Four Early Bob Marley and the Wailers Albums Plus Collection of the Group's Pre-1972 Jamaican Hits Set for Simultaneous Release
LOS ANGELES, Aug. 6 /PRNewswire/ -- Four original Bob Marley and the Wailers albums recorded before 1972 -- SOUL REBELS, SOUL REVOLUTION PART II, UPSETTER REVOLUTION RHYTHM and THE BEST OF THE WAILERS -- are set to be reissued by JAD/Hip-O Records on August 31, 2004. Each album has been digitally remastered in the U.K. from the original masters.
Also simultaneously released will be a thematic compilation, ORIGINAL CUTS, featuring the early Jamaican hit recordings of songs the Wailers later re-cut for their classic Island/Tuff Gong albums. Among its 24 tracks are "Trenchtown Rock," "Small Axe," "Lively Up Yourself," "Kaya," "Stir It Up," "Duppy Conqueror," "Pass It On, " "Grooving Kingston," "Sun Is Shining," "Kaya" and "Duppy Conqueror."
In 1968, the Wailers began recording for Danny Sims and his JAD label. Though the relationship continued until 1972, it was not exclusive and the group would record for other labels too. In 1969, the Wailers laid down sessions for the Beverley label and producer Leslie Kong. The year after that, they (Marley, Peter Tosh and Bunny Livingston) teamed with producer Lee "Scratch" Perry, backed by his house band the Upsetters (whose rhythm section of bassist Aston "Family Man" Barrett and his drummer brother Carlton would soon join the Wailers).
Those first Perry sessions forever changed the course of reggae and laid the foundation for the global success of Marley and the Wailers. They were among the tracks packaged onto two LPs: SOUL REBELS (1970) and SOUL REVOLUTION PART II (1971).
SOUL REBELS includes such seminal cuts as "My Cup," "Soul Almighty" and "Soul Rebel." The reissue adds the bonuses "Jah Is Mighty" and "Soul Rebel Version 4." SOUL REVOLUTION PART II spotlights "Duppy Conqueror Version 4" and "Kaya." The pair of added cuts are alternate takes of "Duppy Conqueror" and "Kaya." UPSETTER REVOLUTION RHYTHM (1971) was the companion album to the latter disc, featuring the instrumental rhythm tracks (or "versions") of the songs on SOUL REVOLUTION PART II. The reissue augments the original with an alternate mix of the version of "Kaya."
THE BEST OF THE WAILERS (1970) features the rocksteady recordings the group did for Kong, including "Caution," "Soon Come" and "Do It Twice." The reissue adds versions of "Soul Shakedown Party" and "Soon Come." Truly the best of Bob Marley and the Wailers would soon come -- but SOUL REBELS, SOUL REVOLUTION PART II, UPSETTER REVOLUTION RHYTHM and the songs on THE BEST OF THE WAILERS and ORIGINAL CUTS led the way.
Source: JAD/Hip-O Records
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