Bob Marley and The Wailers - Rastaman Vibration (1LP, Box set, UHQR, 33 RPM, 200g, Clear vinyl)
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Lead Vocals, Rhythm Guitar, Acoustic Guitar, Percussion – Bob Marley [click here to see more vinyl featuring Bob Marley]
Backing Vocals – Tyrone Downie and The I-Threes (Rita Marley, Judy Mowatt, Marcia Griffiths)
Drums – Carlton Barrett
Electric Bass, Guitar – Aston "Family Man" Barrett
Keyboards, Bass – Tyrone Downie
Lead Guitar – Al Anderson (B1), Donald Kinsey
Lead Guitar, Rhythm Guitar, Percussion – Earl "Chinna" Smith
Percussion – Alvin "Seeco" Patterson
Saxophone - Tommy McCook (A2)
Guitar overdubs - Donald Kinsey (A2-3)
Hammond Organ - Jean Alain Roussel (A1-2)
Written by Bob Marley (B3), Vincent Ford (A1-2, B1), Rita Marley (A3-4, B1, B5), Aston Barrett (A5, B2), Carlton Barrett (B2, B4), Allen Cole (B4)
1 LP, box set with a 8-page booklet featuring new liner notes by musician and Marley biographer Leroy Jodie Pierson and exclusive photos by Kim-Gottlieb Walker
Limited to 3,500 numbered copies
Original analog Master tape : YES
UHQR
Heavy Press : 200g
Record color : Clear vinyl
Speed : 33RPM
Size : 12”
Stereo
Studio
Record Press : Quality Record Pressings
Label : Analogue Productions
Original Label : Tuff Gong
Recorded in December 1975 and January 1976 at Harry J. Studios and Joe Gibbs Studio in Kingston, Jamaica
Recorded by Errol Thompson, S. Morris
Mixed by Alex Sadkin, Jack Number, Aston Barrett, Chris Blackwell at Criteria Studios, Miami, Florida
Mastered by Ryan K. Smith at Sterling Sound
Originally released in April 1976
Reissued in November 2022
Tracks:
Side A
- Positive Vibration
- Roots, Rock, Reggae
- Johnny Was
- Cry To Me
- Want More
Side B
- Crazy Baldhead
- Who The Cap Fit
- Night Shift
- War
- Rat Race
Reviews :
“For Bob Marley, 1975 was a triumphant year. The singer's Natty Dread album featured one of his strongest batches of original material (the first compiled after the departure of Peter Tosh and Bunny Wailer) and delivered Top 40 hit "No Woman No Cry." The follow-up Live set, a document of Marley's appearance at London's Lyceum, found the singer conquering England as well. Upon completing the tour, Marley and his band returned to Jamaica, laying down the tracks for Rastaman Vibration (1976) at legendary studios run by Harry Johnson and Joe Gibbs. At the mixing board for the sessions were Sylvan Morris and Errol Thompson, Jamaican engineers of the highest caliber. Though none of these cuts would show up on Legend, Marley's massively popular, posthumous best-of, some of the finest reality numbers would surface on the compilation's more militant equivalent, 1986's Rebel Music set. "War," for one, remains one of the most stunning statements of the singer's career. Though it is essentially a straight reading of one of Haile Selassie's speeches, Marley phrases the text exquisitely to fit a musical setting, a quiet intensity lying just below the surface. Equally strong are the likes of "Rat Race," "Crazy Baldhead," and "Want More." These songs are tempered by buoyant, lighthearted material like "Cry to Me," "Night Shift," and "Positive Vibration." Not quite as strong as some of the love songs Marley would score hits with on subsequent albums, "Cry to Me" still seems like an obvious choice for a single and remains underrated. Though record buyers may not have found any single song to be as strong on those terms as "No Woman No Cry," Rastaman Vibration still reached the Top Ten in the United States.” AllMusic Review by Nathan Bush
UHQR :
UHQR pressing is inspired from JVC Japan, which 30 years ago was the pinnacle of high-quality vinyl. Each UHQR vinyl is pressed, using hand-selected vinyl, on a manual Finebilt press with attention paid to every single detail of every single record. The 200-gram records feature the same flat profile that helped to make the original UHQR so desirable. From the lead-in groove to the run-out groove, there is no pitch to the profile, allowing your stylus to play truly perpendicular to the grooves from edge to center. Every UHQR is hand-inspected upon pressing completion, and only the truly flawless are allowed to go to market.
Ratings :
AllMusic : 4 / 5 , Discogs : 4,43 / 5