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Put It On; I Need You; Lonesome Feeling; What’s New Pussycat; One Love; When The Well Runs Dry // Ten Commandments Of Love; Rude Boy; It Hurts to Be Alone; Love And Affection; I’m Still Waiting; Simmer Down

The first reissue, dating from the early 1970s, features the same tracks as the original but with added overdubs throughout. The cover photo now features a more relaxed pose from the trio of Bunny Wailer, Bob Marley and Peter Tosh, and the rear of the sleeve carries 'Manufactured & Distributed by West Indies Records Ltd' and 'Uniprint' credits. ((Click sleeve to enlarge.))

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THE WAILING WAILERS1
The
Wailing Wailers (1966)

Studio One S1001
matrix: WIRL LP CS 1266-A1 // WIRL LP CS 1266-B1

THE WAILING WAILERS1
The
Wailing Wailers (c.1974)

Studio One S1001
matrix: FCD-8081-B // FCD-8081-A

THE WAILING WAILERS1
The
Wailing Wailers (c.1974)

Studio One S1001
matrix: FCD-8081-B // FCD-8081-A

THE WAILING WAILERS1
The
Wailing Wailers (c.1974)

Studio One S1001
matrix: FCD-8081-B // FCD-8081-A

THE WAILING WAILERS2
The Wailing Wailers (c.1978)

Studio One S1001
matrix: WW-1-A1 // WW-1-B1

THE WAILING WAILERS2
The
Wailing Wailers (c.1982)

Studio One S1001
matrix: SOLP 1001 A // SOLP 1001 B

THE WAILING WAILERS1
The
Wailing Wailers (2016)

Studio One SOR 001
matrix: LP-SOR-001 WIRL LP CS 1266

THE WAILING WAILERS1
The
Wailing Wailers (c.1971)

Studio One S1001
matrix: FCD-8081-B // FCD-8081-A

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THE WAILING WAILERS1
The
Wailing Wailers (c.1978)

Studio One S1001
matrix: FCD-8081-B // FCD-8081-A

Put It On; I Need You; Lonesome Feeling; What’s New Pussycat; One Love; When The Well Runs Dry // Ten Commandments Of Love; Rude Boy; It Hurts to Be Alone; Love And Affection; I’m Still Waiting; Simmer Down

Later 1970s repress on a rosette label. Printer credit: 'Sleeve Lithographed in Jamaica by Stephensons'.
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Put It On; I Need You; Lonesome Feeling; What’s New Pussycat; One Love; When The Well Runs Dry // Ten Commandments Of Love; Rude Boy; It Hurts to Be Alone; Love And Affection; I’m Still Waiting; Simmer Down

One of several silk-screen designs (two more below), dating from the mid 1970s. These are erroneously thought to be 'original' issues and can therefore command high prices at auction. The pressing is the same as the 1970 reissue (complete with overdubs). ((Click sleeve to enlarge.))

Put It On; I Need You; Lonesome Feeling; What’s New Pussycat; One Love; When The Well Runs Dry // Ten Commandments Of Love; Rude Boy; It Hurts to Be Alone; Love And Affection; I’m Still Waiting; Simmer Down

An alternative silkscreen sleeve, this time simply printed in black on white. Same label and pressing as above, ((Click sleeve to enlarge.))

Put It On; I Need You; Lonesome Feeling; What’s New Pussycat; One Love; When The Well Runs Dry // Ten Commandments Of Love; Rude Boy; It Hurts to Be Alone; Love And Affection; I’m Still Waiting; Simmer Down

Yet another version of the silkscreen sleeve (and there may be more...). (( Click sleeve to enlarge.))

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Put It On; I Need You; Lonesome Feeling; What’s New Pussycat; One Love; Ska Jerk // Ten Commandments Of Love; Rude Boy; It Hurts to Be Alone; Love And Affection; I’m Still Waiting; Simmer Down

On this, and on subsequent reissues, When The Well Runs Dry has been replaced by Ska Jerk (although both the label and the sleeve still list the original title). Otherwise, it features the same tracks as WAILING WAILERS1 (including overdubs). Printer credit: 'Sleeve Lithographed in Jamaica by Stephensons'. ((Click sleeve to enlarge.))

Put It On; I Need You; Lonesome Feeling; What’s New Pussycat; One Love; Ska Jerk // Ten Commandments Of Love; Rude Boy; It Hurts to Be Alone; Love And Affection; I’m Still Waiting; Simmer Down

Early 1980s reissue. Can be found on a Jamaican rossette label with the Brentfotd Road, Kingston address or on a red and yellow US label with the Fulton Street, Brooklyn address, where When The Well Runs Dry is wrongly listed on both the sleeve and the labels. The titles are correctly listed on the red rosette label.
Printer credit: 'Sleeve Lithographed in Jamaica by Stephensons' ((Click sleeve to enlarge.))

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THE WAILING WAILERS2
The
Wailing Wailers

Studio One S1001
matrix: SOLP 1001 A // SOLP 1001 B

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Put It On; I Need You; Lonesome Feeling; What’s New Pussycat; One Love; Ska Jerk // Ten Commandments Of Love; Rude Boy; It Hurts to Be Alone; Love And Affection; I’m Still Waiting; Simmer Down

Late 1970s or early 1980s reissue with the correct titles listed on the label. The rear of the sleeve carries a Wasp logo, but there are no other printer credits. ((Click sleeve to enlarge.))

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THE WAILING WAILERS2
The
Wailing Wailers (c.1982)

Studio One S1001
matrix: MML 0094 B WAILING WAILERS STUDIO ONE
matrix: MML 0094 A WAILING WAILERS STUDIO ONE

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Put It On; I Need You; Lonesome Feeling; What’s New Pussycat; One Love; Ska Jerk // Ten Commandments Of Love; Rude Boy; It Hurts to Be Alone; Love And Affection; I’m Still Waiting; Simmer Down

1980s reissue carrying the the Fulton Street, Brooklyn address on the label. The correct titles are listed on the labels, but the sides are reversed. ((Click sleeve to enlarge.))

Put It On; I Need You; Lonesome Feeling; What’s New Pussycat; One Love; When The Well Runs Dry // Ten Commandments Of Love; Rude Boy; It Hurts to Be Alone; Love And Affection; I’m Still Waiting; Simmer Down

The original issue from 1966 came on a red and silver Studio 1 label with a WIRL matrix number. The cover photo has Bob Marley, with arms outstretched, between Bunny Wailer on the left and Peter Tosh on the right. The sleeve carries a ‘Manufactured & Distributed by West Indies Records Ltd 13 Bell Road, Kingston 11, Jamaican W.I.' credit. On this, and all subsequent editions, Love And Affection is listed on the back of the sleeve as Love Or Affection. ((Click sleeve to enlarge.))

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The Wailing Wailers (1990s)

Studio One S1001
matrix: C.S.Dodd Wailin' Wailers- A- K.K. Mastering
matrix: C.S.Dodd Wailin' Wailers- B- K.K. Mastering

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Put It On; I Need You; Lonesome Feeling; What’s New Pussycat; One Love; Ska Jerk // Ten Commandments Of Love; Rude Boy; It Hurts to Be Alone; Love And Affection; I’m Still Waiting; Simmer Down

1990s reissue carrying the the Fulton Street, Brooklyn address on both labels. When The Well Runs Dry is incorrectly listed at A6 on the Side 1 label. ((Click sleeve to enlarge.))

Put It On; I Need You; Lonesome Feeling; What’s New Pussycat; One Love; When The Well Runs Dry // Ten Commandments Of Love; Rude Boy; It Hurts to Be Alone; Love And Affection; I’m Still Waiting; Simmer Down

2016 reissue of the 1965 first pressing, remastered from the original tapes (without the later overdubs) and featuring a pristine reproduction of the first edition sleeve. This was the first in a series of Yep Roc Records' reissues of rare and hard-to-find Studio One releases, available in LP, CD and digital formats. It was reissued on red vinyl in 2022. ((Click sleeve to enlarge.))

A Studio One CD (THE WAILING WAILERS3), loosely based on the later reissues, was released in 1994 with a number of extra tracks (however, most of the additions are Lee Perry productions recorded at the Black Ark studio).

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

I cannot recommend highly enough Bob Marley : His Musical Legacy by Jeremy Collingwood, published by Cassell Illustrated, London, 2005. Many thanks to Jeremy for supplying sleeve and label photos for this page.

I am also indebted to Werner Kajnath, whose website www.wailers.de provided much of the chronological information used in researching this mini discography.

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