Personnel includes: Bob Marley, Peter Tosh (vocals, guitar); Neville "Bunny" Livingston, Junior Braithwaite (vocals); Jah Jerry, Ernest Ranglin, Lyn Taitt (guitar); Roy Richards (harmonica); Lester Sterling, Headley Bennett (alto saxophone); Roland Alphonso, Tony Wilson (tenor saxophone); "Ska" Campbell (baritone saxophone); Bobby Ellis, Trummie Miles (trumpet); Vin Gordon (trombone); Richard Ace, Danny McFarlane (keyboards); Desi Miles, "Bassie" Bryan Atkinson (bass); Carl McCloud, Lloyd Robinson (drums); Beverly Kelso, Rita Marley, Cherry Green, Marlene Gifford (background vocals).
Recorded at Studio One Recording Studio, Kingston, Jamaica from 1963 to 1966. Includes liner notes by Roger Steffens and Leroy Jodie Pierson.
Digitally remastered by Toby Mountain (Northeastern Digital Recording).
This set is remarkable for the glimpse it provides of a musical visionary finding his voice. Bob Marley emerged as the preeminent voice of reggae when the Wailers dissolved in the '70s. These 1963-66 recordings show Marley, Peter Tosh and Bunny Wailer excitedly pursuing numerous different musical paths, well before the spotlight (and the money) found them and limited their creative mobility.
These recordings were all made at Coxsonne Dodd's influential Studio One in Kingston, Jamaica. Besides including some stunning unreleased gems, SIMMER DOWN presents all the tracks in their original form, without any of the overdubs which were added well after the fact. A second volume, THE WAILING WAILERS AT STUDIO ONE, is also available, and it completes the full issue of this historic, but still fresh and vital music. minimize