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Bob Marley And The Wailers Previously Known As The Wailers And Prior To That The Wailing Rudeboys The Wailing Wailers And The Teenagers Were A Jamaican Ska Rocksteady And Reggae Band. The Founding Members In 1963 Were Bob Marley Robert Nesta Marley Peter Tosh Hubert Winston McIntosh And Bunny Wailer Neville Livingston . During 1970 And 1971 Wailer Marley And Tosh Worked With Renowned Reggae Producers Leslie Kong And Lee "Scratch" Perry. They Released Four Albums Before Signing To Island Records In 1972. Two More Albums Were Created Before Tosh And Wailer Left The Band In 1974 Citing Grievances Over Label Treatment And Ideological Differences. Marley Carried On With A New Line-Up Including The I-Threes That Put Out Seven More More Albums. Marley Died In 1981. The Wailers Were A Groundbreaking Ska And Reggae Group Noted For Songs Such As "Simmer Down" "Trenchtown Rock" "Nice Time" "War" "Stir It Up" And "Get Up Stand Up". Full Wikipedia Article Https //en.Wikipedia.Org/wiki/Bob_Marley_And_The_Wailers Studio Albums
The Wailing Wailers 1965 The Best Of The Wailers 1970 Released 1971 Soul Rebels 1970 Soul Revolution Part II 1971 Catch A Fire 1973 Burnin' 1973 Natty Dread 1974 Rastaman Vibration 1976 Exodus 1977 Kaya 1978 Survival 1979 Uprising 1980 Confrontation 1983
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Bob-Marley-&-The-Wailers - Legend
"Redemption Song" Is A Song By Bob Marley. It Is The Final Track On Bob Marley & The Wailers' Ninth Album Uprising Produced By Chris Blackwell And Released By Island Records. The Song Is Considered One Of Marley's Seminal Works With Some Key Lyrics Derived From A Speech Given By The Pan-Africanist Orator Marcus Garvey. At The Time He Wrote The Song Circa 1979 Bob Marley Had Been Diagnosed With The Cancer That Later Was To Take His Life. According To Rita Marley "he Was Already Secretly In A Lot Of Pain And Dealt With His Own Mortality A Feature That Is Clearly Apparent In The Album Particularly In This Song". Unlike Most Of Bob Marley's Tracks It Is Strictly A Solo Acoustic Recording Consisting Of Marley Singing And Playing An Acoustic Guitar Without Accompaniment. In Subsequent Live Performances However A Full Band Was Used. A Full Band Rendition Of "Redemption Song" Was Made Available As A Bonus Track On The 2001 Reissue Of Uprising As Well As Featuring On The 2001 Compilation One Love The Very Best Of Bob Marley & The Wailers. However The Solo Performance Remains The Take Most Familiar To Listeners. In 2004 Rolling Stone Placed The Song At #66 Among The 500 Greatest Songs Of All Time. In 2010 The New Statesman Listed It As One Of The Top 20 Political Songs. Personnel Bob Marley – Vocals Acoustic Guitar Production With Bob Accompanying Himself On Guitar "Redemption Song" Was Unlike Anything He Had Ever Recorded An Acoustic Ballad Without Any Hint Of Reggae Rhythm. In Message And Sound It Recalled Bob Dylan. Biographer Timothy White Called It An 'acoustic Spiritual' And Another Biographer Stephen Davis Pointed Out The Song Was A 'total Departure' A Deeply Personal Verse Sung To The Bright-Sounding Acoustic Strumming Of Bob's Ovation Adamis Guitar. — James Henke Author Of Marley Legend Meaning And Social Impact The Song Urges Listeners To "Emancipate Yourself From Mental Slavery " Because "None But Ourselves Can Free Our Minds". These Lines Were Taken From A Speech Given By Marcus Garvey In Nova Scotia During October 1937 And Published In His Black Man Magazine We Are Going To Emancipate Ourselves From Mental Slavery Because Whilst Others Might Free The Body None But Ourselves Can Free The Mind. Mind Is Your Only Ruler Sovereign. The Man Who Is Not Able To Develop And Use His Mind Is Bound To Be The Slave Of The Other Man Who Uses His Mind ... In 2009 Jamaican Poet And Broadcaster Mutabaruka Chose "Redemption Song" As The Most Influential Recording In Jamaican Music History. Covers * Michael McDonald Made This Song His Own On His 2008 Album "Soul Speak". * Manfred Mann's Earth Band Covered The Song On Their 1983 Album Somewhere In Afrika. * Jackson Browne Performed An Acoustic Version At The 1995 Opening Of The Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame That Was Released On The All-Star Album Concert For The Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame * English R&B Girl Group Eternal Covered The Song On Their 1995 Album Power Of A Woman. * Life Of Agony Included An Acoustic Version On Limited Editions Of Their 1995 Album Ugly. * Punk Rock Band No Use For A Name Recorded A Cover For Their 1995 Album Leche Con Carne. * A Rare Cover Recorded By Stevie Wonder Was Included On His 1996 Compilation Stevie Wonder - Song Review Greatest Hits. * US-Based Duo Moodswings Included A Cover Of The Song On Their 1997 Release Psychedelicatessen. * Sinéad O'Connor Performed This Song Live During Her 1997 Tour. A Recording Of This Was Used As B-Side On The This Is A Rebel Song CD Single. * Sweet Honey In The Rock Performed An A Capella Version Of It On Their 1998 Album Twenty-Five * Seggae Band Baster Recorded A Version For Their Album Raskok In 2001. 10 * Irish Folk Music Band The Chieftains Recorded A Cover With Bob Marley's Son Ziggy Marley On Their 2002 Album The Wide World Over A 40 Year Celebration. * Joe Strummer Formerly Of The Clash Recorded A Version On His Last Album Streetcore Not Long Before His Death In 2002. The Track Featured Producer Rick Rubin On Melodica And Piano. Rubin Also Produced A Version With Strummer And Johnny Cash For Cash's Posthumous Box Set Unearthed. * New Zealand Reggae Band Katchafire Initially A Bob Marley Tribute Band Included A Cover Of Redemption Song On Their 2003 Debut Album Revival. * A Cover By Canadian Artist Chantal Kreviazuk Was Included On The 2003 Compilation Peace Songs. * Ethiopian-American Neo-Soul Artist Wayna Recorded A Version For Her 2004 Album 2004. * Serbian Rock Band Bajaga I Instruktori Recorded A Serbian Language Cover Of The Song Titled "Pesma Slobode" With Guest Appearance By Pop Singer Bebi Dol Releasing It On Their 2005 Album Šou Počinje U Ponoć. 11 * Danish Band Outlandish Recorded A Version And Included It In The Deluxe Version Of Their 2005 Album Closer Than Veins. * In 2009 Angelique Kidjo Released A Version Of The Song On The Compilation Album Oh Happy Day An All-Star Music Celebration. 12 * The Song Was A Charity Cover Song By Singer Rihanna. It Was Released For The Hope For Haiti Now Campaign In January 2010. * Aly Michalka And Ben Cotten Performed Their Version Of This Song On An Episode Of Hellcats Season 1 Episode 15 Premiered In 2010. * Chris Cornell Has Covered "Redemption Song" Acoustically. Originally From The Album Uprising - Album Year 1980 Uprising Would Be The Final Studio Album Featuring Bob Marley & The Wailers To Be Released During Marley’s Lifetime. Prophetically It Also Contains Some Of The Band’s Finest Crafted Material As If They Were Cogent That This Would Be Their Final Outing. The Album’s Blend Of Religious And Secular Themes Likewise Creates A Very Powerful And Singular Quest For Spirituality In A Material World. Album Tracks 01 Coming In From The Cold
02 Real Situation
03 Bad Card
04 We And Dem
05 Work
06 Zion Train
07 Pimper’s Paradise
08 Could You Be Loved
09 Forever Loving Jah
10 Redemption Song
11 Redemption Song Band Version 12 Could You Be Loved 12” Mix
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Bob Marley And The Wailers Previously Known As The Wailers And Prior To That The Wailing Rudeboys The Wailing Wailers And The Teenagers Were A Jamaican Ska Rocksteady And Reggae Band. The Founding Members In 1963 Were Bob Marley Robert Nesta Marley Peter Tosh Hubert Winston McIntosh And Bunny Wailer Neville Livingston . During 1970 And 1971 Wailer Marley And Tosh Worked With Renowned Reggae Producers Leslie Kong And Lee "Scratch" Perry. They Released Four Albums Before Signing To Island Records In 1972. Two More Albums Were Created Before Tosh And Wailer Left The Band In 1974 Citing Grievances Over Label Treatment And Ideological Differences. Marley Carried On With A New Line-Up Including The I-Threes That Put Out Seven More More Albums. Marley Died In 1981. The Wailers Were A Groundbreaking Ska And Reggae Group Noted For Songs Such As "Simmer Down" "Trenchtown Rock" "Nice Time" "War" "Stir It Up" And "Get Up Stand Up". Full Wikipedia Article Https //en.Wikipedia.Org/wiki/Bob_Marley_And_The_Wailers Studio Albums
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"Redemption Song" is a song by Bob Marley. It is the final track on Bob Marley & the Wailers' ninth album, Uprising, produced by Chris Blackwell and released by Island Records. The song is considered one of Marley's seminal works, with some key lyrics derived from a speech given by the Pan-Africanist orator Marcus Garvey.
At the time he wrote the song, circa 1979, Bob Marley had been diagnosed with the cancer that later was to take his life. According to Rita Marley, "he was already secretly in a lot of pain and dealt with his own mortality, a feature that is clearly apparent in the album, particularly in this song".
Unlike most of Bob Marley's tracks, it is strictly a solo acoustic recording, consisting of Marley singing and playing an acoustic guitar, without accompaniment. In subsequent live performances, however, a full band was used. A full band rendition of "Redemption Song" was made available as a bonus track on the 2001 reissue of Uprising, as well as featuring on the 2001 compilation One Love: The Very Best of Bob Marley & the Wailers. However, the solo performance remains the take most familiar to listeners.
In 2004, Rolling Stone placed the song at #66 among The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time. In 2010, the New Statesman listed it as one of the Top 20 Political Songs.
Personnel
Bob Marley – vocals, acoustic guitar, production
With Bob accompanying himself on Guitar, "Redemption Song" was unlike anything he had ever recorded: an acoustic ballad, without any hint of reggae rhythm. In message and sound it recalled Bob Dylan. Biographer Timothy White called it an 'acoustic spiritual' and another biographer, Stephen Davis, pointed out the song was a 'total departure', a deeply personal verse sung to the bright-sounding acoustic strumming of Bob's Ovation Adamis guitar.
— James Henke, author of Marley Legend
Meaning and social impact
The song urges listeners to "Emancipate yourself from mental slavery," because "None but ourselves can free our minds". These lines were taken from a speech given by Marcus Garvey in Nova Scotia during October 1937 and published in his Black Man magazine:
We are going to emancipate ourselves from mental slavery because whilst others might free the body, none but ourselves can free the mind. Mind is your only ruler, sovereign. The man who is not able to develop and use his mind is bound to be the slave of the other man who uses his mind ...
In 2009, Jamaican poet and broadcaster Mutabaruka chose "Redemption Song" as the most influential recording in Jamaican music history.
Covers
* Michael McDonald made this song his own on his 2008 album "Soul Speak".
* Manfred Mann's Earth Band covered the song on their 1983 album Somewhere in Afrika.
* Jackson Browne performed an acoustic version at the 1995 opening of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame that was released on the all-star album Concert for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
* English R&B girl group Eternal covered the song on their 1995 album Power of a Woman.
* Life Of Agony included an acoustic version on limited editions of their 1995 album Ugly.
* Punk rock band No Use For A Name recorded a cover for their 1995 album Leche Con Carne.
* A rare cover recorded by Stevie Wonder was included on his 1996 compilation Stevie Wonder - Song Review: Greatest Hits.
* US-based duo Moodswings included a cover of the song on their 1997 release Psychedelicatessen.
* Sinéad O'Connor performed this song live during her 1997 tour. A recording of this was used as B-side on the This Is a Rebel Song CD single.
* Sweet Honey in the Rock performed an a capella version of it on their 1998 album Twenty-Five
* Seggae band Baster recorded a version for their album Raskok in 2001.[10]
* Irish folk music band The Chieftains recorded a cover with Bob Marley's son, Ziggy Marley, on their 2002 album The Wide World Over: A 40 Year Celebration.
* Joe Strummer, formerly of The Clash, recorded a version on his last album Streetcore not long before his death in 2002. The track featured producer Rick Rubin on melodica and piano. Rubin also produced a version with Strummer and Johnny Cash for Cash's posthumous box set, Unearthed.
* New Zealand reggae band Katchafire (initially a Bob Marley tribute band) included a cover of Redemption song on their 2003 debut album, Revival.
* A cover by Canadian artist Chantal Kreviazuk was included on the 2003 compilation Peace Songs.
* Ethiopian-American neo-soul artist Wayna recorded a version for her 2004 album 2004.
* Serbian rock band Bajaga i Instruktori recorded a Serbian language cover of the song, titled "Pesma slobode", with guest appearance by pop singer Bebi Dol, releasing it on their 2005 album Šou počinje u ponoć.[11]
* Danish band Outlandish recorded a version and included it in the deluxe version of their 2005 album Closer Than Veins.
* In 2009, Angelique Kidjo released a version of the song on the compilation album Oh Happy Day: An All-Star Music Celebration.[12]
* The song was a charity cover song by singer Rihanna. It was released for the Hope For Haiti Now campaign in January 2010.
* Aly Michalka and Ben Cotten performed their version of this song on an episode of Hellcats (Season 1 Episode 15), premiered in 2010.
* Chris Cornell has covered "Redemption Song" acoustically.
Originally from the Album Uprising - Album Year: 1980
Uprising would be the final studio album featuring Bob Marley & the Wailers to be released during Marley’s lifetime. Prophetically, it also contains some of the band’s finest crafted material, as if they were cogent that this would be their final outing. The album’s blend of religious and secular themes likewise creates a very powerful and singular quest for spirituality in a material world.
Album Tracks:
01 Coming In From The Cold
02 Real Situation
03 Bad Card
04 We And Dem
05 Work
06 Zion Train
07 Pimper’s Paradise
08 Could You Be Loved
09 Forever Loving Jah
10 Redemption Song
11 Redemption Song (Band Version)
12 Could You Be Loved (12” Mix)
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