Wailing Souls

The Wailing Souls (originally The Renegades) are a Jamaican reggae vocal group whose origins date back to the 1960s. The group has undergone several line-up changes over the years with Winston "Pipe" Matthews and Lloyd "Bread" McDonald the only constant members. They have been nominated for Grammy Awards three times. The group was originally formed as The Renegades in 1966, comprising Winston "Pipe" Matthews, Lloyd "Bread" McDonald, and George "Buddy" Haye, who had attended the same vocal classes held by Joe Higgs in the early 1960s as The Wailers. Matthews had previously recorded as a member of The Schoolboys for Prince Buster. (read more on wikipedia)

Links to Peel
Peel as a reggae fan constantly played music of artists from Jamaica, including the Wailing Souls, who received plenty of airplay on his shows between the 70's until his death in 2004. The band also did a session for Peel's show in 1984, one of the few reggae artists to do that. After Peel's death, it was later found out that he had ten of the Wailing Souls albums in his Record Collection: W.

Sessions
1. Recorded: 1984-10-30. Broadcast: 07 November 1984. Repeated: 27 November 1984, 11 December 1984
 * Firehouse Rock / Bredda Gravalcious / Stop Red Eye / Bandits Taking Over

Other Shows Played

 * 1978
 * 1979
 * 08 September 1979 (BFBS): Row Fisherman Row (7") Banana
 * 1980
 * 01 December 1980: See Baba Joe (split 12" with Michael Prophet - Help Them Please / See Baba Joe) Greensleeves
 * 1981
 * 12 January 1981: Kingdom Rise Kingdom Fall (12") Greensleeves
 * 15 April 1981: Old Broom (album - Sly And Robbie Present Taxi) Taxi
 * 22 June 1981: Firehouse Rock (album - Firehouse Rock) Greensleeves
 * 10 September 1981: 'Who No Waan Come (LP-Wailing)' (Jah Guidance)
 * 15 September 1981: Up Front (12") Greensleeves
 * 1982
 * 03 March 1982: Diamonds & Pearls (split 12" with Papa Tullo - Diamonds & Pearls / Sister Pearl) Greensleeves
 * 23 December 1982: Mass Charley Ground (album - Inchpinchers) Greensleeves
 * 1983
 * 09 January 1983 (BFBS): Mass Charley Ground (LP - Inchpinchers) Greensleeves
 * 09 January 1983 (BFBS): Inchpinchers (LP - Inchpinchers) Greensleeves
 * 19 January 1983 (BFBS): Grabbing + Running (split 10" with Wild Bunch - Grabbing + Running / Dub) Cha Cha Music
 * 23 January 1983 (BFBS): Things And Time (album - Inchpinchers) Greensleeves
 * 25 January 1983: Tom Sprang (album - Inchpinchers) Greensleeves
 * 30 January 1983 (BFBS): Tom Sprang (album - Inchpinchers) Greensleeves
 * 16 February 1983 (BFBS): Take We Back (shared 12" with Ranking Trevor - Take We Back / Yard Oh) Jah Guidance
 * 02 March 1983: Oh What A Lie (album - Inchpinchers) Greensleeves
 * 22 March 1983: Sweetie Come Brush Me (LP - Baby Come Rock) Joe Gibbs Music
 * 23 March 1983: Things & Time Will Tell (album - Baby Come Rock) Joe Gibbs Music
 * 18 May 1983: unknown
 * 27 September 1983: Stop Red Eye
 * 29 September 1983: Sticky Stay (LP - On The Rocks) Greensleeves
 * 1984
 * 30 May 1984: John Shop
 * 1985
 * 04 March 1985: Mass Charley Ground (album - Inchpinchers) Greensleeves
 * 1987
 * 02 June 1987: Diamonds & Pearls
 * 17 June 1987: Stop Red Eye (LP - The Very Best Of) Greensleeves
 * 30 June 1987: 'Fire House Rock (LP-The Very Best Of The Wailing Souls)'
 * 29 September 1987: Who No Waan Come (Album: Wailing) Jah Guidance
 * 1988
 * 12 April 1988: Stop Red Eye (LP - On The Rocks) Greensleeves
 * 1990
 * 01 February 1990: Stormy Night (album - Stormy Night) Rohit International
 * 14 February 1990: What Is What (LP - Stormy Night) Rohit
 * 03 March 1990 (BFBS): Dog Bite (album - Stormy Night) Rohit International
 * 1996
 * 13 January 1996: Mass Charley Ground (Album - Inchpinchers) Greensleeves
 * 20 January 1996 (BFBS): 'Mass Charley Ground (LP-Inchpinchers)' (Greensleeves)
 * 2001
 * 01 May 2001: Mass Charlie Ground (LP - Inchpinchers) Greensleeves
 * 20 May 2001 (BBC World Service): Mass Charley Ground (LP - Inchpinchers) Greensleeves
 * 2003
 * 22 April 2003: Peace and Love Shall Reign (LP - Stranded) Greensleeves
 * 18 November 2003: Mass Charley Ground (LP - Inchpinchers) Greensleeves
 * 22 November 2003 (BBC World Service): Tom Sprang
 * 2004
 * 03 March 2004: War (Album, Comp.: Wailing Souls At Channel One (7's, 12's And Versions)) Pressure Sounds
 * 31 March 2004: 'Firehouse Rock (2xCD - The Biggest Dancehall Anthems 1979-82: The Birth of Dancehall)' (Greensleeves)
 * 31 March 2004: 'Firehouse Rock (2xCD - The Biggest Dancehall Anthems 1979-82: The Birth of Dancehall)' (Greensleeves)