BOB MARLEY CHRONOLOGICAL DISCOGRAPHY
Roger Steffens and his writing partner on the Wailers, Leroy Jodie Pierson,
have compiled the following chronological Marley recording list, based on their
forthcoming book "Bob Marley and the Wailers: The Definitive Discography."
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The following list most likely contains songs that you
haven't heard of until now. Yes, even you afficianados
will learn something new here.
Let's start at the beginning...
1962
[The following are Leslie Kong productions
for his Beverley's label]
as Robert Marley
Do You Still Love Me
Judge Not
as Bobby Martell
One Cup Of Coffee
Terror [unreleased]
1963
[all productions from 1963 through mid-1966 are
by Clement Dodd, better known as "Sir Coxson" Dodd,
for his own Studio One labels]
Christmas Is Here
Climb The Ladder
Destiny
Do You Remember
I Don't Need Your Love
I'm Going Home
Mr. Talkative
Simmer Down
Straight and Narrow
Tell Them Lord
Your Love
1964
Amen
Dance With Me
Don't Ever Leave Me
Donna
Go Jimmy Go
Habits
Hoot Nanny Hoot
I Made A Mistake
I Need You
It Hurts To Be Alone
Lonesome Feelings
Love Won't Be Mine This Way
Maga Dog
Nobody Knows
Oh My Darling
Teenager In Love
There She Goes
True Confessions
Where Will I Find
Wings Of A Dove
1965
And I Love Her
Another Dance
Cry To Me
Diamond Baby
Do It Right
Do You Feel The Same Way Too
Good Good Rudie
Guajira Ska
Hooligans
I Left My Sins
I'm Gonna Put It On
I'm Still Waiting
Jumbie Jamboree
Just In Time
Let The Lord Be Seen In You
Lonesome Track
Love And Affection
One Love
Playboy
Rude Boy
Shame and Scandal
Ska Jerk
Somewhere To Lay My Head
Ten Commandments of Love
The Jerk
This Train
Wages of Love
What's New Pussycat
Where Is My Mother
Where's The Girl For Me
White Christmas
1966
[The following recordings were made without Bob Marley,
who was in America from February through October 1966.
Constantine "Dream" "Vision" Walker, Rita Marley's cousin
and member of her group the Soulettes, replaced Bob during
this period.]
Blowing In The Wind
Can't You See
Dancing Shoes
Don't Look Back
Dreamland
He Who Feels It Knows It
I Need You
I Stand Predominate
Jerking Time
Lemon Tree
Let Him Go
Little Boy Blue
Making Love
Rasta Shook Them Up
Rock Sweet Rock
Rolling Stone
Sentimental Journey
Sinner Man
Sunday Morning
The Toughest
Treat Me Good
What Am I Supposed To Do
When The Well Runs Dry
[At the end of 1966, Bob returned from working a
factory night-shift job in Delaware, with enough
money to start the Wailers' first self-controlled
company to produce and distribute their own compositions.
They called their nascent label Wail'n Soul'm, and their
logo showed three hands in a triangular embrace,
an image that is used to this day. From here onward,
the Wailers worked with producers like Lee Perry and
Leslie Kong, but the majority of their music was self-produced.]
Bend Down Low
Freedom Time
1967
[The following are Wailers' self-productions]
Bus Dem Shut
Funeral
Hammer
Hypocrites
Lyrical Satyrical
Mellow Mood
Nice Time
Pound Get A
Stir It Up
Thank You Lord
This Train
1968
Chances Are
Dem A Fi Get A Beatin'
Don't Rock My Boat
Fire Fire
I'm Hurting Inside
Play Play Play
Stepping Razor
The Lord Will Make A Way
[The following are productions by Arthur Jenkins
and Joe Venneri (primarily) for Johnny Nash and Danny Sims.
The dating is approximate, as no productions notes have
been discovered to verify exact dates.]
Bend Down Low
Chances Are
Fallin' In And Out Of Love
Gonna Get You
Hammer
How Many Times
It Hurts To Be Alone
Lonely Girl
Lonesome Feelings
Mellow Mood
Milk Shake and Potato Chips
Nice Time
Put It On
Rock Steady
Soul Almighty
Soul Rebel
Splish For My Splash
Stay With Me
Stranger On The Shore
The World Is Changing
There She Goes
Touch Me
Treat You right
What Goes Around Comes Around
You Think I Have No Feelings
You Say I Have No Feelings [alt. vers.]
[The following are Mortimo Planno productions]
A Little Prayer
Selassie Is The Chapel
1969
[The following are Wailers self-productions]
Feel Alright
Rhythm
Tread Oh
[The following are productions by Ted Powder]
Adam And Eve
Thank You Lord
This Train
Wisdom
1970
[The following are Leslie Kong productions]
Baby Baby Come Home
Back Out
Can't You See
Caution
Cheer Up
Do It Twice
Go Tell It On The Mountain
Soon Come
Sophisticated Psychedelication
Soul Captives
Soul Shake Down Party
Stop The Train
[The following are Wailers self-productions]
Black Progress
Comma Comma
Hold On To This Feeling
Oppressor Man
The Letter
Trouble Dub
Trouble On The Road Again
[The following are Randy's productions]
Sugar Sugar
Field Marshall No Parshall
Hold On To This Feeling (Bob & Rita)
[The following are productions by Lee "Scratch" Perry,
the Upsetter, uniting Bob for the first time with the
core of the band that would be with him for the rest of his career. They were Scratch's rhythm section: Aston "Family Man" Barrett on bass, and his brother Carlton on drums, abetted by Alva "Reggie" Lewis on guitar and Glen Adams on keyboards.]
400 Years
Axe Man
Corner Stone
Duppy Conqueror
It's Alright
Jah Is Mighty
Long Long Winter
Man To Man
My Cup
No Sympathy
No Water
Picture On The Wall (w/Carl Dawkins)
Put It On
Reaction
Rebel's Hop
Run For Cover
Shocks Of Mighty
Small Axe
Soul Almighty
Soul Rebel
Try Me
[The following are Bunny Lee productions]
Mr. Chatterbox
No Love
[The following is a Wailers' self-production]
High Tide Or Low Tide
1971
[The following are Lee Perry Productions]
African Herbsman
All In One
Brainwashing
Brand New Secondhand
Downpressor
Dreamland
Fussing and Fighting
In The Iway
Kaya
Keep On Moving
Keep On Skanking
Memphis
Riding High
Stand Alone
Turn Me Loose
Who Is Mister Brown
[The following are joint productions of Lee Perry and the Wailers]
Don't Rock My Boat
I Like It Like This
Love Light
Send Me That Love
Sun Is Shining
[The following are Wailers' self-productions]
Back Biter
Concrete Jungle
Craven Choke Puppy
Guava Jelly
Hammer
How Many Times
I'm Still Wailing
It Hurts To Be Alone
Lick Samba
Lively Up Yourself
Music Lesson
Redder Than Red
Rocking Steady
Satisfy My Soul Babe
Satisfy My Soul Jah Jah
Screw Face
Trench Town Rock
Why Should I
[The following are Johnny Nash productions]
Dance Do The Reggae
I'm Hurting Inside
Oh Lord I Got To Get There
Reggae On Broadway
1972
[The following are Wailers' self-productions]
400 Years
All Day All Night
Concrete Jungle
Kinky Reggae
Midnight Ravers
No More Trouble
Pass It On
Rock It Babe
Slave Driver
Stir It Up
Stop That Train
1973
[The following are Wailers' self-productions]
Burnin' & Lootin'
Duppy Conqueror
Get Up Stand Up
Hallelujah Time
I Shot The Sheriff
Iron Lion Zion
No Sympathy
One Foundation
Pass It On
Put It On
Rastaman Chant
Reincarnated Soul
Small Axe
1974
[From here forward, all Wailers productions are of
the Bob Marley solo-led group]
Am A Do
Belly Full
Bend Down Low
Knotty Dread
Lively Up Yourself
Rebel Music
Revolution
Road Block
So Jah Seh
Talking Blues
1975
[The following are Wailers self-productions]
Crazy Baldhead
Cry To me
I Know
Johnny Was
Night Shift
Positive Vibration
Rat Race
Roots, Rock, Reggae
Want More
War
Who The Cap Fit
[The following is a joint Lee Perry/Wailers production]
Jah Live
1976
[The following is a joint Lee Perry/Wailers production]
Smile Jamaica (Parts One and Two)
1977
[The following are Lee Perry productions]
Who Colt The Game (unissued)
I Know A Place Where We Can Carry On (unissued)
Keep On Moving
Natural Mystic
Punky Reggae Party
Rainbow Country
[The following are Wailers' self-productions]
Crisis
Easy Skanking
Every Need Got An Ego To Feed
Exodus
Guiltiness
Is This Love
Jamming
Kaya
Misty Morning
Natural Mystic
One Love/People Get Ready
Roots
Running Away
Satisfy My Soul
She's Gone
So Much Things To Say
Sun Is Shining
The Heathen
Three Little Birds
Time Will Tell
Turn Your Lights Down Low
Waiting In Vain
1978
[No studio activity as Bob toured the world and
completed the building of his own Tuff Gong Studio
at 56 Hope Road in Kingston, Jamaica]
1979
[The following are Bob Marley and the Wailers productions]
Africa Unite
Ambush
Babylon System
Mix Up Mix Up
One Drop
Ride Natty Ride
So Much Trouble In The World
Survival
Top Rankin'
Wake Up And Live
Zimbabwe
[The following are Bob Marley/Lee Perry productions]
Blackman Redemption
Rastaman Live Up
1980
[The following are Bob Marley and the Wailers
productions beginning in late 1979 and continuing
into the early part of 1980
Bad Card
Coming In From The Cold
Could You Be Loved
Forever Loving Jah
Give Thanks And Praises
Pimper's Paradise
Real Situation
Redemption Song
Trench Town
We And Them
Work
Zion Train
[The following is a King Sporty Production]
Buffalo Soldier
NOTE: Ras Rojah is working on an update to this list.
As you know, Bob Marley music continues to come out on CD
in the form of remixes and lost treasures, including the 2001
series of Island/Universal rereleases of the entire
Island catalog.
[To Be Continued]
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