News : Bunny Wailer Announces Extensive Catalog To Be Remastered, Rearranged And Digitally Released

[Roots Archives]

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Black Heart Man Remastered And Featuring Extended Dub Versions First Album To Be Released
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(Kingston, Jamaica - May 7, 2009)
**Solomonic Records**, in partnership with **Zojak World Wide**, the leader in digital distribution, is pleased to announce the release of Bunny Wailer's extensive catalog. Featuring remastered and rearranged albums, the catalog will be featured on Itunes during the month of May. Blackheart Man will be released on Tuesday May 26th.

At 62, Bunny "Jah B" Wailer says he is motivated by the passage of time, "This is my responsibility, if I am going to preserve my history, this is something I have to do."

On Blackheart Man the Legendary **Bunny Wailer** radiates with timeless songs such as "Dreamland", "Rast a Man" and "Fighting Against Conviction". Bob Marley and Peter Tosh are featured on backing vocals along with The Wailers rhythm section. Additional musicians include Tommy McCook, Earl "Chinna" Smith and more.

@ THE NEW ARRANGEMENTS

"The new line up was made to make it exciting. We grow everyday and learn everyday so it's possible to make it a little better. I don't want to get stagnant or people to get bored listening to these tracks." - Bunny Wailer

@ THE REMASTERING PROCESS

"New technology allows bass to be more bassy, get rid of surface noise, I am cleaning up Bunny Wailer's catalog and packaging in a way that is more informative. If we don't do this it is not being fair to the next generation." - Bunny Wailer

@ BLACKHEART MAN (2009)

* Re-mastered
* Re-arranged
* Now including extended tracks featuring dub versions previously available only on Dubd'sco Volume 1

IN BUNNY WAILER'S WORDS...

"The album tells a brief history of who Blackheart Man is, what he stands for and the changes he brought about in society and the changes he brought about to the people"

"All of my experiences leading up to Blackheart Man is what is in Blackheart Man. My experiences of life itself."

"Blackheart Man is my most symbolic album from the Wailers of that time up until this time."
@ LIBERATION
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Includes tracks original album did not have

Liberation (2009) combines tracks from Bunny Wailer - Protest (1977)
@ WORLD PEACE
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Never before been released

Includes two speeches by Haile Selassie I narrated by Bunny Wailer

Speech on world peace opens the album and speech on disarmament closes the album

Tracklisting features Bunny Wailer songs about World Peace.


*source : [niceup.com](http://www.niceup.com/)*

[Han]

I wonder if they used original master tapes
this sentence 'get rid of surface noise' makes it look like they used old vinyl.....

[Inyaki]

" Rearranged....new arrangements".....

Uhmm...

[j j]

i still wish he'd put his solomonic 7",12" a/b sides out again in what ever format, they are the hard ones to find where as Dubd'sco vol 1 & 2 have been available for years & even on Ras CD.same with BHMan.Maybe he dosen't have access to the rest of his catalogue????

ps Years ago there was to be released a book called Old Fire Stick with Roger Steffens,on the life of Bunny. The last i heard is after many years in the writing, he decided he didn't want to publish.Maybe that would have passed on his legacy better than another issue of BHMan?

pps Years ago i brought tickets to his show at the Brixton Academy only to travel there on the night & find he hadn't showed up!

i sure am a big fan of most of his records tho:-)

j j

[Inyaki]

pps Years ago i brought tickets to his show at the Brixton Academy only to travel there on the night & find he hadn't showed up!

I was there too. Not the only time I've been to a show where he was announced to appear but he didn't.

A reissue project including all the hard to get (extended, dubs, etc...) productions from the 70s and 80s (before he started using drum machines). That would suit me.

[slengteng]

" Rearranged....new arrangements".....

I'm not sure this was a good idea... :S

[king g]

respect Bunny, if new people hear your music then it can only be a good thing. As for the how the music will sound; I have never heard (I think) a modern digital remaster; reggae or otherwise that sounds superior to the originals. The exception's maybe the original CD remasters from the late 1980's. Otherwise they sound spikey and just awful. Also I am sure money would have nothing to do with it now would it?

respect

[I-Lion Tafari]

So wait and see if it all really happens. So much is planned and less is realized.

[jb welda]

>Island even changed the running order of the tracks
>when they put out 'Sings The Wailers' making the JA
>Solomonic or US Mango issues

really? i was under the impression that the mango press would be identical to the island press since they were, after all, the same company, just different markets. wasnt the mango pressing same as island? (i dont know because i generally bought the UK import rather than the domestic (USA) mango version...typically much better sound and pressing quality on island than mango).

by "rearranged" i hope he means just adding the dub versions instead of overdubbing.

and "remastered" doesnt necessarily have to be bad...an analog recording needs remastering AND remixing to sound good on cd i think, otherwise you get too much high freq in the mix.

one love
jah bill

[Sang Q]

I wonder how he's planning on distributing Blackheart Man. The announcement says it's coming out on May 26th, 2009. Amazon still doesn't have any listing for it yet.