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Bob Marley: The very best of early years 1968-74

 A l b u m   D e t a i l s


Label: Music Collection Intl.
Released: 1991
Time:
 54:00
Category: Reggae
Producer(s): See Artists ...
Rating: *****..... (5/10)
Media type: CD
Web address: www.bobmarley.com
Appears with: Peter Tosh
Purchase date: 1996.06.27
Price in €: 7,99





 S o n g s ,   T r a c k s


[1] Trencchtown Rock (B.Marley) - 3:01
[2] Lively Up Yourself (B.Marley) - 2:53
[3] Soul Almighty (B.Marley) - 2:45
[4] Wisdom (B.Marley) - 3:16
[5] Caution (B.Marley) - 2:46
[6] Cheer Up (B.Marley) - 2:06
[7] Thank You Lord (B.Marley) - 3:24
[8] Stop The Train (P.MacIntosh) - 2:25
[9] This Train (Trad. arr: B.Marley) - 2:42
[10] Small Axe (B.Marley) - 3:58
[11] More Axe (Unknown) - 3:32
[12] Dont Rock My Boat (B.Marley) - 4:33
[13] Keep On Moving (C.Mayfield/B.Marley) - 3:08
[14] Brand New Second Hand (P.Tosh) - 3:13
[15] Kaya (B.Marley) - 2:41
[16] Turn Me Loose (B.Marley) - 2:38
[17] Sun Is Shining (B.Marley) - 2:14
[18] Keep On Skanking (Lane/Marley/Perry) - 3:31

 A r t i s t s ,   P e r s o n n e l


BOB MARLEY - Vocals, Guitar

The Wailers:
PETER TOSH - Vocals, Guitar
JOE HIGGS - Vocals, Percussion
AL ANDERSON - Guitar
BERNARD "Touter" HARVEY - Piano, Organ
TYRONE DOWNIE - Keyboards
EARL "Wire" LINDO - Keyboards
ASTON "Familyman" BARRTT - Bass
CARLTON "Carly" BARRETT - Drums, Percussion
ALVIN "Seeco" PATTERSON - Percussion

 C o m m e n t s ,   N o t e s


THE EARLY YEARS documents Marley's pre-Island records career.

During these years, when he was breaking through, Marley was in the vanguard of popularising reggae music. With early versions of 'Lively Up Yourself' and 'Keep On Moving', this is the definitive early-years collection.

Born of a middle-age white father and a teenage Black mother, Robert Nesta Marley transcended the humility of his rural beginnings to become not only a million-selling artist and stadium-filling entertainer but -- more importantly -- a nearly religious figure whose pleas for brotherhood and justice achieved universal anthemic status.

He began singing professionally at 16 with his self-penned "Judge Not!" It and its followup were not successful, and he returned to his ghetto neighborhood of Trenchtown to be tutored by Joe Higgs, a recording artist who coached promising youngsters like Marley, Bunny Livingstone, and Peter Tosh (who would become the Wailers). Signed in 1963 to Coxsone Dodd's influential, pace-setting Studio One, the Wailers saw their first release, "Simmer Down," become an instant #1. During the next two-and-a-half years, the group recorded over a hundred songs, and at one point in 1965 held five of the top ten slots on the Jamaican charts.

Forming their own label, Wail 'n Soul 'm, in 1966, the Wailers continued a series of local hits, with little financial remuneration. Following an album with Leslie Kong (Best of the Wailers), they hooked up with the seminal oddball producer, Lee Perry, and produced an amazing series of singles that are collected under a variety of names and remain their finest hour.

In 1972, Island Records prez Chris Blackwell signed the Wailers, but after two albums the group broke up, leaving Marley at the head of the band, to which he added a female backing trio, the I Threes. By 1975, Marley had gone clear as a revolutionary standard bearer, the inheritor of the 60s activist energy and hippie ganja enlightenment. Almost assassinated in 1976 in Kingston, Marley was given the UN Peace Medal on behalf of 500 million Africans in 1978 for his humanitarian achievements. He headlined a Peace Concert that same year in Jamaica, uniting the warring factions in the Kingston slums. But his greatest honor came when he was invited to headline the Zimbabwe Independence Celebrations in 1980. He outdrew the Pope in Milan, fathered eleven children by seven women, sold tens of millions of records worldwide, left a $30 million estate, wrote "the new Psalms," and died at 36 of melanoma (cancer).

Roger Steffens, Copyright © , All-Music Guide
 

 L y r i c s


Trench Town Rock

One good thing about music, when it hits you
Feel no pain (repeat)
So hit me with music, hit me with music
Hit me with music, hit me with music now
I got to say trench town rock
I say don't watch that
Trench town rock, big fish or sprat
Trench town rock, you reap what you sow
Trench town rock, and everyone know now
Trench town rock, don't turn your back
Trench town rock, give the slum a try
Trench town rock, never let the children cry
Trench town rock, 'cause you got to tell JAH, JAH

You grooving Kingston 12, grooving, Kingston 12
Grooving woe, woe, it's Kingston 12
Grooving it's Kingston 12
No want you fe galang so
No want you fe galang so
You want come cold I up
But you can't come cold I up
'Cause I'm grooving, yes I'm grooving

I say one good thing, one good thing
When it hits you feel no pain
One good thing about music
When it hits you feel no pain
So hit me with music
Hit me with music now
Hit me with music, hit me with music
Look at that
Trench town rock, I say don't watch that
Trench town rock, if you big fish or sprat
Trench town rock, you reap what you sow
Trench town rock, and everyone know now
Trench town rock, don't turn your back
Trench town rock, give the slum a try
Trench town rock, never let the children cry
Trench town rock, 'cause you got to tell JAH, JAH why
Grooving, grooving, grooving, grooving


Lively Up Yourself

You're gonna lively up yourself and
  Don't be no drag
You lively up yourself, oh
  Reggae is another bag
You lively up yourself and don't say no
You're gonna lively up yourself
  'Cause I said so
(Hear what you gonna do)
You rock so you rock so
Like you never did before
You dip so, you dip so
Dip thru my door
You come so, you come so,
  Oh yeah!
You skank so, you skank so,
  Be alive today.

You're gonna lively up yourself and
  Don't say no
You lively up yourself
  Big daddy says so
You lively up yourself and
  Don't be no drag
You lively up yourself
  'Cause reggae is another bag

What you got that I don't know?
I'm a-trying to wonder why you act so
(Hey, do you hear what the man seh?)
Lively up your woman in the morning time, you'all
Keep a lively up your woman in the
  Morning time, you'all
Keep a lively up your woman when
  The evening come and take her, take ya

You rock so, you rock so
You dip so, you dip so
You skank so, you skank so
  And don't be no drag
You come so, you come so
  For reggae is another bag
 
Get what you got in that bag
What have you got in the other bag
  You got hanging there?
What you say you got?
I don't believe you!     


Soul Almighty

Hey happy people, this here is something new
I know you're gonna like it
So let me tell you what we're gonna do
Souls almighty [uh]
Don't you know we got the rhythm
Souls almighty [oh]
We are willing
Funky, Funky Chicken [ooh]
And the Mashed Potato
Do the Alligator
Let's do it together
Souls almighty
Do you dig me ya'll
Souls almighty, my soul is raw
[ooh-ee yeah]
Get yourself together
In any kind of weather
Things will be mighty better
If you get it together [witness]
Souls almighty [ooh]
Don't you know we got the rhythm
Souls almighty [exactly when baby]
[You're not with him]
Get yourself, yourself together
In any kind of weather [I'll come home baby]
Things will be mighty better
If we, if we get it together
Souls, don't you know we got the rhythm
Hit it brother
Souls Almighty
O' baby, when you're not with him
Funky, Funky Chicken
And the Mashed Potato [oh]
Do the Alligator
Do it together ya'll [uh]
Shocks of [mighty]
Souls and shocks, souls and shocks
We got, we got, we got the rhythm
Sing your song brother
My baby's with him, ooh
Get yourself together
In any kind of weather
Things will be mighty better


Wisdom

The lips of the righteous teach many,
But fools die for want of wisdom.
The rich man wealth is in his city;
Do you hear, do you hear, can you understa-and?!

Destruction of the poor, is poverty;
Destruction of the soul, is vanity.
The righteous' wealth is in his Holy Pla-ace.
do you hear?

Those who have eyes, to see will see!

/break/

The rich man wealth is in his city;
do you hear, do you believe, do you understand?!

Destruction of the poor is poverty.
Destruction of the soul is vanity,
well hear me children!
The righteous' wealth is in his Holy Pla-ace!


Caution

Wo-wo-wo-wo-wo-wo-wo-wo-wo-wo-wo-wo-wo-wo-wo-wo.
Wo-wo-wo-wo, wo-wo-wo-wo.
Here I am walkin' down the street (Walkin', walkin', walkin', walkin',
walkin', walkin', walkin', walkin', walkin', walkin', walkin',walkin')

And the children: everything is so sweet.

    (Wo-wo-wo sweet!  Wo-wo-wo sweet!)

I'm doin' my best and I'm doin' it slow,
But there is just one thing I would like you to know.

Ooh, when you wet, it's slippery, yeah.  Uh!
When it damp, it crampin'!
If it's slidin', you'll tumble down,
Won't want you on the ground.

Oh-oh-oh!  Caution: the road is wet;
Black soul is black as jet.  Did you hear me?
Caution: the road is hot;
Still you got to do better than that!
'Cause when you wet, it's slippery, yeah.  It's slippery, yeah!
When it damp, it crampin'!  When it damp, it crampin'!
If it slidin' up and down-a,
Don't want you on the ground.  Brother!

Hit me from the top,
You crazy muthafunkin'!
Hit me from the top,
You crazy muthafunkin'!
Hit me from the top,
Crazy muthafunkin'!  Eh!

When you wet, it's slippery, yeah.  Uh!
When it damp, it crampin!
If you slidin', you're tumblin' down,
Don't want you on the ground!  Don't, don't!

Caution: the road is wet;
Black soul is black as jet.  Black soul!
Caution: the road is hot;
Yeah, you got to do better than that! 


Cheer Up

Cheer up my brothers, cheer up my sisters
Cheer up my momma too, lord
Cheer up my father, let me say

I know it won't be long
That change has got to come
That change has got to come
And I know that it won't be long
We've been down in captivity [captivity] so long, so long

If we unite then we will be free [we will be free]
        so strong, so strong, come I want you to

Cheer up my [brothers] my sisters
[cheer up my sisters] let me say
Cheer up my my my momma too, lord
Cheer up my father

Let me say, we've been down in captivity [captivity]
        so long, so long

We unite we will be free [we will be free]
        so strong, so strong

Cheer up my my my my my my brother
[cheer up my sister] cheer up my sisters
[cheer up my momma] my momma too lord
[cheer up my] my father
And I, I, I


Thank You Lord

Thank you, Lord, for what you've done for me.
Thank you, Lord, for what you're doing now.
Thank you, Lord, for ev'ry little thing.
Thank you, Lord, for you made me sing.

Say I'm in no competition,
But I made my decision.
You can keep your opinion.
I'm just calling on the wise man's communion.

Thank you, Lord, for what you've done for me.
Thank you, Lord, for what you're doing now.
Thank you, Lord, for ev'ry little thing.
Thank you, Lord, for you made me sing.

Sing along, sing along.

I don't fear their humiliation,
Just to prove my determination.
I don't yield to temptation,
I haven't learn't my lesson in Revelation.

Thank you, Lord, for what you've done for me.
Thank you, Lord, for what you're doing now.
Thank you, Lord, for ev'ry little thing.
Thank you, Lord, for you made me sing.

Sing along, sing along.

Say I'm in no competition
But I made my decision,
Lord, in my simple way.
Comin', comin', comin', comin'.
I love to pray.

Thank you, Lord, for what you've done for me.
Thank you, Lord, for what you're doing now.
Thank you, Lord, for ev'ry little thing.


Stop The Train

Stop that train: I'm leavin' - today!
Stop that train: I'm leavin' - anyway!
Stop that train: I'm leavin'.   And I said:
It won't be too long whether I'm right or wrong;
I said, it won't be too long whether I'm right or wrong.

All my good life I've been a lonely man,
Teachin' my people who don't understand;
And even though I tried my best,
I still can't find no happiness.

So I got to say:
Stop that train: I'm leavin' - oh, baby now!
Stop that train: I'm leavin' - don't care what you say!
Stop that train: I'm leavin'.   And I said:
It won't be too long whether I'm right or wrong;
Said, it won't be too long whether I'm right or wrong.

Some goin' east; and-a some goin' west,
Some stand aside to try their best.
Some livin' big, but the most is livin' small::
They just can't even find no food at all.

I mean, stop it:
Stop that train: I'm leavin' - leavin', mm-hmm.
Stop that train: I'm leavin' - I don't mind!
Stop that train: I'm leavin'.  And I said:
It won't be too long whether I'm right or wrong;
I said it won't be too long whether I'm right or wrong.

Stop that train: I'm leavin' - leavin'!
Stop that train: I'm leavin' - can't take it!
Stop that train: I'm leavin' - got to be better!
It won't be too long whether I'm right or wrong;
I said it won't be too long whether I'm right or wrong.


This Train

When I was just a kid, little children,
My old man used to sing a song.
And now I've grown to be a man
It still lingers deep within my soul,
Lingers deep within my soul.

He say now, this train is bound to glory, this train.
This train is bound to glory, this train.
This train it is bound to glory,
This train it don't carry no unholy.
This train is bound to glory, this train.

Now, this train it don't carry no backsliders, this train.
This train don't carry no backsliders, this train.
This train it don't carry no backsliders,
This train only carry JAH JAH children.
This train it is bound to glory, this train.

Play a little song for me.

This train don't carry no unholy, this train.
This train don't carry no unholy, this train.
This train it don't carry no unholy,
This train only carry the children of JAH.
This train it is bound to glory, this train.

So many things to remember,
So many things to forget.
But these words they do linger,
Linger deep within my soul,
Lingers deep within my soul.

This train is bound to glory, this train.
This train it is bound to glory, this train.
This train it is bound to glory,
This train don't carry no unholy.
This train it is bound to glory, this train.

This train.
This train.
This train.
This train.
This train.

This train is bound to glory.
This train is bound to glory, yau  (repeat)

(adlibbing)

I'll be turning back for no brother, no sister, no friend, no nothing at all.
I'll be grabing the morning train, the evening train will be too late.  (repeat)

Grab on brothers.
Grab on sisters.
Grab on mother.
Grab on father.
Grab on friend.

THIS TRAIN!


Small Axe

Why boasteth thyself, oh evil men,
Playing smart and not being clever?
I say you're working iniquity to achieve vanity, yeah,
But the goodness of JAH JAH endureth forever.

If you are the big tree,
We are the small axe.
Sharpened to cut you down,
Ready to cut you down.

These are the words of my master.
Keep on telling me
No weak heart shall prosper,
Oh, no they can't.

And whosoever diggeth a pit, Lord,
Shall fall in it, shall fall in it.
Whosoever diggeth a pit shall bury in it,
Shall bury in it.

If you are the big tree,
We are the small axe
Sharpened to cut you down,
Ready to cut you down.

And whosoever diggeth a pit shall fall in it, fall in it.
Whosoever diggeth a pit shall bury in it, shall bury in it.

If you have a big tree,
We have a small axe
Ready to cut you down,
Sharpened to cut you down.

If you are the big tree,
we are the small axe
Ready to cut you down,
Sharpened to cut you down.


More Axe

If you are the big tree
We are the small axe
Sharpened to cut you down
Ready to cut you down
Sharpened to cut you down
Ready ato cut you down

These are the words of my master
No weak heart shall prosper

And whosoever dig a pit
Shall fall in it [if I so, I so]
And who so ever dig at a pit
Shall fall in it [if I so, I so]
Where dere is no wood
I say the fire goes out
So we'll have to cut you down [you're dry wood]
Without a doubt

These are the words of my master
No weak heart shall prosper

And whosoever dig at a pit
Shall fall in it [if I so, I so]
And whosoever dig at a pit
Shall fall in it [if I so, I so]

If you are a big tree
We are the small axe
Sharpened to cut you down, well sharp
To cut you down
If you are a big tree
We are the small axe
Sharpened to cut you down, well sharp
To cut you down, chop, chop


Dont Rock My Boat

Oh, please don't you rock my boat
'Cause I don't want my boat to be rocking
Don't rock my boat (Repeat)

I'm telling you that, oh-whooh-whooh
I like it like this, I like it like this
And you should know, you should know by now
I like it, I like it like this, I like it like this
Yeah, you satisfy my soul, satisfy my soul
You satisfy my soul, satisfy my soul
Every little action, there is a reaction
Oh, can't you see what you have done for me?
I am happy inside, all, all of the time.

When we bend a new corner
I feel like a sweep-stake winner
When I meet you around the corner
You make me feel like a
Sweep-stake winner
Whoa child, can't you see,
You must believe me
Oh darling, darling, I'm calling, calling
Can't you see, why won't you believe me
Oh darling, darling, I'm calling, calling

When I meet you around the corner
Oh, I said baby, never let me be a loner
And then you hold me tight
You make me feel alright
Yes, when you hold me tight
You made me feel alright

Whoa, honey, can't you see,
Don't you believe me?
Oh darling, darling, I'm calling, calling
Can't you see, why won't you believe me?
Oh darling, darling, I'm calling, calling

Satisfy my soul, satisfy my soul, satisfy my soul
That's all I want from you
That's all I'll take from you
Satisfy my soul, satisfy my soul


Keep On Moving

Lord I got to keep on moving
Lord I got to get on down
Lord I've got to keep on moving
Where I can't be found, where I can't be found
Lord they coming after me

I've been accused on my mission
JAH knows you shouldn't do
For hanging me they were willing yeah! yeah!
And that's why I've got to get on thru
Lord they coming after me

Lord I got to keep on moving
Lord I got to get on down
Lord I've got to keep on moving
Where I can't be found
Lord they're coming after me

I know someday we'll find that piece
Of land somehwere not near Babylon
The war will soon be over and Africa
Will unite the children who liveth in
Darkness have seen the great light

I've got two boys and a woman
And I know they won't suffer now
JAH forgive me for not going back
But I'll be there anyhow
Yes I'll be there anyhow

Lord I got to keep on moving
Lord I got to get on down
Lord I've got to keep on moving
Where I can't be found, where I can't be found
Lord they coming after me


Brand New Second Hand

you're only acting like
you are somebody
but i don't love to say
you're not nobody
don't exhaust our painted face, girl
'cause underneath that face
you're justhave disgrace

and you're just a brandnew second hand
you'll make no one fool
you're just a brand new second hand

i only confess you
you're brand new second had
dirty golden rule
you're just a brand new second hand

what you've got, girl
that i don't know
why you really really got to
exalt yourself so
mama used to tell me
a long time ago, girl
it's noteverything you own
that glitters is gold

So you're just a brand new second hand
no man no want no
brand new second hand
you bettergo back round so girl
brand new second hand
don't you show us
brand newsecond hand

if you think it's the dress you wear
that makes you a lady
get that out of your mind
you must be crazy

you're just a brand new second had, yes girl
no man no want
brand new second hand, yes girl
no bother come show off so
you're just a brand new second hand


Kaya

Wake up and turn I loose
Wake up and turn I loose
For the rain is falling

Got to have kaya now, got to have kaya now
Got to have kaya now, for the rain is falling

I feel so high, I even touch the sky
Above the falling rain
I feel so good in my neighborhood
So here I come again

I got to have kaya now, got to have kaya now
I got to have kaya now, for the rain is falling

I feel so high, I even touch the sky
Above the falling rain
I feel so good in my neighborhood
So here I come again

I got to have kaya now, got to have kaya now
I got to have kaya now, for the rain is falling

Get up and turn I loose
Wake up and turn I loose
Wake up and turn I loose for the rain is falling
Well kayaman, kaya, kaya


Turn Me Loose

????


Sun Is Shining

......                               Wo-o-wo!
Sun is shinin', the weather is sweet;
Make you want to move your dancin' feet:
To the rescue, here I am!
Want you to know, y'all, where I stand!

[Instrumental break]

(Monday morning) Here I am!
Want you to know (Tuesday evening) just if you can
Where I stand.
(Wednesday morning) Tell myself a new day is risin';
(Thursday evening) get on the rise a new day is dawnin'.
(Friday morning) Here I am!
(Saturday evening) Want you to know just -
Want you to know just where I stand!

When the morning gathers the rainbow,
Want you to know, I'm a rainbow, too.
So, to the rescue, here I am!
Want you to know just if you can
Where I (stand) - know - know - know - know -
   know - know - know - know.

[Guitar solo]

We'll lift our heads and give Jah praises-a!
We'll lift our heads and give Jah praises, yea-eah!

(Sun is shining, the weather is sweet now
 Make you want to move your dancing feet)
So, to the rescue, here I am!
Want you to know just if you can
Where I (stand) - know - know - know - know where I stand

(Monday morning), scoo-be-doop scoop-scoop!
Tuesday evening, scoo-be-doop scoop-scoop!
Wednesday morning, scoo-be-doop scoop-scoop!
Thursday evening, scoo-be-doop scoop-scoop!
Friday morning, scoo-be-doop scoop-scoop!
Saturday evening, scoo-be-doop scoop-scoop!

So, to the rescue - to the rescue - to the rescue, all right!  And so ...

[Instrumental break]

Awake from your sleep and slumber:
Today could bring your lucky number, er - er!
Sun is shining (and the weather is sweet)
Sun is shining (and the weather is sweet)
Sun is shining (and the weather is sweet)
Sun is shining (and the weather is sweet) 


Keep On Skanking

Easy skanking (skankin' it easy);
Easy skanking (skankin' it slow);
Easy skanking (skankin' it easy);
Easy skanking (skankin' it slow).

Excuse me while I light my spliff; (spliff)
Good God, I gotta take a lift: (lift)
From reality I just can't drift; (drift)
That's why I am staying with this riff. (riff)

Take it easy (easy skankin',',');
Lord, I take it easy! (easy skankin',',');
Take it easy (easy skankin',',');
Got to take it easy (easy skankin').
See: we're takin' it easy (ooh-wah-da da-da)
We taking it slow, (ooh-wah-da da-da)
Takin' it easy (easy);
Got to take it slow (slow-slow)
So take it easy (easy skankin' - da-da-da-da-da-da)
Wo-oh, take it easy (easy skankin')
Take it easy (easy skankin' - da-da-da-da-da-da)
Take it easy. (easy skankin')

Excuse me while I light my spliff; (spliff)
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Oh, God, I gotta take a lift: (lift)
From reality I just can't drift; (drift)
That's why I am staying with this riff. (riff)

Take it easy (takin' it easy);
Got to take it easy (takin' it slow);
Take it easy (takin' it easy);
Skanky, take it easy (takin' it slow).

Tell you what:
herb for my wine; (ooh-wa-da-da-da)
Honey for my strong drink; (ooh-wa-da-da-da)
Herb for my wine; (ooh-wa-da-da-da)
Honey for my strong drink.

I shake it easy (takin' it easy);
Skanky, take it easy (skankin' it slow);
Take it (takin' it easy) easy;
Take it (skankin' it slow) easy;
Take it easy (takin' it easy);
Oh-oh-ooh! (skankin' it slow);
Little bit easier (takin' it easy);
Skanky, take it easy (skankin' it slow).
Take it easy! Take it easy! Take it easy! /fadeout/

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