Bob Marley & The Wailers

(This page is about the reggae group with Bob Marley. For the garage rock band of the same name, see Wailers(2)).

Bob Marley & The Wailers were a Jamaican reggae, ska and rocksteady band formed by Bob Marley, Peter Tosh and Bunny Wailer in 1963. Additional members were Junior Braithwaite, Beverley Kelso, Cherry Smith and Aston and Carlton Barrett. The band came to an end with the death of Bob Marley in 1981 ... (read more at Wikipedia)

Links To Peel

Bob Marley & The Wailers embarked on their first proper tour of the UK in May 1973 to play shows in support of their debut album for Island Records, 'Catch A Fire'. Their very first performance in the UK was a live in-studio gig for John Peel’s Top Gear Radio Show. The band did another session for Peel's show 6 months later.

Sessions

Two sessions. No known commercial release.

1. Recorded: 1973-05-01 First Broadcast: 15 May 1973. Repeated: 24 July 1973, 14 July 1980, 11 June 1981

Slave Driver / Rasta Man / Concrete Jungle

2. Recorded: 1973-11-26. Broadcast: 25 December 1973. Repeated: 11 June 1981

Kinky Reggae / Can't Blame The Youth / Get Up Stand Up

Festive Fifty Entries

1976 Festive Fifty: No Woman, No Cry #32
1977 Festive Fifty: Waiting In Vain #32

Featured in shows

(The list below is certainly incomplete and compiled only from the database of this site and Lorcan's Tracklistings Archive. Please add further information if known.)

1970s

20 March 1973: Concrete Jungle (LP – Catch A Fire) Island
27 March 1973: Slave Driver (single Get Up, Stand Up b-side) Island
31 July 1973: Put It On (LP-Burnin') Island
30 January 1975: Lively Up Yourself (album - Natty Dread) Island ILPS 9281
25 September 1975: Concrete Jungle
14 October 1975: Talkin' Blues (album - Natty Dread) Island ILPS 9281
24 November 1975: All of Live! At The Lyceum album
08 December 1975: Lively Up Yourself (LP - Live!) Island
19 December 1975: 'No Woman No Cry (7") Island (Favourite singles of year, #8)
23 December 1975: Them Belly Full (But We Hungry) (album - Natty Dread) Island ILPS 9281
20 April 1976: Positive Vibration / Roots, Rock, Reggae / Johnny Was / Cry To Me / Want More (LP - Rastaman Vibration) Island
15 June 1976: Rat Race (LP - Rastaman Vibration) Island
28 December 1976: No Woman, No Cry (LP-Live At The Lyceum) Island FF#32
18 May 1977: Tracks from 'Exodus' LP
15 August 1977: Roots (7" - Waiting In Vain) Island
17 August 1977: Waiting In Vain (7") Island WIP 6402
04 October 1977: Them Belly Full (But We Hungry) (LP - Natty Dread) Island
05 October 1977: No Woman No Cry (LP - Live! At The Lyceum) Island
23 December 1977: Waiting in Vain (LP – Exodus) Island FF#32
03 January 1978: Small Axe (LP - Burnin') Island
03 February 1978: Is This Love
17 February 1978: Is This Love (7") Island
05 May 1978: Smile Jamaica (7" - Satisfy My Soul) Island WIP 6440
26 June 1978 or 27 June 1978: Black Man Redemption (7") Tuff Gong as mentioned on 30 June 1978
30 June 1978: Black Man Redemption (7") Tuff Gong
07 July 1978: Black Man Redemption (single) Tuff Gong
11 October 1978: War / No More Trouble (12" single) Island
16 October 1978: War/No More Trouble (12" - War/No More Trouble / Exodus) Island
02 November 1978: Exodus (live) (12" single) Island
21 November 1978: Positive Vibration (LP - Babylon By Bus)
29 November 1978: Stir It Up (album - Babylon By Bus) Island ISLD 11
15 January 1979: No Woman, No Cry (7”) Tuff Gong
16 January 1979: Don't Give Up (single b-side 'Rastaman Live Up') Tuff Gong
18 January 1979: Rastaman Live Up (7”) Tuff Gong
27 March 1979: Exodus (Various LP - One Big Happy Family) Island
02 April 1979: Rastaman Live Up (7") Tuff Gong
30 July 1979: Ambush (7") Tuff Gong
01 August 1979: Ambush (7") Tuff Gong
11 August 1979 (BFBS): Ambush (7") Tuff Gong
18 August 1979 (BFBS): Ambush In Dub
18 September 1979: Zimbabwe (LP - Survival) Island
18 September 1979: Survival (LP - Survival) Island
18 September 1979: One Drop (LP - Survival) Island
24 September 1979: One Drop (LP – Survival) Island
25 September 1979: Ambush In The Night (album - Survival) Island
04 October 1979: Zimbabwe (LP - Survival) Island
08 October 1979: Africa Unite (LP - Survival) Island
10 November 1979 (BFBS): Simmer Down (album - The Wailing Wailers) Studio One S1001
19 November 1979: Rude Boy (LP - The Wailing Wailers) Greensleeves
06 December 1979: Concrete Jungle

1980s

29 May 1980: Could You Be Loved (7") Island
12 June 1980: Coming In From The Cold (album - Uprising) Island / Tuff Gong ILPS 9596 John describes the album as "bitty"
18 June 1980: Work (LP – Uprising) Island
23 June 1980: Work (LP - Uprising) Island (Paul Gambaccini sits in)
24 June 1980: Coming In From The Cold (LP - Uprising) Island (Paul Gambaccini sits in)
26 June 1980: Zion Train (LP - Uprising) Island (Paul Gambaccini sits in)
03 July 1980 (BFBS): Bad Card (album - Uprising) Island/Tuff Gong ILPS 9596
10 July 1980: We And Dem (LP - Uprising) Island
26 January 1981: Keep On Moving
11 May 1981: Exodus (played in tribute to Marley, who died that day)
18 May 1981: Small Axe (LP-Burnin') Island
19 May 1981: Duppy Conqueror (LP - African Herbsman) Trojan
22 September 1981: Soul Shakedown Party
06 October 1981: Put It On (album - Soul Rebel) New Cross NC 001
20 October 1981: There She Goes (LP - Soul Rebel) New Cross
28 March 1983: Trenchtown (12") 56 Hope Road
19 April 1983: Trenchtown (12") 56 Hope Road (JP: 'There's a portion that sounds disconcertedly like (Peel sings the tune) the hills are alive with the sound of music')
Karl's Tape March April 1983 / 25 April 1983: Black Man Redemption (7") Tuff Gong
01 May 1983 (BFBS): Black Man Redemption (7") Tuff Gong
17 August 1983 (BFBS): Natty Dread
24 August 1983: Kaya
17 September 1983 (BFBS): Jah Live
15 November 1983: Wings Of A Dove
22 July 1985: Duppy Conqueror (LP - Rasta Revolution) Trojan
06 August 1985: Cornerstone (LP - Rasta Revolution) Trojan
14 August 1985: No Water (LP - Rasta Revolution) Trojan
04 September 1985: Rainbow Country (shared 12" with Augustus Pablo And The Upsetters - Rainbow Country / Lama Lava) Daddy Kool
John Peel inc 04 March 1986 edited: Teach Them A Lesson
16 June 1986: Roots (LP - Rebel Music) Island
11 March 1987: Small Axe (LP - Burnin') Island
06 April 1987: No Sympathy (LP - Soul Rebels) Receiver
27 April 1987: It's Alright (LP - Soul Rebels) Receiver
14 September 1987: 400 Years (LP - Catch A Fire) Island
30 May 1988: I Shot The Sherrif
27 September 1988: Jah Live (7") Island
16 October 1989: Talkin' Blues (album - Natty Dread) Island
16 October 1989: Easy Skanking (album - Kaya) Island ILPS 9517

1990s

29 July 1996: Get Up, Stand Up (session) (John Peel's Classic Sessions)
01 October 1997: Rasta Man
07 April 1998: Sugar Sugar (7") Impact
07 October 1998: Soul Rebel (LP - The Complete Bob Marley And The Wailers 1967-1972 Part 1)
13 October 1998: There She Goes (LP - The Complete Bob Marley And The Wailers 1967-1972 Part 1)
30 December 1998: Redemption Song (LP - Uprising) Island
17 November 1999: Duppy Conqueror Peelenium 1973

2000s

09 April 2003: Trenchtown Rock (LP- Jamaican Hits) Trojan
01 September 2004: Promotional Advert' (7") Island
01 September 2004: One Drop' (7") Tuff Gong
10 September 2004 (BBC World Service): One Drop' (7") Tuff Gong

Others

Rebel Yell: Concrete Jungle
Where It's At: So Jah Seh (LP-Natty Dread) Island
Peeling Back The Years: Concrete Jungle (session)

Earl Wire Lindo

30 January 2002: Bide Up With Reason (7") Fam's
17 February 2002 (BBC World Service): ‎Bide Up With Reason (Adapted) (7") Fam's

Top Of The Pops

10 May 1984 (TOTP): One Love - People Get Ready (video)

Covered

(The list below was compiled only from the Cover Versions page of this site. Please add more information if known.)

Artist | Track | First Known Play

Cimarons: Talking Blues 16 December 1975
Eric Clapton: I Shot The Sheriff 04 July 1974
Fugees Tranzlator Crew: I Shot The Sherrif (session) 14 October 1994
Heptones: Natural Mystic 27 June 1979
Winston Jarret & The Righteous Flames: Kaya 09 May 1978
Barrington Levy: Get Up Stand Up 13 July 1987
Mangrove Steel Band: I Shot The Sheriff (session) 01 April 1987
Frankie Miller: Is This Love? (session) 02 April 1979
Sharon: Hum Aajnabi Hai ('No Woman No Cry') 05 January 1988
Spraydog: Wait In Vain (session) 01 August 2000
Stiff Little Fingers: Johnny Was (session) 13 April 1978
Winston Wonder: Straight And Narrow Way 08 April 1981

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