "Rabbit" Bundrick, Keyboards, Organ, Synthesizer, AssociatedPerformer - Winston Wright, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Carlton Lee, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Stu Barrett, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Chris Karen, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Francisco Willie Pep, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Suha Gur, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1973 Island Records, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited
Errol Brown, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Bob Marley, ComposerLyricist - CHRIS BLACKWELL, Producer, Mixer, Executive Producer, StudioPersonnel - Bob Marley & The Wailers, Producer, Mixer, MainArtist, StudioPersonnel - The Wailers, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Chiao Ng, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1980 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Michael Reid, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Errol Brown, Producer, Mixer, Recording Engineer, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Bob Marley, ComposerLyricist - CHRIS BLACKWELL, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Rita Marley, Producer, Executive Producer - Bob Marley & The Wailers, Producer, MainArtist - Aston Barrett, Mixer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1983 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Al Anderson, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Bernard Harvey, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Bob Marley & The Wailers, MainArtist - Carlton Barrett, Drums, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Lecon Cogill, ComposerLyricist - Aston Barrett, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - I Threes, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Trevor Wyatt, Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1991 The Island Def Jam Music Group
About Playlist
A genre all to himself? Reggae and Bob Marley are undeniably inseparable in the world of music. The international superstar is responsible for giving a voice to the day-to-day struggles of his fellow Jamaicans, and this playlist represents what we believe to be the best of Marley, a man taken from this world before his time, but on his terms. Photo © Dennis Morris
Bob Marley’s Unfinished Trilogy
by Smaël Bouaici
It was precisely 40 years ago that Bob Marley released his final album, Uprising, the climax to his political trilogy (with Survival and Confrontation) that was left unfinished after Marley was taken by cancer in 1981. Let us look back at this Jamaican prophet’s shift towards militarism during his last three years on Earth.
On the 10th of June, 1980, immediately after the release of Uprising, Bob embarked on a triumphant European tour. 120,000 people in Milan, 10,000 for each date of his French tour, and ended with a legendary set in front of 50,000 at the Bourget on the 3rd of July, 1980, inspiring this quip from Coluche: “The Pope in Bourget: 22,000 people for free! Bob Marley: 47,000 paid! I wonder if reggae is on its way to becoming a religion.”
On his return to the United States at the end of summer, Bob Marley delivered two concerts in New York before collapsing during a jog in Central Park. Through his pain, he performed a final concert in Pittsburgh two days later, the 23rd of September, before doctors told him that the cancer had spread to his brain.
Bob passed away on the 11th of May, 1981, at the Cedars of Lebanon hospital in Miami leaving the final part of his trilogy, the album Confrontation, of which he had already approved the title, incomplete. Finalised by Rita Marley and Chris Blackwell from studio remnants, and released in 1983, the album notably contains I Know (recorded in ’75 at the time of Rastaman Vibration), Rastaman Live Up and Blackman Redemption (found in the January ’79 Survival sessions), and Give Thanks and Praises (which was excluded from the final version of Uprising). It’s known that Bob Marley would sometimes work for years on a track before he found the correct arrangement, and Confrontation is logically far from reaching the heights of its predecessors. Nevertheless, in addition to Stiff Necked Fools, in which Marley criticises a stuck-up bourgeoisie, it includes the hit Buffalo Soldier, which passed onto future generations thanks to the compilation album Legend. The track, the final indicator of the militant stance Marley adopted on this series of albums, alludes to regiments of black soldiers in the US Army at the end of the 19th century, which to him represented a model for resistance to racism, by drawing a parallel with slavery (“Fighting on arrival, fighting for survival”).
For Junior Marvis, in Buffalo Soldier, Marley was referring to his own life: “Bob lived a very difficult life. His father died when he was young; he and his mother slept rough, on the ground, it was real misery. Most people would give up in these conditions. But he stayed positive and was never bitter towards anyone at all. He was a true Buffalo Soldier.”
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