Archive for Wailing Souls
Wailing Souls – They Don’t Know Jah / On the Rocks (1982)
Posted in Wailing Souls with tags Wailing Souls on October 24, 2016 by 1960s: Days of RageWailing Souls – Very Well / Very Well Version (1978)
Posted in Channel One, Dub, JoJo Hookim, Wailing Souls with tags Channel One, Dub, JoJo Hookim, Wailing Souls on July 6, 2016 by 1960s: Days of Rage
“Wailing Souls’ ‘Very Well’, all-time epic roots reggae, and as impassioned a song about repatriation as ever sung. This 12-inch reissue replaces the B-side ‘Fire Coal Man’ from the original release with a full extended dub of ‘Very Well’!”
Reggae Fever
YouTube: Very Well / Very Well Version
The Wailing Souls – Fire House Rock (1980)
Posted in Greensleeves, Studio One, Wailing Souls with tags Greensleeves, Studio One, Wailing Souls on September 11, 2013 by 1960s: Days of Rage
“Talk about a triple threat: first you have the (by this point well-established and effortlessly professional) Wailing Souls, one of the greatest of the cultural harmony groups; then you have the Roots Radics, the studio band that almost single-handedly defined the new dancehall reggae sound in the early ’80s; and to make everything perfect, you have the unassailable team of producer Henry ‘Junjo’ Lawes (who can claim equal status with the Roots Radics as a dancehall pioneer) and engineer Hopeton ‘Scientist’ Brown. The result is 1991’s Firehouse Rock, one of the finest reggae albums of all time; one which combines the Wailing Souls top-notch songwriting and harmony singing with the absolute best in studio accompaniment — there may never be another reggae band with a sound as rock-ribbed as that of the Roots Radics. Each track is a highlight in its own way, but pay particular attention to the title track, the gently rolling ‘Who Lives It,’ and the smoky, apocalyptic ‘Kingdom Rise Kingdom Fall’.”
allmusic
YouTube: Fire House Rock, Kingdom Rise Kingdom Fall, Act Of Affection
YouTube: The Wailing Souls-Fire House Rock (Full LP)
0:01 Fire House Rock 4:14 Run Dem Down 7:26 Oh What a Feeling 12:27 Kingdom Rise Kingdom Fall 16:32 Act of Affection 19:14 Busnah 23:21 A Fool Will Fall 27:43 Bandits Taking Over 32:28 Who Lives It 36:22 See Baba Joe