You Can’t Blame The Youth – Bob Marley & The Wailers (Talking Blues LP) Lonesome Track – The Wailers (Studio 1 LP) Put It On – The Wailers (Studio 1 LP) Thank You Lord – The Wailers (Wail’M'Soul’M 7) Smile Jamaica – The Wailers (Tuff Gong 7) Acoustic Medley: Guava Jelly, This Train, Cornerstone, Comma Comma, Dewdrops, Stir It Up, I’m Hurting Inside – Bob Marley (Tuff Gong LP) I’m Still Waiting- Bob Marley, The Wailers & Soul Bros Orch. (Studio 1 7) I Left My Sins- Bob Marley & The Wailers (Tabernacle 7) The Lord Will Make A Way- Bob Marley (JAD LP) Selassie Is The Chapel- Bob Marley (JAD 7) Burial- Peter Tosh (Impact 7) Trenchtown Rock – The Wailers (Tuff Gong 7) Knotty Dread – The Wailers (Tuff Gong 7) So Much Trouble – The Wailers (Tuff Gong 7) Soul Shakedown Party – The Wailers (Trojan 7) Dreamland – Bunny Wailer (Trojan 7) Armageddon – Bunny Wailer (Solomonic 12) Exodus – Bob Marley & The Wailers (Tuff Gong 7) Don’t Rock My Boat – The Wailers (Impact 7) Bus Dem Shut (Pyaka) – The Wailers (Impact 7) Caution – The Wailers (Beverley’s 7) Craven version- Big Youth (Tuff Gong 7) Hypocrites – The Wailers (Tuff Gong 7) Exodus – Kindred Spirit Remix (Tuff Gong 7) One Dub – Bob Marley & The Wailers (Tuff Gong 7) Downpressor – The Wailers (Punch 7) War / Selassie – Haile Selassie I (Rastafari 7) Rebel Music – Bob Marley & The Wailers (Tuff Gong 7) More Axe – The Wailers (Upsetter 7) Mr Brown – The Wailers (Upsetter 7) Lively Up Yourself – The Wailers (Green Door 7) Stepping Razor – Peter Tosh (Virgin 7) Sun Is Shining – Bob Marley & The Wailers (Tuff Gong LP)
For those who have not visited the KAZO page here on the blog, you are really missing something rare and spectacular. My good friend and French trader and archivist KAZO spent countless hours compiling the most important tracks in reggae into the “Black Vinyl Colection.” The collection is comprised of KAZO’s selections of the best sources for 7″ and/or 12″ singles, sometimes complemented with some additional issued vinyl takes. Priority has been given to lossless tracks. Level averaging has been performed using a sound editor (Goldwave). The collection is comprised primarily of long-gone and rarely heard singles ripped directly from vinyl. With the files in lossless audio, the listener can enjoy listening to these recordings, originally pressed to vinyl, with the cracks, pops, and the occasional skip characterized by classic vinyl recordings. It is a unique experience and one that I recommend to every fan reading this blog.
It is now four years after his original “Black Vinyl Collection” release, and KAZO has graciously asked me to host the second edition of the Black Vinyl 1-xx series. It is completely reconstructed. The aim is now to present every 7″ singles recorded by the Wailers. Most of the records were issued in Jamaica (mainly under Studio 1 or Coxsone labels) and in UK (mainly under Island label), sometimes with different couplings. Several reprints have also been issued.
Please click HERE to check out the KAZO collection.
Today I am sharing a small collection of lossless (FLAC) audio files that currently circulate as the “So Much Trouble Interview.” Based on the documents traded with the files, it appears that the interview was originally seeded at Reggae Traders in 2007.
The recordings are actually quite stunning. The audio tracks feature Bob Marley freestyling over various mixes of the Bob Marley and the Wailers‘ track “So Much Trouble In The World”, which appears on the Survival album. Interspersed within the audio tracks is a conversation or “interview” between Bob Marley and noted JBC music journalist and reporter Dermot Hussey.
For those who do not know, Dermot Hussey is a legend in Jamaica. He conducted many in-depth and thought-provoking interviews with reggae royalty in the 70s and 80s. Musicians like Peter Tosh, Bob Marley, and Jimmy Cliff (just to name a few) called Dermot a friend. He conducted the legendary 45-minute interview with Peter Tosh on JBC radio in December 1976. He produced the Bob Marley interview that was released on the Talkin’ Blues album AND the now infamous “Love Gong Documentary” about Bob Marley in 1980. He was awarded the prestigious Musgrave Medal in Jamaica for his lifelong service to media and music. He co-authored Bob Marley: Reggae King of the World with Malika Lee Whitney and contributed his writings on media and music to Encyclopedia Britannica. In 2008, he was inducted into the Air Jamaica Jazz & Blues Hall of Fame for his contribution to music. In 1987 he was tapped to read the eulogy for Peter Tosh at his funeral.
Dermot Hussey
For more than 30 years, Hussey has written books, liner notes, and consulted on films. He currently hosts a reggae show on XM radio which airs on The Joint – Channel 42.
I consulted Dermot yesterday about the source of these recordings. According to Dermot, the recordings are outtakes from a television program he produced called “Nommo.” The Bantu term nommo denotes the magical power of words to cause change. The audio was recorded at Tuff Gong studios in 1979 while Hussey was producing a profile on Marley for the show. The program in question was produced at the time of the opening of Tuff Gong at 56 Hope Road.
Here is Dermot Hussey speaking about his memories of Bob Marley:
Many thanks to Dermot Hussey for graciously granting me permission to share this audio with my readers and for sharing vital information about the source of these audio files.
Enjoy!
Rastafari!
File Info:
Bob Marley 1979/xx/xx So Much Trouble interview, 56 Hope Road, Kingston, JA ?>EAC>FLAC(8)
The Essex House Hotel is a luxury hotel located on 160 Central Park South in Manhattan. It was a favorite of Bob Marley’s when staying in New York, as he stayed there for extended periods in 978 and 1980.
Opened in 1931as the Sevilla Towers, it is situated across the street from the southern border of Central Park and is convenient to both the stylish shops on Fifth Avenue and the nightlife of both Broadway and the Upper West Side. The 44-story hotel has 509 Art Deco style rooms and an in-house spa, and it is immediately recognizable by its original red neon rooftop sign.
Here are some interesting pop culture facts about the Essex House Hotel:
In the famous 1932 photograph “Lunchtime atop a Skyscraper,” the neon Essex House sign can be seen in the background.
Milton Berle’s mother, Sarah, died in her apartment at the Essex House on May 30, 1954. The famous Russian composer Igor Stravinsky lived there from the autumn of 1969 until his death on April 6, 1971.
On January 13, 1979, R&B singer Donny Hathaway was found dead on the sidewalk in front of the hotel, after an apparent suicide leap from the 15th floor room in which he had been living.
The Essex House is known for its relationship with the American television program Saturday Night Live. In the early years of the show, announcer Don Pardo would proclaim that “guests of Saturday Night Live stay at the Essex House!”
I actually stayed at the Essex House Hotel in 2001. I was in NYC corking the World Trade Center disaster clean-up and the hotel, which was owned by Westin Hotels at the time, put me up for free while I was in town.
Several interviews were conducted with Bob Marley at the Essex House. By the late seventies, Bob’s status was such that reporters had to come to him if they wanted an interview. Logically, since he often stayed there, several well-known interviews were conducted with him in his hotel room, where he often sat alone and played guitar.
The Basil Wilson Interview May 1978
This interview with Bob was conducted at the Essex House in NYC by Basil Wilson in May 1978. The interview was first published in Everybody’s Magazine in June/July 1978. Give thanks to my friend Marco Virgona of www.bobmarleymagazine.com for sharing!
Marley reluctantly participated in an interview and acoustic jam session with Earl Chin of Rockers TV on September 2, 1980. I say ‘reluctantly’ because chin was allegedly heavily involved in the cocaine trade, something that Marley despised. It has been said, but never confirmed, that there was heavy cocaine use going on in the room during this interview. I find this hard to believe knowing how Marley purportedly viewed the use of hard drugs, however, stranger things have happened.
I have included the full interview and acoustic session (45 minute video) here:
The Anita Waters Interview September 18, 1980
At the time of this interview in September 1980, Anita Waters was a graduate student in sociology at Columbia University in New York City. Bob Marley and the Wailers were in town playing several opening shows for The Commodores national tour. As you may know, it would be Marley’s last tour as his body was now wrecked by cancer.
Gil Noble conducted an interview with Bob Marley at the Essex House for his television show “Like It Is.” Gil Noble was an American television reporter and interviewer. He was the producer and host of New York City television station WABC-TV’s weekly, “Like It Is”. The program focused primarily on issues concerning African Americans and those within the African Diaspora.
This is one of the most in-depth and detailed interviews that Marley participated in, lasting a little under 30 minutes.
The video footage of the interview has been shared in bits and pieces on the web. I have included it here in its entirety. This has seen a significant upgrade since it first started circulating. Enjoy!
