Let The Day Begin...Let The Day Start!: Day 163 - Burning Spear

Social Living* - Burning Spear

Island

Produced by Wintson Rodney and Karl Pitterson

Released June 1978

*Not sure when it happened but it is also known as Marcus' Children

A1 Marcus Children Suffer
A2 Social Living
A3 Nayah Keith    
A4 Institution
A5 Marcus Senior
B1 Civilized Reggae
B2 Mister Garvey
B3 Come
B4 Marcus Say Jah No Dead

Musicians
    Earl "Chinna" Smith - guitar
    Bertram "Ranchie" McLean - guitar
    Brinsley Forde - guitar
    Donald "Roots" Kinsey - guitar
    Donald Griffiths - guitar
    Lowell "Sly" Dunbar - drums
    Leroy "Horsemouth" Wallace - drums
    Angus Gaye - drums
    Robbie Shakespeare - bass
    Aston "Family Man" Barrett - bass
    George Oban - bass
    Bernard "Touter" Harvey - keyboards
    Earl "Wire" Lindo - keyboards
    Michael "Ibo" Cooper - keyboards
    Courtney Hemmings - keyboards
    Bobby Ellis - trumpet
    Dick Cuthell - trumpet
    Richard "Dirty Harry" Hall - tenor saxophone
    Herman Marquis - alto saxophone
    Vincent "Trommie" Gordon - trombone
    Rico Rodriguez - trombone
    Winston Rodney - percussion
    Uziah "Sticky" Thompson - percussion

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Another Reggae album today. This time from Burning Spear, their seventh studio album.

Burning Spear have been on the go since 1969 and although they started out as a trio it is Winston Rodney who today holds the name and has done since 1976. The 1977 album Dry and Heavy was the first album that was released with just Rodney at the helm. In 1977 Burning Spear performed a sold out show at The Rainbow and the backing band was Aswad (the performance was recorded and released as an album in October 1977). Aswad also feature on the Social Living album released a year later as would Rico Rodriguez and Sly Dunbar.

Let The Day Begin...Let The Day Start!