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Talkin' Blues (1991)

Where the lyrics of Talkin' Blues take you, and where it was really made.

Most of this 1991 live album was recorded in a Sausalito studio for a San Francisco radio station, not at a concert.

Key places

Where most of the album was recorded (1973)

Recording site Record Plant — Most tracks on the album were recorded at The Record Plant in Sausalito, California, on 31 October 1973. The session was made for San Francisco radio station KSAN. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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A performance at the Lyceum (1991)

Live show Lyceum Theatre — One of the tracks on the album comes from a performance at The Lyceum Theatre in London. The source does not give a date for it. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Album story

Overview

• Talkin' Blues: live album by Bob Marley & The Wailers
• Released in 1991
• Mixes live studio recordings from 1973 and 1975 with interview segments of Bob Marley
• Most tracks recorded on 31 October 1973 at The Record Plant in Sausalito, California
• That session was made for San Francisco radio station KSAN
• Includes "You Can't Blame the Youth", sung by Peter Tosh
• Includes "Get Up, Stand Up", with Marley and Tosh alternating lead vocals
• Remaining tracks come from recordings made before 1974's Natty Dread album

Background

• One of the remaining tracks is a performance at The Lyceum Theatre in London
• Interview segments were taken from Jamaican radio in 1975
• Interviewer credited: Dermot Hussey
• The album is built from several separate sessions and performances, joined by spoken interview material

Recording

• 1973 session personnel: Bob Marley (vocals, guitar), Peter Tosh (vocals, guitar), Aston "Familyman" Barrett (bass), Carlton "Carly" Barrett (drums, percussion), Earl "Wire" Lindo (keyboards), Joe Higgs (vocals, percussion)
• 1974 recordings personnel: Marley (vocals, guitar), Aston Barrett (bass), Carlton Barrett (drums, percussion), Bernard "Touter" Harvey (piano, organ), Al Anderson (lead guitar), and the I-Threes (Rita Marley, Marcia Griffiths, Judy Mowatt) on background vocals
• 1975 recording: same lineup as 1974 with Carlton Barrett on drums only, Harvey left out, and Tyrone Downie (keyboards) and Alvin "Seeco" Patterson (percussion) added
• Recording dates are attached to each session, so the album spans 1973 to 1975

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Tracklist

Sources: musicbrainz.org

Artist

Formation

• Formed in 1963 in Jamaica around Peter Tosh, Bunny Wailer and Bob Marley, initially as the Teenagers before becoming the Wailers.
• The band had a ska and rocksteady origin and their 1964 hit "Simmer Down" recorded at Studio One shifted Jamaican music toward its own voice.

Members

• Founding members were Bob Marley, Peter Tosh and Bunny Wailer; Tosh and Wailer left in 1974.
• Marley continued with a new lineup including Aston and Carlton Barrett and the female backing trio the I-Threes.

Career

• Signed to Island Records in 1972; albums Catch a Fire and Burnin' followed in 1973.
• Released Exodus (1977) and Uprising (1980), and Marley died of cancer in 1981, after which the group disbanded.
• Legend (1984) became the biggest-selling reggae album ever.

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Reception

At release

• Talkin' Blues was released in 1991 as a live album by Bob Marley & The Wailers
• The album alternates live studio recordings from 1973 and 1975 with interview segments of Marley
• Its core is the 31 October 1973 session at The Record Plant in Sausalito, California
• That session was recorded for San Francisco radio station KSAN
• "You Can't Blame the Youth" features Peter Tosh on lead vocals
• "Get Up, Stand Up" gives lead vocals to Marley and Tosh in turn
• The remaining tracks come from recordings made before the release of 1974's Natty Dread album
• One of those tracks is a performance at The Lyceum Theatre in London
• Interview segments were taken from Jamaican radio in 1975
• Dermot Hussey is credited as interviewer on the personnel list
• Sung material and spoken interviews are placed in one sequence, so the album combines performance and conversation

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Trivia

• Peter Tosh sings "You Can't Blame the Youth" on the album
• "Get Up, Stand Up" has Marley and Tosh taking lead vocals in turn
• Most tracks come from one 31 October 1973 session made for San Francisco radio station KSAN
• Interview segments were taken from Jamaican radio in 1975
• One track is a performance at The Lyceum Theatre in London

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

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