This Is Crucial Reggae: Bob Marley and the Wailers

Performer: Bob Marley
Producer: Lee "Scratch" Perry; Jerry Rappaport (Compilation)...
Distributor: Universal Distribution

Notes: Personnel: Bob Marley (vocals, guitar, background vocals); Peter Tosh (vocals, guitar, background vocals); Bunny Livingston (vocals, percussion, background vocals). Liner Note Author: Elena Oumano. Recording information: Kingston, Jamaica. The CRUCIAL REGGAE series faces something of an impossible task in its Bob Marley volume--that of summarizing the career of a performer who for many people is the only reggae artist they know. Here the strategy is one of compiling early versions of a dozen of Marley's best-loved songs, recorded in the early '70s with the legendary Lee Perry. Perry's production gives an early inkling of the Wailers' future sound, slowing down their previously sprightly ska rhythms and highlighting the rhythm section, while retaining the trio of Peter Tosh, Bob Marley, and Bunny Livingstone's sublime vocal harmonies. While the international success of albums such as CATCH A FIRE and BURNIN' was still a couple of years off, these recordings capture Marley and his bandmates in both relaxed and experimental moods.

Jamaican legend Bob Marley began recording in the mid-1960s when R&B-influenced vocal harmony was the order of the day in Jamaican pop. With the Wailers, he presaged every major development from rock steady to roots reggae. By combining the tension of political issues with the expansiveness of Rastafarian spirituality and some of the deepest grooves in reggae, he earned a worldwide audience. Though Marley died young, he remains an icon comparable to John Lennon, a musical and social visionary.

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