Joe Higgs – “Unity is Power”,Elevation 1978

Joe Higgs, front

This is the guy that taught Bob Marley and the Wailers to sing
properly. “The Wailers weren’t singers untill I taught them. It took
me years to teach Bob Marley what sound consciousness was
about, it took me years to teach the Wailers. For example, they
will be going to make a record and I would go with them, and
there is somebody making constant mistakes. I would just have
to take this part in order to get the record finished in time.”
Bob Marley began singing in informal sessions at Joe Higgs’
yard on Trench Town’s Third Street in 1960. The Wailers first
got together there in 1961, initially calling themselves ‘The
Teenagers’. After quitting the Wailers at the end of spring 1973,
Bunny Livingstone Wailer became unwilling to leave Jamaica.
Joe Higgs, the goup’s original Trench Town mentor, took his
place for the illfated tour with Sly & the Family Stone.
( Rough Guide ) This is an album from 1978, listen…

tracks;

1   Devotion
2   One man kutchie
3   Unity is power
4   Gold or silver
5   Love can’t be wrong
6   Vineyard
7   Small world
8   Think of the moment
9   Sadness is a part of my heart
10  Sons of garvey

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15 thoughts on “Joe Higgs – “Unity is Power”,Elevation 1978

  1. Hello Moos,

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    Thanks for this reggae lp.

    Aduna

  2. Heartfelt thank you!

    Of all the dub/reggae albums i have – I have never heard this?!

    It is wonderful 🙂

    And the sound quality is full & sweet – well done!!

    Greetings from (soon to be free) Alba

    M

  3. Heartfelt thank you!

    Of all the dub/reggae albums i have – I have never heard this?!

    It is wonderful 🙂

    And the sound quality is full & sweet – well done!!

    Greetings from (soon to be free) Alba

    M

  4. wanted to say thank you again for this — I’ve been listening to it a bit since I dl’ed it, and it gets better every time. A beautiful album that stands up very well next to his earlier Life of Contradiction — thank you again for this!

  5. wanted to say thank you again for this — I’ve been listening to it a bit since I dl’ed it, and it gets better every time. A beautiful album that stands up very well next to his earlier Life of Contradiction — thank you again for this!

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