The Wailing Wailers

The Wailing Wailers
From left to right: Bunny Wailer, Bob Marley and Peter Tosh, as well as the words "The Wailing Wailers" written near them
Studio album by
Released1965
Recorded1964–1965
StudioJamaica Recording Studio, Brentford Road, Kingston, Jamaica
GenreSka
Length36:01
LabelStudio One S1001
ProducerClement Dodd
The Wailing Wailers chronology
The Wailing Wailers
(1965)
Soul Rebels
(1970)
1971 reissue cover

The Wailing Wailers is the 1965 eponymous debut studio album by the Wailers, later known as Bob Marley and the Wailers. Released on the Studio One label, the album is a compilation of various recordings made between 1964 and 1965 by Neville “Bunny” Livingston (Bunny Wailer), Robert Nesta Marley (Bob Marley) and Peter McIntosh (Peter Tosh). It compiles what Clement Coxsone Dodd considered the best Wailers recordings from this period. They were accompanied by the Studio One backing band, The Soul Brothers.[1]

It is not a studio album in the conventional sense but was the first full-length LP released of the band's work. The album has remained in print since its release, but after the first release (which has a different cover) each release of the album was newly overdubbed to fit with musical trends of the time. The album had never been released on CD with the original track listing or cover until May 2016.

  1. ^ "The Wailing Wailers* - The Wailing Wailers (Vinyl, LP)". Discogs.com. Retrieved 20 July 2017.