STUCK IN THE VINYL AGAIN - BOB MARLEY AND THE WAILERS - CONFRONTATION

[maggot]

Good morning gang and welcome back to the Friday edition of Stuck In The Vinyl Again. Today we remember reggae drummer,  Carlton Barrett, on this the 33rd anniversary of his murder. The Wailers' drummer was gunned down in front of his home, age 36. Later his wife,  Albertine and two men were convicted of his murder, but the men only served a year as a result of a technicality and all three were eventually freed. To honor Carlton's legacy, we spotlight the final album by Bob Marley And The Wailers, Confrontation. Confrontation, a posthumous release (Marley had died of cancer in 1981, he was 36 as well) was released May 23, 1983 on the Tuff Gong/Island label and produced by Bob Marley & the Wailers,  Errol Brown, and Rita Marley.  It peaked at #55 on the Billboard 200, #31 on the R&B charts and #6 in New Zealand. It's sole single, "Buffalo Soldier" reached #14 in Austria, #10 in Norway, and #3 in New Zealand. Our copy does not have it's album cover, but I'll include a stock photo, so we know what it looks like ... 

1. "Chant Down Babylon" 2:36
2. "Buffalo Soldier"  4:17
3. "Jump Nyabinghi" 3:44
4. "Mix Up, Mix Up" 5:02
5. "Give Thanks & Praises" 3:16

Side two

6. "Blackman Redemption" 3:33
7. "Trench Town" 3:12
8. "Stiff Necked Fools" 3:25
9. "I Know" 3:21
10. "Rastaman Live Up!" 5:26

Bob Marley – lead vocals, background vocal, rhythm guitar
Aston Barrett – bass, guitar, percussion
Carlton Barrett – drums, akete
Tyrone Downie – keyboards, background vocal
Junior Marvin – lead guitar, background vocal
Earl Lindo – keyboards
Alvin Patterson – percussion
I Threes (Rita Marley, Marcia Griffiths and Judy Mowatt) – backing vocals
Glen DaCosta – tenor saxophone
David Madden – trumpet
Ronald "Nambo" Robinson – trombone
Devon Evans – percussion
Carlton "Santa" Davis– drums (on "Chant Down Babylon")

Technical :

Neville Garrick – art direction and graphics
Errol Brown – recording and mixing engineer
Michaell Reid – assistant engineer
Errol Brown, Chris Blackwell and Aston Barrett – mixers
Bob Marley & The Wailers and Errol Brown – producers
Azdean Marley – executive producer
Ted Jensen at Sterling Sound, NYC - mastering