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did Marley record in joe gibbs studio?? which songs??

hi rootsman
i don't think as benjamin said ,that the barrett brothers would refuse(and for what reason,)if bob felt like playing a specific track with sly and robbie.as a matter of fact,robbie is playing bass on the first version of "concrete jungle(catch a fire).during the wailers days in london,the track punky reggae party was recorded by a line up made of drummie zeb of aswad band and ritchie daley from third world when aston and carlton were absent that day.val douglas lately told to roger steffens that he played bass on"so much things to say"santa told to a friend of mine(who was the former bass player of the now defunct french-based african reggae band called"adio"that he played the drums on"coming in from the cold"and"africa unite"in addition to"chant down babylon"and i can believe it for who is used to santa davis' drum roll,how he uses the rototom drums at the end of every drum roll.did you ever know that late female jazz trombonist melba liston performed on the "survival" sessions,while she was in jamaica teahing in amusic school.it has always been the greatest issue in ja music,to credit the right musicins.there is a version of smilejamaica which was recorded at the black ark and the the beat is no wonder that of the upsetters.so,there have been musicians other than the wailers who performed with bob during his career.
fadel

Punky Reggae Party was cut in London with thse musicians mentioned above (as was a version of Keep On Moving), but Scratch didn't like it so he recut it with Sly & Robbie in Jamaica.

This second cut was voiced by Bob in the US and is the version released.

The line up of the Wailers was pretty fluid. As well as the line-ups that toured, Bob was happy to compliment the group with session players mentioned above such as Santa and Shakspeare.

Sangie Davis also played bass on tracks in 79, and Sparrow Martin drummed on the '73 cut of Stir It Up. Inner Circles rhythm section also featured on Catch A Fire.

Chinna was a member of the band in 1975/76, with Don Kinsey on second guitar. Junior Marvin joined in `77.

Another "part-time" Wailer was Ian Wynter.

sorry for mistakingly mentioning val douglas on bass on"so much to things to say"it was rather"so much troubles in the world".
sorry.
not most of bob marley lps were recorded at tuff gong,but rather harry j's studios.
regards
fadel

fadel:

'Smile Jamaica' was indeed recorded at the Black Ark, but it was still Carlton Barrett (from the Wailers) beating the drums.

Wow! Such detailed knowledge from the members of this reggae college!

What I heard or read is that Bob wanted to replace aston and carlton barrett definitly.. not only for one song.

@ Benjamin: where do you know, that Bob wanted to replace Familyman & Carly...???

hi bellyman
i didn't say anything related to smile jamaica.i know that there is a version of "smile jamaica"which must be the first and is the quicker version,but which was unmistakebly recorded at black ark.is it what you mean?
fadel

You can call me Ron, Fadel.

*there is a version of smilejamaica which was recorded at the black ark and the the beat is no wonder that of the upsetters.so,there have been musicians other than the wailers who performed with bob during his career.* [/unquote]

I was refering to this part of the conversation