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One of Bob Marley & the Wailers' finest collections, AFRICAN HERBSMAN belongs alongside CATCH A FIRE and NATTY DREAD as an essential Marley recording. There are three reasons why AFRICAN HERBSMAN is significant. For starters, it is a treasure trove of some of Marley's best songs. Though these tunes were written and recorded in the early 1970s, Marley would revisit them--in concert and in re-recordings--throughout his career. The celebratory "Lively Up Yourself," the winsome and wise "Small Axe," the swaying "Don't Rock the Boat," and the escapist dream "Kaya," are only a few of the gleaming gems here.
More importantly, perhaps, AFRICAN HERBSMAN captures the Wailers at their peak as a band. With Bunny Livingston and Peter Tosh's high, sweet harmonies prominent throughout, and the Barrett brothers' impeccable rhythms, the Wailers are an unstoppable unit (and provide a focus lost on some of Marley's solo albums). But the most distinguishing quality of these sessions is Lee "Scratch" Perry's remarkable, unique production. Unlike the rock-oriented sound of the Chris Blackwell-produced CATCH A FIRE (released the same year), HERBSMAN has pure Jamaican roots--on top of the fine material and performances--making it one of the defining documents of reggae.
Includes liner notes by Dave Katz.
Orig. 1973 Album Remastered + 10 Bonus Tracks.
Compilation producer: David Katz.
Personnel: Bob Marley, Peter Tosh, Bunny Wailer, Tommy McCook, The Upsetters.
Producers: Lee "Scratch" Perry, Bob Marley.
Rolling Stone (5/29/03, p.69) - 5 stars out of 5 - "...[The album] includes lyrical pleas for peace and exhortations to lively up your party self that Marley reworked to brilliant effect in his subsequent solo years..."
Spin (6/03, p.104) - "...This comp is loaded with raw early takes of future Marley classics....In their lo-fi, soul-fire glory, they're nearly all as deep or deeper than the versions you know..."
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Additional personnel includes: Rita Marley, Marcia Griffiths, Judy Mowatt (background vocals).
Out on his own following the defection of Bunny Wailer and Peter Tosh, this album saw Marley utilizing the talents of the I-Threes for the first time. There was still a nod to his past in the inclusion of a cover version of a Wailers tune, "Lively Up Yourself," but elsewhere he revelled in his new found freedom, on "Revolution" and most particularly, "No Woman, No Cry," which has practically become a Jamaican national anthem since its release. If that song had an instantly universal appeal, Rasta themes were also brilliantly conveyed via "Them Belly Full (But We Hungry)" and "Rebel Music (Three O'Clock Roadblock)." Marley had announced himself as one of the greats of modern music.
Natty Dread is Bob Marley's finest album, the ultimate reggae recording of all time. This was Marley's ...
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Knowledge of Mira Billotte and Miggy Littleton's past and present work with Quix*o*tic, Ida, and Blood in the Wall offers little preparation for their work as two-thirds of White Magic. Their debut EP, Through the Sun Door, trades in the same kind of vaguely haunted folk-rock as their Drag City labelmates Faun Fables and Joanna Newsom, although White Magic is more diverse and immediate, and less precious, than either of those artists. Billotte's rich alto is even more striking in this setting than it was in Quix*o*tic, drawing comparisons ranging from Karen Dalton to Grace Slick to Beth Orton. There are also some similarities, both vocally and musically, to Cat Power (particularly on the shuffling "Don't Need") and Mary Timony's post-Helium work (especially on "One Note"), but White Magic avoids the Renaissance faire feel that often characterizes Timony's music. Billotte certainly knows how to use her dusky, husky, strikingly womanly voice: one of her favorite tricks is to switch abruptly from the lower register of her voice to the upper one, injecting ...
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Patrick Allen is a guitarist/vocalist who has been part of the Minneapolis music scene since the mid-seventies. On his debut cd,"bout time!", he offers up 13 fresh original tunes that are steeped in a funk blues feel. Fans of artists like Tower of Power, Little Feat or Robben Ford would definitely find this to their liking. Several of the songs feature killer horn arrangements by Michael B. Nelson performed by his legendary section The Hornheads. Also featured is ...
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