Neville Livingston took to the name of Bunny Wailer. Bunny Wailer and Peter Tosh went solo, while Bob Marley left Lesley Kong of the Beverly Records fame to first join up with Coxsone then to Lee "Scratch" Perry. Lee Perry who in turn, teamed Bob with a selected set of musicians from his house musicians he called the Upsetters to form Bob Marley & The Wailers: Chris Blackwell saw the potential in Bob Marley and the Wailers and signed them up for his Island Record Company; the rest as we all know, is history, Bob Marley went to become an International success. Before Chris Blackwell went to Jamaica to have talks with Bob Marley and the Wailers. Blackwell had owned a market stall in Brixton Central in London market UK. While there Chris Blackwell was selling Jamaican produced records at one shilling for a 45 single The shilling was a part of the old British £ s d currency (Pound, Shilling and Pence). The shilling was commonly used in the United Kingdom English before the United Kingdom changed over to decimal currency in the early 70s, from that humble beginning Blackwell built a recording empire known as Island Records that is now renowned worldwide. It had been rumoured that there were many a disagreement between Marley and Chris Blackwell in regards to money! | | Bob Marley and Chris Blackwell had a bust up outside the Odeon Theatre at Halfway Tree in Kingston, Jamaica, back in the 70s but as in most things when there is money, success and popularity afoot, there always will be jealously and flow of rumours. Bob Marley was under contract with Innovative Adventures up until his death although Bob had his own recording studio in Jamaica known as "Tuff Gong." Chris Blackwell helped Bob Marley and The Wailers on the road to international stardom for him to become the first Third World superstar! |
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