Bob Marley.

[Numbers]

I know there’s been a load of threads over the years, and I know he gets, or has got, a lot of flack over the years on here. Feck youse tho’

I love the reggae music released by Bob and Peter and Bunny. My fav song of theirs of all time is Running Away and my fav album is Kaya.

We’re having a Wailers day today, Kaya done, Catch A Fire now - what next?

I’m more a Dennis Brown fan to be honest but fuck me did Bob and his Wailing brothers give us so much great reggae.


ska invita your Bob mix link in your blog isn’t working for me

 

[whoha]

Listened to place of peace for the first time recently , beautiful song

 

[BCBlues]

Wait In Vain and Satisfy My Soul are two timeless classics.
One Drop always goes down well in pubs round here and Redemption Song is great.
Loads of em yeah, Kaya. And his early stuff on Birth Of A Legend album.

 

[ska invita]

I know there’s been a load of threads over the years, and I know he gets, or has got, a lot of flack over the years on here. Feck youse tho’

I love the reggae music released by Bob and Peter and Bunny. My fav song of theirs of all time is Running Away and my fav album is Kaya.

We’re having a Wailers day today, Kaya done, Catch A Fire now - what next?

I’m more a Dennis Brown fan to be honest but fuck me did Bob and his Wailing brothers give us so much great reggae.


ska invita your Bob mix link in your blog isn’t working for me

yeah man, server got hacked and wiped a year or two back -its on my lockdown things to do list to sort that out, fix up old links, some mixes might be lost for good actually

Kaya my favourite of the Island albums too btw
Ive also got a massive soft spot for Survival

heres a rarer early killer
The Wailers - Climb The Ladder

 

[braindancer]

I just went for a walk down the river out of Lewes. Ran into a group of lasses smoking spliffs, wearing sun hats with ganja leaf prints AND listening to Bob. Made me smile...

 

[editor]

What a lovely video, shot in Kings Cross

 

[ska invita]

What a lovely video, shot in Kings Cross

yeah its a real heart warmer isnt it - really captures what school days were like for me as a nipper in 1980 too (minus Bob Marley ) - mad nostalgia

ETA: found this old skool photo from 1981 the other day

 

[klang]

yeah its a real heart warmer isnt it - really captures what school days were like for me as a nipper in 1980 too (minus Bob Marley ) - mad nostalgia

ETA: found this old skool photo from 1981 the other day
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such a great picture!
i think I found you!

 

[salem]

What a lovely video, shot in Kings Cross

It really is such a beautiful/innocent video. Always puts a smile on my face. Bit of trivia - features a young Naomi Campbell too.

 

[ska invita]

40th anniversary of Bobs untimely passing

Died aged 36 ffs

 

[klang]

40th anniversary of Bobs untimely passing

Died aged 36 ffs

My two favourite things - Bob and Munich xx

 

[MrSki]

A couple of programmes on Sky Arts starting at 8pm

 

[rubbershoes]

40 years ago, our no nonsense Yorkshireman house chaplain Rev. John Smith said after school evening prayers that there was a special announcement.

Step forward, the coolest boy in the school who told us of the death of Robert Nesta Marley.

I still don't know how a 14 year old persuaded the Rev that it was newsworthy but the moment remains in my memory.

My top tracks are So Jah Seh and Natural Mystic

 

[maomao]

When I was a kid I used to buy cheap cassettes of Bob Marley albums being performed by session musicians from Woolworths. Does anyone else remember this or have I confused a memory? I haven't managed to find any other reference to these albums (which existed for other artists as well).

 

[Humberto]

 

[petee]

When I was a kid I used to buy cheap cassettes of Bob Marley albums being performed by session musicians from Woolworths. Does anyone else remember this or have I confused a memory? I haven't managed to find any other reference to these albums (which existed for other artists as well).

i didn't know Woolworth had their own session musicians

actually not cassettes but i did used to buy vinyl there [/dates self]

 

[Humberto]

What a lovely video, shot in Kings Cross

Great man.

 

[mod]

Burning and looting

what a tune.

 

[kalidarkone]

Probably my favourite...and when he was with the Wailers.
Mr Brown

 

[kalidarkone]

 

[ska invita]

Burning and looting

what a tune.

burning all illusions is a lyric

 

[kalidarkone]

I was brought up on, the Wailers, Bob Marley, Peter Tosh, Bunny Wailer, Toots and the Maytals, etc interestingly by my dad who was the white Irish one and HUGE reggae fan.

 

[Sprocket.]

The first time I saw Bob Marley & the Wailers. I was a spotty 15 year old, I was blown away and hooked. Old Grey Whistle Test 1973.

 

[albionism]

The first time I saw Bob Marley & the Wailers. I was a spotty 15 year old, I was blown away and hooked. Old Grey Whistle Test 1973.

My favourite.

 

[Idaho]

My top tracks are So Jah Seh and Natural Mystic

I had an album that had a lot of unpolished recordings, possibly early bootlegs, not sure. It had the best version of natural mystic. It actually had a trumpet at the lyric "this must be the last trumpet". Was really atmospheric and head and shoulders above the very clean produced version.

It was on tape on the late 80s and I think it had a mainly white cover. Never managed to track it down since.

Found it!

 

[BigMoaner]

when he's good, he's really fucking good.

 

[Numbers]

As mentioned in the OP, this is my personal fav.

 

[zahir]

 

[mx wcfc]

BBC 6 Music (can't remember which dj) played a load of his stuff today, which coincided nicely with a particularly dull training session I had to "listen to".

 

[zahir]

When I was a kid I used to buy cheap cassettes of Bob Marley albums being performed by session musicians from Woolworths. Does anyone else remember this or have I confused a memory? I haven't managed to find any other reference to these albums (which existed for other artists as well).

These existed. I used to have a copy of this: Funky Junction - Wikipedia