Talkin' Blues

Talkin' Blues
Talkin' Blues
Live album by Bob Marley & The Wailers
Released	4 February 1991
Recorded	1973–1975
Genre	Reggae
Length	61:46
Label	Tuff Gong
Bob Marley & The Wailers chronology

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[1]
Rolling Stone	^[2]

Talkin' Blues is a live album by Bob Marley & The Wailers, released in 1991. It contains live studio recordings from 1973 and 1975 intercut with interview segments of Bob Marley. The majority of tracks are taken from the recordings Bob Marley & The Wailers did on 31 October 1973, at The Record Plant in Sausalito, California, for San Francisco radio station KSAN.^[3] They include "You Can't Blame the Youth", sung by Peter Tosh, and "Get Up, Stand Up" with Bob Marley and Peter Tosh alternatingly taking lead vocals. The remaining tracks are taken from recordings made before the release of 1974's Natty Dread album, a performance at The Lyceum Theatre in London and interview segments from Jamaican radio in 1975.^[4]

Track listing

Original album (1991)

Side one
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Talkin'"		0:17
2.	"Talkin' Blues" (alternative version)	Leon Corgill, Carlton Barrett	4:38
3.	"Talkin'"		0:21
4.	"Burnin' and Lootin'" (live at the Record Plant, San Francisco, 1973)	Bob Marley	6:36
5.	"Talkin'"		0:49
6.	"Kinky Reggae" (live at the Record Plant, San Francisco, 1973)	Marley	5:08
7.	"Get Up Stand Up" (live at the Record Plant, San Francisco, 1973)	Marley, Peter Tosh	4:44
8.	"Talkin'"		0:57
9.	"Slave Driver" (live at the Record Plant, San Francisco, 1973)	Marley	3:47
10.	"Talkin'"		1:31
11.	"Walk the Land Proud" (live at the Record Plant, San Francisco, 1973)	Bunny Livingstone	3:30
12.	"Talkin'"		0:51

Side two
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
13.	"You Can't Blame the Youth" (live at the Record Plant, San Francisco, 1973)	Tosh	4:06
14.	"Talkin'"		0:36
15.	"Rastaman Chant" (live at the Record Plant, San Francisco, 1973)	Traditional	6:23
16.	"Talkin'"		1:44
17.	"Am-A-Do" (previously unreleased)	Marley	3:07
18.	"Talkin'"		1:00
19.	"Bend Down Low" (alternative version)	Marley	2:41
20.	"Talkin'"		1:52
21.	"I Shot the Sheriff" (live at The Lyceum, London, 1975)	Marley	7:12

Original CD Version
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Talkin'"		0:17
2.	"Talkin' Blues" (alternative version)	Leon Corgill, Carlton Barrett	4:38
3.	"Talkin'"		0:21
4.	"Burnin' and Lootin'" (live at the Record Plant, San Francisco, 1973)	Bob Marley	6:36
5.	"Talkin'"		0:49
6.	"Kinky Reggae" (live at the Record Plant, San Francisco, 1973)	Marley	5:08
7.	"Get Up Stand Up" (live at the Record Plant, San Francisco, 1973)	Marley, Peter Tosh	4:44
8.	"Talkin'"		0:57
9.	"Slave Driver" (live at the Record Plant, San Francisco, 1973)	Marley	3:47
10.	"Talkin'"		1:31
11.	"Walk the Land Proud" (live at the Record Plant, San Francisco, 1973)	Bunny Livingstone	3:30
12.	"Talkin'"		0:51
13.	"You Can't Blame the Youth" (live at the Record Plant, San Francisco, 1973)	Tosh	4:06
14.	"Talkin'"		0:36
15.	"Rastaman Chant" (live at the Record Plant, San Francisco, 1973)	Traditional	6:23
16.	"Talkin'"		1:44
17.	"Am-A-Do" (previously unreleased)	Marley	3:07
18.	"Talkin'"		1:00
19.	"Bend Down Low" (alternative version)	Marley	2:41
20.	"Talkin'"		1:52
21.	"I Shot the Sheriff" (live at The Lyceum, London, 1975)	Marley	7:12

The Definitive Remasters edition (2002)

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Talkin'"		0:17
2.	"Talkin' Blues" (alternative version)	Leon Corgill, Carlton Barrett	4:38
3.	"Talkin'"		0:21
4.	"Burnin' and Lootin'" (live at the Record Plant, San Francisco, 1973)	Bob Marley	6:36
5.	"Talkin'"		0:48
6.	"Kinky Reggae" (live at the Record Plant, San Francisco, 1973)	Marley	5:08
7.	"Get Up, Stand Up" (live at the Record Plant, San Francisco, 1973)	Marley, Peter Tosh	4:44
8.	"Talkin'"		0:57
9.	"Slave Driver" (live at the Record Plant, San Francisco, 1973)	Marley	3:47
10.	"Talkin'"		1:31
11.	"Walk the Land Proud" (live at the Record Plant, San Francisco, 1973)	Bunny Livingstone	3:30
12.	"Lively Up Yourself" (bonus track, live at the Record Plant, San Francisco, 1973)	Marley	7:41
13.	"Talkin'"		0:51
14.	"You Can't Blame the Youth" (live at the Record Plant, San Francisco, 1973)	Tosh	4:06
15.	"Stop that Train" (bonus track, live at the Record Plant, San Francisco, 1973)	Tosh	4:03
16.	"Talkin'"		0:36
17.	"Rastaman Chant" (live at the Record Plant, San Francisco, 1973)	Traditional	6:23
18.	"Talkin'"		1:44
19.	"Am-A-Do" (previously unreleased)	Marley	3:07
20.	"Talkin'"		1:00
21.	"Bend Down Low" (alternative version)	Marley	2:41
22.	"Talkin'"		1:52
23.	"I Shot the Sheriff" (live at The Lyceum, London, 1975)	Marley	7:12
24.	"Bend Down Low" (bonus track, live at the Record Plant, San Francisco, 1973)	Marley	4:20

Personnel

1973 recordings

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

Bob Marley - vocals, guitar
Aston "Familyman" Barrett - bass
Carlton "Carly" Barrett - drums, percussion
Bernard "Touter" Harvey - piano, organ
Al Anderson - lead guitar
The I-Threes: Rita Marley, Marcia Griffiths, Judy Mowatt - background vocals

1975 recording

personnel as 1974 except Carlton Barrett on drums only, without Harvey, and with the addition of

Additional personnel

Dermot Hussey - interviewer

Web sources

^ Allmusic review
^ Rolling Stone review
^ "Bob Marley & The Wailers - KSAN". Phish & Chips.
^ "Bob Marley - Talkin' Blues CD". CD Universe.

[1] Allmusic review

[2] Rolling Stone review

[3] "Bob Marley & The Wailers - KSAN". Phish & Chips.

[4] "Bob Marley - Talkin' Blues CD". CD Universe.

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v t e Bob Marley and the Wailers
Bob Marley Peter Tosh Bunny Wailer Other vocalists: Junior Braithwaite Cherry Smith Beverley Kelso Constantine "Vision" Walker Rita Marley Marcia Griffiths Judy Mowatt Musicians: Aston "Family Man" Barrett Carlton Barrett Earl Lindo Tyrone Downie Alvin "Seeco" Patterson Al Anderson Earl "Chinna" Smith Donald Kinsey Junior Marvin
Studio albums	The Wailing Wailers (1965) Soul Rebels (1970) Soul Revolution Part II (1971) The Best of the Wailers (1971) Catch a Fire (1973) Burnin' (1973) Natty Dread (1974) Rastaman Vibration (1976) Exodus (1977) Kaya (1978) Survival (1979) Uprising (1980) Confrontation (1983)
Compilations	African Herbsman (1973) Rasta Revolution (1974) Legend (1984) Rebel Music (1986) Natural Mystic: The Legend Lives On (1995) 21 Winners: The Best of Bob Marley and the Wailers (1997) One Love: The Very Best of Bob Marley & The Wailers (2001) Gold (2005)
Live albums	Live! (1975) Babylon by Bus (1978) Talkin' Blues (1991) Live at the Roxy (2003) Live Forever: September 23, 1980 • Stanley Theatre • Pittsburgh, PA (2011) Easy Skanking in Boston '78 (2015)
Remix albums	Chances Are (1981) Chant Down Babylon (1999) B Is for Bob (2009)
Box sets	Songs of Freedom (1992) The Complete Bob Marley & the Wailers 1967–1972 (1997–2002)
Singles	"Judge Not" "Simmer Down" "Guava Jelly" "Stir It Up" "Get Up, Stand Up" "I Shot the Sheriff" "No Woman, No Cry (Live '75)" "Jah Live" "Exodus" "Waiting in Vain" "Jamming"/"Punky Reggae Party" "Is This Love" "Satisfy My Soul" "So Much Trouble in the World" "Could You Be Loved" "Redemption Song" "Three Little Birds" "Forever Loving Jah" "Buffalo Soldier" "One Love/People Get Ready" "Iron Lion Zion" "Sun Is Shining" "Turn Your Lights Down Low" "Slogans" "Is This Love"
Other songs	"Rude Boy" "Mr Brown" "Small Axe" "No Woman, No Cry" "Turn Your Lights Down Low" "Sun Is Shining" "One Drop" "War" "Hammer"
Performances	Smile Jamaica Concert (1976) Exodus Tour (1977) One Love Peace Concert (1978) Uprising Tour (1980)
Associated acts	The Skatalites The Upsetters Word, Sound and Power The Wailers Band The Original Wailers
Related people	Chris Blackwell Errol Brown Allan Cole Coxsone Dodd Vincent Ford Neville Garrick Joe Higgs Lee Jaffe Arthur Jenkins King Sporty Leslie Kong Johnny Nash Jimmy Norman Lee "Scratch" Perry Mortimer Planno Karl Pitterson Alex Sadkin
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