News : The Wailers' Burnin' in Library of Congress
Posted: Fri Nov 30, 2007 10:40 am
The Library of Congress wants to preserve **The Wailin Wailers'** classic album **Burnin'**.
"Each year the United States Library of Congress selects a small number of audio recordings to preserve for all time in the National Recording Registry based on their historical, artistic or cultural importance to society. The Library of Congress has chosen to preserve Burnin' - the classic 1974 recording by the Wailers," the release said.
The album features the enduring music of reggae's foremost triumvirate - Bob Marley, Peter Tosh and Bunny Wailer. It was the fourth album for the group and the last before Tosh and Bunny Wailer launched their solo careers.
Included on the 34-year-old set is the timeless Get Up, Stand Up, which occupies a unique place in the legacy of the Wailers. This anthem of assertiveness is the only song recorded by the famous trio as a group, and which each re-recorded individually after they separated.
Included on the Burnin' album also, is poignant I Shot the Sheriff that holds the distinction of two international hit versions after it was covered by Eric Clapton who made it a number one hit in the rock market. Other classics on the set on which Marley plays the guitar, and Tosh guitar and keyboards, are Duppy Conqueror, Small Axe, and Put It On, with Bob Marley out front on lead vocals; as well as Hallelujah Time, Pass It On, and The Oppressed Song with Bunny Wailer on lead vocals; and One Foundation and No Sympathy with Peter Tosh on lead vocals.
Bunny Wailer, who turned 60 on April 10, 2007, is the only remaining member of this immortal group. Marley, who would have been 62 years old, left us 26 years ago, and Tosh, who would have been 63, departed 19 years ago.
Other important contributors to the album, produced by Chris Blackwell, were Aston "Familyman" Barrett on bass, his brother the late Carlton "Charlie" Barrett on drums, and Earl "Wire" Lindo on keyboards. Studio engineers were Tony Platt and Phill Brown.
Basil Walters
*source: [jamaicaobserver.com](http://www.jamaicaobserver.com)*
"Each year the United States Library of Congress selects a small number of audio recordings to preserve for all time in the National Recording Registry based on their historical, artistic or cultural importance to society. The Library of Congress has chosen to preserve Burnin' - the classic 1974 recording by the Wailers," the release said.
The album features the enduring music of reggae's foremost triumvirate - Bob Marley, Peter Tosh and Bunny Wailer. It was the fourth album for the group and the last before Tosh and Bunny Wailer launched their solo careers.
Included on the 34-year-old set is the timeless Get Up, Stand Up, which occupies a unique place in the legacy of the Wailers. This anthem of assertiveness is the only song recorded by the famous trio as a group, and which each re-recorded individually after they separated.
Included on the Burnin' album also, is poignant I Shot the Sheriff that holds the distinction of two international hit versions after it was covered by Eric Clapton who made it a number one hit in the rock market. Other classics on the set on which Marley plays the guitar, and Tosh guitar and keyboards, are Duppy Conqueror, Small Axe, and Put It On, with Bob Marley out front on lead vocals; as well as Hallelujah Time, Pass It On, and The Oppressed Song with Bunny Wailer on lead vocals; and One Foundation and No Sympathy with Peter Tosh on lead vocals.
Bunny Wailer, who turned 60 on April 10, 2007, is the only remaining member of this immortal group. Marley, who would have been 62 years old, left us 26 years ago, and Tosh, who would have been 63, departed 19 years ago.
Other important contributors to the album, produced by Chris Blackwell, were Aston "Familyman" Barrett on bass, his brother the late Carlton "Charlie" Barrett on drums, and Earl "Wire" Lindo on keyboards. Studio engineers were Tony Platt and Phill Brown.
Basil Walters
*source: [jamaicaobserver.com](http://www.jamaicaobserver.com)*