Simmer Down

(R. Marley)

The Wailers & The Skatalites, 1964

Recorded at Studio One in the summer of 1964. Bob Marley on lead vocal. UK single (Island WI 186) with I Don't Need Your Love on the b-side, 1965. Appeared on the Studio One album The Wailing Wailers, 1966. First solo Tommy McCook, who also arranged the horns. Produced by Clement S. Dodd.

• Bob Marley and the Wailers - The Birth Of A Legend, 1976
• Bob Marley and the Wailers - One Love, 1991
• Various - Ska Bonanza: The Studio One Ska Years, 1991
• Bob Marley - Songs Of Freedom, 1992
• Various - The Story of Jamaican Music, Tougher Than Tough, 1993
• Various - It's Ska Time - 20 Original Ska Classics, 1994
• The Skatalites - Foundation Ska, 1997
• Various - The Real Jamaica Ska, 2001

Johnny Clarke, 1976

Jamaican single on the Attack label. Produced by Bunny Lee. Time: 3:17.

• Various - Reggae Tribute To Bob Marley, 1999
• Various - Trojan Tribute To Bob Marley Box Set, 1999
• Various - Trojan Rude Boy Box Set, 2002

Derrick Morgan, 1995

The following musicians appear on the Ska Man Classics album: Mafia - bass & keyboards, Fluxie - drums, Darrell Morrow - tenor sax, Patrick Faucher - trumpet & backing vocal, Jeremy Woodruff - alto sax, Ska "T" Billington - harmonica, Dow Brain - guitar, keyboards & backing vocal, Chris Wilson - guitar, June Powell - backing vocal, Max Romeo - backing vocal, Brad Young - backing vocal. Recorded at Striker Lee Studio, Kingston, Jamaica. Produced by Derrick Morgan.

• Derrick Morgan - Ska Man Classics, 1995

The Specials, 1996

Produced by Neville Staple & Tom Lowry.

• The Specials - Today's Specials, 1996

The Skatalites, 1996

Doreen Shaffer - vocal. Medley with Turn The Light Down. Recorded live during their European Ska Splash tour sometime between October 16 and November 23, 1996. Time: 5:19.

• The Skatalites - Guns Of Navarone, 2001

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