Bob Marley And The Wailers - 1979 Survival Tour , Album History And Comments
The album was at first entitled Black Survival, to underscore the urgency of African unity,
but shortened to avoid misperceptions of the LP's theme.
Bob Marley originally planned to release Survival as the first part of a trilogy,
followed by Uprising in 1980, and closing with the posthumous Confrontation album released in 1983
(he had named the LP in October 1980).
the world tour of Survival contains historical places in the like of :
Apollo Theater, the santa barbara performance (with horns section) ,Nassau non profit concert.
Survival album was mixed by Bob Marley & Wailers & Alex Sadkin
Engineered by Alex Sadkin
Recorded at Tuff Gong,Kingston, JA
The Mastering part , after the mixing part , was done at Sterling Sound NYC by Jose L. Rodriguez
Survival was planned to be released 1979-10-19 by Island Records but it was released a bit earlyer 1979-10-02
with catalogue number : island Ilps 9542
Original Album Tracklist :
Side A :
01 - so much trouble in the world
02 - zimbabwe
03 - top ranking
04 - babylon system
05 - survival
Side B :
01 - africa unite
02 - one drop
03 - ride natty ride
04 - ambush in the night
05 - wake up and live
in 2001 , the definitive remaster edition added :
11 - ride natty ride as bonus track
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