The Best of the Wailers explained

The Best of the Wailers
Type:	Album
Artist:	the Wailers
Cover:	TheWailers-TheBestOfTheWailers.jpg
Released:	August 1, 1971^[1]
Recorded:	May 1970
Studio:	Dynamic Sound Studios, Kingston, Jamaica
Genre:	Reggae
Length:	30:43
Label:	Beverley's
Producer:	Leslie Kong
Prev Title:	Soul Revolution Part II
Prev Year:	1971
Next Title:	Catch a Fire
Next Year:	1973

The Best of the Wailers is the fourth studio album by the Wailers, released in August 1971.^[1] Despite its title, it is not a compilation album. The album was recorded in May 1970 (prior to the band's involvement with Lee Perry) but not released until August 1971.^[1]

The album was produced by Leslie Kong, who died of a heart attack at the age of 37, a week after the album was released.^[1]

Track listing

All songs written by Bob Marley, except where noted.

The Definitive Remastered edition (2004)

Personnel

The Wailers

• Bob Marley – vocals
• Peter Tosh – vocals, melodica
• Bunny Livingston – vocals

Additional musiciansBeverley's All Stars:^[2]

• Gladstone Anderson – piano
• Winston Wright – organ
• Paul Douglas – drums
• Jackie Jackson – bass
• Lloyd Parks – bass
• Lynford "Hux" Brown – guitar
• Radcliffe "Rad" Bryan – guitar
• Lynn Taitt – guitar

Production

• Leslie Kong – producer
• Warwick Lyn – producer

Notes and References

1. Web site: Jo-Ann Greene . The Best of the Wailers - Bob Marley & the Wailers,The Wailers | Songs, Reviews, Credits . . 2017-07-20.
2. Book: The Words and Music of Bob Marley . registration . Beverley's All-Stars. . 2007-02-28 . . Greenwood Publishing Group . David Vlado Moskowitz . 9780275989354 . 2017-07-20.