{"product_id":"bob-marley-the-wailers-survival-black-vinyl","title":"Bob Marley \u0026 The Wailers - Survival (Black Vinyl)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ciframe title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/NafIAcM0uoY?controls=0\" height=\"315\" width=\"560\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e180 Gram Black Vinyl\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is the 2015 Tuff Gong and Island reissue of \u003cem\u003eSurvival\u003c\/em\u003e, pressed on a single 180-gram black LP and housed in the original Neville Garrick jacket, with the album title set among rows of national flags. The label's notes for this pressing point to a drawing on the jacket of the stowage deck of a transatlantic slave ship. The sides follow the Tuff Gong running order and open with \"So Much Trouble in the World,\" the video above.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Wailers recorded the album at Tuff Gong Recording Studio in Kingston early in 1979, co-producing with Alex Sadkin, and Island released it on October 2, 1979. Its working title was \u003cem\u003eBlack Survival\u003c\/em\u003e, cut short so the theme would not be misread. Marley meant it as the first part of a trilogy, to be followed by \u003cem\u003eUprising\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eConfrontation\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Africa Unite\" is a call for Pan-African solidarity. \"Zimbabwe\" was written for the country then still known as Rhodesia, and the song was performed at Zimbabwe's independence celebration in 1980. In South Africa, the apartheid government partly censored the album.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe band on the record: Aston \"Family Man\" Barrett on bass, Carlton Barrett on drums, Junior Marvin and Al Anderson on guitar, Tyrone Downie and Earl \"Wire\" Lindo on keyboards, Alvin \"Seeco\" Patterson on percussion, and Rita Marley, Marcia Griffiths and Judy Mowatt of the I Threes on backing vocals.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eTracklist\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSide A\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSo Much Trouble in the World\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eZimbabwe\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTop Rankin'\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBabylon System\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSurvival\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSide B\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAfrica Unite\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOne Drop\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRide Natty Ride\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAmbush in the Night\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWake Up and Live\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\u003ch3\u003eComplete the Collection\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eTwelve Bob Marley \u0026amp; The Wailers titles at Evergreen Vinyl, this one included: \u003ca href=\"\/products\/bob-marley-the-wailers-catch-a-fire-vinyl?variant=48229864734878\"\u003eCatch A Fire\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca href=\"\/products\/bob-marley-the-wailers-natty-dread-vinyl?variant=48229861228702\"\u003eNatty Dread\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca href=\"\/products\/bob-marley-the-wailers-rastaman-vibration-vinyl?variant=48229852676254\"\u003eRastaman Vibration\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca href=\"\/products\/bob-marley-the-wailers-exodus\"\u003eExodus\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca href=\"\/products\/bob-marley-the-wailers-kaya-vinyl?variant=48229851988126\"\u003eKaya\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca href=\"\/products\/bob-marley-the-wailers-babylon-by-bus\"\u003eBabylon By Bus\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca href=\"\/products\/bob-marley-the-wailers-uprising\"\u003eUprising\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca href=\"\/products\/bob-marley-the-wailers-confrontation\"\u003eConfrontation\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca href=\"\/products\/bob-marley-the-wailers-legend-vinyl?variant=48229864767646\"\u003eLegend\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca href=\"\/products\/bob-marley-the-wailers-the-complete-island-recordings\"\u003eThe Complete Island Recordings\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca href=\"\/products\/bob-marley-the-wailers-roots-rock-reggae-live-at-the-hammersmith-odeon-black-vinyl?variant=67500729270430\"\u003eRoots, Rock, Reggae: Live at the Hammersmith Odeon\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv data-bt-autogen\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eUPC:\u003c\/strong\u003e 602547276278\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLabel:\u003c\/strong\u003e Tuff Gong \/ Umgd\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRelease Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9.25.15\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e Vinyl\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Island Records","offers":[{"title":"NEW \/ NEW","offer_id":48229862572190,"sku":"EVP-F138C4F7-NEW-NEW-NONE0000","price":28.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0718\/8801\/1422\/files\/Bob-Marley-Survival-1LP.png?v=1791879899","url":"https:\/\/evergreenvinyl.com\/products\/bob-marley-the-wailers-survival-black-vinyl","provider":"Evergreen Vinyl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}