Bunny Wailer - Collection '1976-2018

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Biography
As a founding member of the Wailers, and the trios only surviving member, Bunny
Wailer, has become a respected elder statesmen of the Jamaican music scene. His
vocal and composing contributions to the Wailers had helped seen to that, while
over the years Wailer has endeavored to keep the groups memory alive. But beyond
the Wailers legacy, and his own solo career, the artist has also made a
significant mark beyond the music scene. Born Neville ORiley Livingston on April
10, 1947, in Kingston, Jamaica, the young Livingston actually spent his earliest
years in the village of Nine Miles in St. Anns. It was there that he first met
Bob Marley, and the two toddlers became fast friends. The boys both came from
one parent families; Livingston was being brought up by his father, Marley by
his mother. The two lone parents then had much in common, and together moved
their families to Kingston in 1952. Around their corner lived singer Joe Higgs,
who rose to stardom in the late 50s, both as a solo artist and as one half of
the popular vocal duo Higgs & Wilson in partnership with Delroy Wilson. Only in
his early twenties, Higgs was keen to help other young talent around the
neighborhood, and gave singing lessons in his tenement yard on Third Street.
There the two boys met up with another pair of equally keen youngsters, Peter
Tosh and Junior Braithwaite. Initially, Marley intended on a solo career, but
his hopes were dashed by a failed audition for producer Leslie Kong. The upshot
was the four boys now joined forces, along with backing singers Cherry Green and
Beverly Kelso, as the Teenagers. The bands name would change several times
before they finally settled on the Wailers.

After a successful audition for Coxsone Dodd, their career took off immediately
with their first single, the classic Simmer Down. Early on, all four of the boys
contributed songs to the group, which enabled the Wailers to continue without
Marley after he left Jamaica in 1966, to seek work for a time in the U.S. By
then, the group had been reduced to a trio with the departure of Braithwaite,
Green, and Kelso, but the core unit was so talented, that the temporary loss of
one member never threatened their ascendancy. Over time, however, Livingstons
songwriting contributions to the group had lessened, although when he did turn
his hand to composing, the results were never less than scintillating. Marley,
of course, was more than happy to pick up the slack. By 1973, the Wailers were
untouchable, the biggest reggae band in Jamaica, and on the verge of an
international breakthrough. Which is when it all went to hell. Life on the road
is tough at the best of times, but the group were used to traveling the tiny
distances between Jamaican (mostly Kingston) clubs. Now they were off on their
first headlining tour outside the island. The first leg was a three month jaunt
across the U.K., followed by an outing to the U.S. Livingston would never make
that second leg, he barely made it through the first. Tensions were rising
within the Wailers, a situation exasperated by the tour. Livingston had enough,
and upon the groups return to Jamaica, he announced that he would not accompany
the band to the U.S. His real reasons remain unknowable, the one ofttimes given,
that his religious beliefs did not permit the eating of processed food, and what
else could one eat on the road, doesnt hold much water.

Certainly the Wailers had somehow managed to obtain appropriate foodstuffs
during the groups tour opening for Johnny Nash two years earlier. Whatever his
true rationale, Livingston wanted off the road, at least outside the island, he
intended to continue touring with the band in Jamaica. How this would have
actually worked in the long run remains a moot point, before the year was out,
Tosh had come to blows with Marley and quit the band. The Wailers were no more.
(They would however make two final live appearances at benefit concerts after
their official demise.) Livingston now began pursuing a solo career. He launched
his own label, Solomonic, with his debut solo single Searching for Love, in
1973. The next year saw four more join it, Trod On, Lifeline, Arabs Oil Weapon
(which was actually released credited to the Wailers), and Pass It On (an
alternate version to the one found on the Wailers Burnin album). In 1976, these
releases were finally joined by Livingstons first solo album, the phenomenal
Blackheart Man. The singer was accompanied by Tosh and the Barrett brothers --
the Wailers own rhythm section, as well as Marley who joins in on a new version
of the Wailers old number Dreamland. Filled with a clutch of crucial songs, the
album spun off two seminal singles, Battering Down Sentence and Rasta Man.
Protest and Struggle proved quick follow-ups over the next two years, and
together with Livingstons debut, the trio of albums made for a militant
manifesto of his deepest held political and religious convictions. Even though
all three albums were released by the Island label, which had early on struck a
distribution deal for Livingstons Solomonic label, and were well received by the
press, none would have the impact that Tosh and Marleys releases were garnering.

Remaining in Jamaica, Livingstons profile would be forever overshadowed by his
globe-trotting former bandmates. 1980s In I Fathers House, did nothing to change
this situation, nor did the singles which had appeared across this period.
Bright Soul, Rise and Shine, and Free Jah Children, amongst others, all barely
registered outside the island. This same year, Livingston recorded Bunny Wailer
Sings the Wailers, a tribute to his former group, lovingly revisiting his own
favorites, accompanied by the Sly & Robbie led Roots Radics. By the time the
album was released later in 1980, Marleys cancer had been diagnosed, the
following spring he was gone. If that album had been a tribute to the band, the
next was meant to honor his late friend. Tribute to the Hon Nesta Marley was
drawn from the same sessions as had produced Bunny Wailer Sings, and again was
determined to help keep the Wailers legacy alive. Of course, in the end there
was no need for Livingston to fear, since Marleys death, shelves have been
warped under the weight of Wailers reissues, but in the early 80s, its
understandable that Livingston was concerned that the groups music might have
disappeared forever into the archives. However, the singer wasnt content to
merely look to the past, and his second release for 1981, RocknGroove, turned to
the dancehalls for inspiration. Unfortunately, Livingston hadnt quite come to
the grips with the new rhythms flooding from their, while sadly, 1982s Hook Line
& Sinker didnt make a much better impression. In fact, the artists best
performance that year wasnt in the studio at all, but onstage. In December that
year, Livingston finally stood on a stage again, for the first time since the
Wailers had reunited way back in November 1975, as co-headliners with Stevie
Wonder of a benefit concert for the Jamaican Institute for the Blind. Anyone
witnessing this show was left dumbfounded on why the singer had stayed away so
long. His ferocious performance took place in Kingston, of course, and was
captured on tape for 1983s Live album. Again Livingston was accompanied by the
Roots Radics, who had been acting as his backing band over the last few years,
ever since theyd initially joined the singer for Bunny Wailer Sings... In 1985,
the entrancing Roots Radics Rockers Reggae released, with the band now gaining
equal billing to the singer. This same year, Livingston inked a distribution
deal with the U.S. label Shanachie, which was inaugurated with the Marketplace
album. It wasnt the best of debuts, and the singer sounds decidedly discomforted
by the slick electronics and glossy production that steam across the record.
Still, Livingston was determined to at least attempt to keep up with Jamaicas
ever shifting musical styles and fashions.

Although not always successful, the singer was never tempted to wallow in the
past, and has consistently given a sympathetic ear to the latest innovations in
production and rhythms. Then, in 1986, Livingston broke with past tradition
entirely, and finally undertook his first tour outside of Jamaica since the
debacle with the Wailers back in 1973. His American debut took place in Long
Beach, CA, that July, with his later appearance in New York recorded for the In
Concert video. The next year, the singer unleashed two new albums, Rootsman
Skanking and Rule Dance Hall, both boasting a strong and confident dancehall
flavor. It had taken a few goes, but Livingston had finally come to grips with
the dancehalls, and a pair of singles, Cool Runnings and a recut RocknGroove,
proved the point, both soaring up the Jamaican charts. Having accomplished that,
Livingston now, almost perversely, returned to an older sound for 1989s equally
wonderful Liberation, eschewing the dancehall flavors for a return to a rootsier
past. This turned out to be his most acclaimed album of the decade, and in
response the singer set off on a world tour, with backing now provided by the
recently reformed Skatalites. The singer opened the new decade with another
heartfelt album in honor of his late friend, Time Will Tell: A Tribute to Bob
Marley. The disc would garner Livingston a Grammy. And 1990 really was a stellar
year, with the singer also making his debut appearance at the Reggae Sunsplash
Festival. 1991 brought the Gumption album, another covers set, but this time
from a variety of artists, including Toots Hibbert and Johnny Clarke. The
following year, Livingston returned to the present with a vengeance with Dance
Massive, a joyous dancehall album, where the taut rhythms virtually overwhelm
the songs. Just Be Nice followed hot on its heels in 1993. It was another two
years before a new album arrived. Hall of Fame: A Tribute to Bob Marleys 50th
Anniversary was a double album, featuring 52 songs, all loving recreations of
Marleys Wailers and solo compositions. Accompanied by a phenomenal aggregation
of Jamaican sessionmen, the set would garner the singer another well deserved
Grammy.

Meanwhile, Livingston was beginning to turn more of his attention towards
politics. He has shown an especial interest in youth issues, and eventually
formed his own political party, the United Progressive Party. The U.P.P.
platform calls for the decriminalization of marijuana, but of equal importance,
also offers up numerous educational reforms. The artists heavy involvement in
politics kept him out of the studio for much of the rest of the decade, but he
finally returned in the new millennium with an exciting album, Communication. ~
Jo-Ann Greene, Rovi

Albums:
1976 Blackheart Man 16-44,1 FLAC
1977 Protest 16-44,1 FLAC
1980 Bunny Wailer Sings The Wailers 16-44,1 FLAC
1980 Rock N Groove CD-Rip
1981 Sings The Wailers CD-Rip
1982 Time Will Tell CD-Rip
1983 Roots Radics Rockers Reggae CD-Rip
1985 Marketplace CD-Rip
1987 Rootsman Skanking CD-Rip
1988 Liberation CD-Rip
1990 Gumption CD-Rip
1990 Time Will Tell - A Tribute To Bob Marley CD-Rip
1993 Just Be Nice CD-Rip
1995 Hall of Fame Tribute To Bob Marley CD-Rip
1995 Retrospective CD-Rip
1999 Dubdsco Volumes 1 & 2 CD-Rip
2015 Bunny Wailers Sound Clash 16-44,1 FLAC
2016 Solomonic Singles 1 Tread Along 1969-1976 16-44,1 FLAC
2016 Solomonic Singles 2 Rise & Shine 1977-1986 16-44,1 FLAC
2018 Dub Fi Dub 16-44,1 FLAC

 Tracks:«multiple items» 1976 - Blackheart Man FLAC
01. Bunny Wailer - Blackheart Man
02. Bunny Wailer - Fighting Against Conviction
03. Bunny Wailer - The Oppressed Song
03. Bunny Wailer - The Opressed Song
04. Bunny Wailer - Fig Tree
05. Bunny Wailer - Dream Land
06. Bunny Wailer - Rastaman
07. Bunny Wailer - Reincarnated Souls
08. Bunny Wailer - Armagideon (Armagedon)
09. Bunny Wailer - Bide Up
10. Bunny Wailer - This Train

1977 - Protest FLAC
01. Bunny Wailer - Moses Children
02. Bunny Wailer - Get Up Stand Up
03. Bunny Wailer - Scheme Of Things
04. Bunny Wailer - Quit Trying
05. Bunny Wailer - Follow Fashion Monkey
06. Bunny Wailer - Wanted Children
07. Bunny Wailer - Who Feels It
08. Bunny Wailer - Johnny Too Bad

1980 - Bunny Wailer Sings The Wailers FLAC
01. Bunny Wailer - Dancing Shoes
02. Bunny Wailer - Mellow Mood
03. Bunny Wailer - Dreamland
04. Bunny Wailer - I Gotta Keep On Moving
05. Bunny Wailer - Hypocrite
06. Bunny Wailer - Rule This Land
07. Bunny Wailer - Burial
08. Bunny Wailer - I Stand Predominate
09. Bunny Wailer - Walk The Proud Land
10. Bunny Wailer - Im The Toughest

1980 - Rock N Groove FLAC
01. Bunny Wailer - Rock N Groove
02. Bunny Wailer - Dance Ha Fi Gwan
03. Bunny Wailer - Cool Runnings
04. Bunny Wailer - Nice Time
05. Bunny Wailer - Dance Rock
06. Bunny Wailer - Rule Dance Hall
07. Bunny Wailer - Don Dada
08. Bunny Wailer - Still the King
09. Bunny Wailer - Rootsman Skanking
10. Bunny Wailer - Veteran
11. Bunny Wailer - Specialist
12. Bunny Wailer - Ball Room Floor
13. Bunny Wailer - Conscoius Lyrics
14. Bunny Wailer - Jammins
15. Bunny Wailer - Raggamuffin
16. Bunny Wailer - Another Dance
17. Bunny Wailer - Conqueror

1981 - Sings The Wailers FLAC
01. Bunny Wailer - Dancing Shoes
02. Bunny Wailer - Mellow Mood
03. Bunny Wailer - Dreamland
03. Bunny Wailer - you cant be wrong & get right
04. Bunny Wailer - Keep On Moving
05. Bunny Wailer - foolish pride
05. Bunny Wailer - Hypocrite
06. Bunny Wailer - Im The Toughest
07. Bunny Wailer - Rule This Land
08. Bunny Wailer - Burial
09. Bunny Wailer - I Stand Predominate
10. Bunny Wailer - Walk The Proud Land

1982 - Time Will Tell FLAC
01. Bunny Wailer - Soul Rebel
02. Bunny Wailer - I Shot The Sheriff
03. Bunny Wailer - Time Will Tell
04. Bunny Wailer - Bellyfull
05. Bunny Wailer - Redemption Song
06. Bunny Wailer - No Woman No Cry
07. Bunny Wailer - Slave Driver
08. Bunny Wailer - War
09. Bunny Wailer - Crazy Bald Head
10. Bunny Wailer - Rebel Music

1983 - Roots Radics Rockers Reggae FLAC
01. Bunny Wailer - Roots Radics Rockers Reggae
02. Bunny Wailer - Cease Fire
03. Bunny Wailer - Let Him Go
04. Bunny Wailer - The Conqueror
05. Bunny Wailer - Rockers
06. Bunny Wailer - Wirly Girly
07. Bunny Wailer - Rockin Time
08. Bunny Wailer - Love Fire

1985 - Marketplace FLAC
01. Bunny Wailer - Stay With The Reggae
02. Bunny Wailer - Jump, Jump
03. Bunny Wailer - Dance Hall Music
04. Bunny Wailer - Cool & Deadly
05. Bunny Wailer - Ally Worker
06. Bunny Wailer - Dance The Night Away
07. Bunny Wailer - Electric City
08. Bunny Wailer - Tear In Your Eyes
09. Bunny Wailer - Home Sweet Home
10. Bunny Wailer - Together

1987 - Rootsman Skanking FLAC
01. Bunny Wailer - Ballroom Floor
02. Bunny Wailer - Collyman
03. Bunny Wailer - Dance Rock
04. Bunny Wailer - Gamblings
05. Bunny Wailer - Rootsman Skanking
06. Bunny Wailer - Cool Runnings
07. Bunny Wailer - Cry To Me
08. Bunny Wailer - Rock N Groove
09. Bunny Wailer - Another Dance
10. Bunny Wailer - Jammins

1988 - Liberation FLAC
01. Bunny Wailer - Rise And Shine
02. Bunny Wailer - Liberation
03. Bunny Wailer - Botha The Mosquito
04. Bunny Wailer - Want To Come Home
05. Bunny Wailer - Ready When You Ready
06. Bunny Wailer - Didnt You Know
07. Bunny Wailer - Dash Wey The Vial
08. Bunny Wailer - Bald Head Jesus
09. Bunny Wailer - Food
10. Bunny Wailer - Serious Thing

1990 - Gumption FLAC
01. Bunny Wailer - Sounds Clash
02. Bunny Wailer - Pieka Bus Dem Shut
03. Bunny Wailer - Dog War
04. Bunny Wailer - See and Blind
05. Bunny Wailer - Warrior
06. Bunny Wailer - Never Grow Old
07. Bunny Wailer - Gumption
08. Bunny Wailer - Wheel Yo Belly
09. Bunny Wailer - Don Man
10. Bunny Wailer - Reggae Burden

1990 - Time Will Tell - A Tribute To Bob Marley FLAC
01. Bunny Wailer - Soul Rebel
02. Bunny Wailer - I Shot The Sheriff
03. Bunny Wailer - Time Will Tell
04. Bunny Wailer - Bellyfull
05. Bunny Wailer - Redemption Song
06. Bunny Wailer - No Woman No Cry
07. Bunny Wailer - Slave Driver
08. Bunny Wailer - War
09. Bunny Wailer - Crazy Bald Head
10. Bunny Wailer - Rebel Music

1993 - Just Be Nice FLAC
01. Bunny Wailer - Electric Boogie
02. Bunny Wailer - Electro Rap
03. Bunny Wailer - Riding
04. Bunny Wailer - Hook Line And Sinker
05. Bunny Wailer - Soul Rocking Party
06. Bunny Wailer - Bad Dub
07. Bunny Wailer - Sitting In The Park
08. Bunny Wailer - Family Affair
09. Bunny Wailer - Hit Back The Crack
10. Bunny Wailer - Back To School
11. Bunny Wailer - Just Be Nice
12. Bunny Wailer - Ballroom Floor

1995 - Hall of Fame (CD1/2) FLAC
01. Bunny Wailer - Profile
02. Bunny Wailer - Roots
03. Bunny Wailer - Chant Down Babylon
04. Bunny Wailer - Forever Loving Jah
05. Bunny Wailer - Three Little Birds
06. Bunny Wailer - Trench Town
07. Bunny Wailer - Rastaman Vibration
08. Bunny Wailer - Roots Rock Reggae
09. Bunny Wailer - Johnny Was A Good Man
10. Bunny Wailer - Want More
11. Bunny Wailer - No More Trouble
12. Bunny Wailer - Africa Unite
13. Bunny Wailer - One Drop
14. Bunny Wailer - Ambush
15. Bunny Wailer - Wake Up And Live
16. Bunny Wailer - Cant Stop Them Now
17. Bunny Wailer - Bad Card
18. Bunny Wailer - Mi And Dem
19. Bunny Wailer - Work
20. Bunny Wailer - Rasta Dread
21. Bunny Wailer - Bend Down Low
22. Bunny Wailer - Talking Blues
23. Bunny Wailer - Blackman Redemption
24. Bunny Wailer - Sun Is Shining
25. Bunny Wailer - Man To Man

1995 - Tribute To Bob Marley [Disc 2] FLAC
01. Bunny Wailer - Stiff Neck Fool
02. Bunny Wailer - Pimpers Paradise
03. Bunny Wailer - Jump Nyahbinghi
04. Bunny Wailer - Mix Up
05. Bunny Wailer - Give Thanks And Praise
06. Bunny Wailer - Trouble In The World
07. Bunny Wailer - Zion Train
08. Bunny Wailer - Rastaman Rides Again
09. Bunny Wailer - Judge Not
10. Bunny Wailer - Fancy Curls
11. Bunny Wailer - Zimbabwe
12. Bunny Wailer - Winepress
13. Bunny Wailer - Rat Race
14. Bunny Wailer - Revolution
15. Bunny Wailer - Top Rankin
16. Bunny Wailer - Rainbow Country
17. Bunny Wailer - Simmer Down
18. Bunny Wailer - Running Away
19. Bunny Wailer - Guiltiness
20. Bunny Wailer - Craven Choke Puppy
21. Bunny Wailer - Natural Mystic
22. Bunny Wailer - So Much Things To Say
23. Bunny Wailer - Survivors
24. Bunny Wailer - One Love
25. Bunny Wailer - Lively Up Yourself
26. Bunny Wailer - Small Axe

1995 - Retrospective FLAC
01. Bunny Wailer - Roots, Radics, Rockers, Reggae
02. Bunny Wailer - Rock N Groove
03. Bunny Wailer - Love Fire
04. Bunny Wailer - Soul Rebel
05. Bunny Wailer - Want To Come Home
06. Bunny Wailer - Ballroom Floor
07. Bunny Wailer - Rise & Shine
08. Bunny Wailer - Cool Runnings
09. Bunny Wailer - Rockers
10. Bunny Wailer - Liberation
11. Bunny Wailer - Time Will Tell
12. Bunny Wailer - Warrior
13. Bunny Wailer - Dance Hall Music
14. Bunny Wailer - Dog War
15. Bunny Wailer - Conscious Lyrics
16. Bunny Wailer - Redemption Song

1999 - Dubdsco Volumes 1 & 2 FLAC
01. Bunny Wailer - Roots Raddics Dub
02. Bunny Wailer - Battering Down Dub
03. Bunny Wailer - Armageddon Dub
04. Bunny Wailer - Dub Tree
05. Bunny Wailer - Burning Dub
06. Bunny Wailer - Rasta Dub
07. Bunny Wailer - Dub Dreams
08. Bunny Wailer - Burial Dub
09. Bunny Wailer - Predominately Dub
10. Bunny Wailer - Dub The Proud Land
11. Bunny Wailer - Rule This Dub
12. Bunny Wailer - The Toughest Dub
13. Bunny Wailer - Dancing Dub
14. Bunny Wailer - Mellow Dub
15. Bunny Wailer - Keep On Dubbing
16. Bunny Wailer - Hypocritical Dub
17. Bunny Wailer - Worly Girly Dubby

2006 - Bunny Wailers Sound Clash FLAC
01. Bunny Wailer - Sound Clash - Live
02. Bunny Wailer - Sabotage - Live
03. Bunny Wailer - Ram Dance Hall - Live
04. Bunny Wailer - Jolly Session - Live
05. Bunny Wailer - Gotta Keep On Moving - Live

2016 - Solomonic Singles 1 Tread Along 1969-1976 FLAC
01. Bunny Wailer - Tread Along
02. Bunny Wailer - Bide Up
03. Bunny Wailer - Searching For Love
04. Tuff Gong All Stars - Must Skank
05. The Wailers - Life Line
06. The Wailers - Pass It On
07. Solomonic All Stars - Trod On
08. The Wailers - Arabs Oil Weapon
09. Solomonic All Stars - Dubd - Version
10. Bunny Wailer - Amagideon
11. Solomonic All Stars - Amagideon Dub
12. Bunny Wailer - Dream Land
13. Bunny Wailer - Battering Down Sentence
14. Solomonic All Stars - Battering Down Sentence Version
15. Bunny Wailer - Rasta Man

2016 - Solomonic Singles 2: Rise & Shine 1977-1986 FLAC
01. Solomonic Reggae Star - Anti-Apartheid
02. Solomonic Reggae Star - Solidarity
03. Bunny Wailer - Arab Oil Weapon (12 Disco Mix)
04. Bunny Wailer - Love Fire
05. Bunny Wailer - Loves Version
06. Bunny Wailer - Bright Soul
07. Bunny Wailer - Rise & Shine
08. Solomonic All Stars - Solomonic Dub
09. Bunny Wailer - Riding
10. Bunny Wailer - Galang So
11. Bunny Wailer - Troubles Is On The Road Again
12. Bunny Wailer - Cease Fire
13. Bunny Wailer - Rule Dancehall
14. Solomonic All Stars - Rule Dancehall Version

2018 - Dub Fi Dub FLAC
01. Wailing Souls - Old Sound
02. Bunny Wailer - Champion Genesis
03. Wailing Souls - Big Bad
04. Bunny Wailer - Keep on Moving
05. Wailing Souls - Back out Sound Boy

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