WAILING SOULS – Fire House Rock (2022 Repress) – LP – Vinyl

LP – Black Vinyl Repress.SEP 2

A touchstone LP from the beginning of reggaes post-Bob Marley era, Greensleeves released Fire House Rock on June 3, 1981, to enduring acclaim. The title track has become Wailing Souls most popular song, found on any short list of all-time reggae classics. More than 40 years later, it is the groups most-streamed song, populating classic reggae playlists across the digital streaming platforms, including Spotifys One Love and Apple Musics Roots Reggae Essentials.

Fire House Rock was Wailing Souls third LP at the time of release, but the group had built a solid catalogue of singles and a reputation through more than a decade together, largely from a foundation established at Coxson Dodds Studio One. By 1980, with a settled and seasoned four-part harmony line-up of Winston Pipe Matthews, Lloyd Bread McDonald, Garth Dennis, and George Buddy Haye, the group was convinced to record for the hottest up and coming producer of the era, Henry Junjo Lawes. Pairing the singers with the Roots Radics band at the apex of its recording career and Channel One studios during its golden era, with Scientist at the mixing desk, the results were nothing less than the stuff of legend.

Tracklist:

Side A
1. Fire House Rock [4.13]
2. Run Dem Down [3.13]
3. Oh What A Feeling [4.58]
4. Kingdom Rise Kingdom Fall (Babylon Back) [4.03]
5. Act Of Affection [2.40]

Side B
1. Busnah [4.05]
2. A Fool Will Fall [4.20]
3. Bandits Taking Over [4.42]
4. Who Lives It [3.51]
5. See Baba Joe [3.59]