Bunny Wailer-Bunny Wailer Sings The Wailers (1980)


 

Artist:  Bunny Wailer

Title: Bunny Wailer Sings The Wailers

Label: Mango

Format: LP

Cat #: MLPS 9629

Year of Release: 1980

Country and Year of Edition Issue: Canada 1980

Listed Condition: VG+/VG

Sell Date: 2/8/21

Sell Price: $9.99

Discogs Last Sold: 8/11/20 $27.78 NM/NM

Low: $3.00 G+/G+

Median: $12.60

High:  $27.78

Current low price: $14.50 VG/VG+

Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 3

Have/Want: 48/29

Where Sold:  Minneapolis, MN

Time it took to sell: 6 years

Where and When Bought: Worcester MA Al Bums used $3.99

Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: B+

Sad To See It Go: No

A fully enjoyable 1980 modernization of 60's Wailers tracks by the last man standing of Bob-Peter-Bunny triumvirate.  Sly & Robbie are here so this is quality down the line.  I can't really tell you if this is the best place to start now that his solo discography has grown huge.   I only know this one.   His solo debut from 1976, Blackheart Man is noted in my brain to check out since it seems to have gotten at least a 40th anniversary edition.

I bought this Wailers tribute used in the mid 80's at some point and but never really put time into many start to finish listens outside the first.   I know I'd bring it to my radio show from time to time as something the station didn't have in archive.  As I listen to this a second time this go round,  I realize how much of this material is stamped into my brain. "Keep on Moving" for one.   I knew the album enough to have a favorite.  The song was "I Stand Predominate."  A theme of resilience seems appropriate whether 15, 50 or 73.  The album closes with "I'm The Toughest."  Even more resilience!

This 1980 look back is now 40+ years away.   Bunny Wailer was still a young man when he put this out as a 33 year old established legend.  Time has left Bunny Livingston still standing today in his 70's,  although his wife went missing and he had a stroke a couple months after that.  He seems to have bounced back enough to travel with his sons' trio, if not perform.  

He still stands predominate.



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