Bob Marley And The Wailers* – African Herbsman

My copy has the version of “Duppy Conqueror” with half of Bob’s vocals lowered.

Anyone knows which version Of duppy conqueror is on this press?

If you're looking for one single LP that collects the cream of the crop of Marley's pre-Island recordings, you can't do much better than AFRICAN HERBSMAN. Sixteen songs and nearly 48 minutes of music, originally released by Trojan in 1973. Several of these songs would resurface in the years to come, but it's hard to argue that the definitive versions of "Sun Is Shining", "Lively Up Yourself" and "Kaya" are the originals found here. This is a 2023 pressing on yellow/black splatter vinyl, and it sounds pretty good, certainly better than most of the various gray market releases I've heard over the years. This stuff will never sound as good as the Island records, but it's on a par with most of the other records coming out of Jamaica at the time. My copy was purchased new and it's pleasantly quiet, with no surface noise or other flaws.

Can anyone comment on the quality of this pressing? Words words words

I picked up a copy of this to replace a battered and worn copy. It's a very poor pressing, looks good heavy vinyl, but quiet and muddy sound. Went back to my original copy and despite its condition it's streets ahead of this garbage. Avoid this pressing and go back to any original Trojan copy. Can't believe that this hasn't been reissued recently by BMG or Music on Vinyl!

Good flat and sturdy vinyl. Not quite 180g but heavier and thicker than standard issue. Vinyl is quiet and the media is clean. Sounds pretty good! Soundstage is a bit narrow, but I think that’s just the source material. My favorite Bob album. Early recordings, early grooves and all are awesome.

This album is so dope, also comes with a 10" separate vinyl. The original recordings are not masterful. This is a Sanctuary Records with Earmark label. Duppy Conqueror vocals ARE ON THIS reissue.

Listening to this downmixed is likely to be different on every system in some way but this is also a different master than the CD edition I have, which is this Bob Marley & The Wailers - African Herbsman. If one is an aficionado you are likely to want a copy anyway, if the price is right, by golly. Of note, the multichannel mix decodes as 6 channel, not 5.1. The digital out is 96kHz 24bit.

Excellent transfer from an analog source, although the sound quality of the original recordings and the masters varies throughout. Duppy Conqueror is the semi vocal version referred to in another post.

To clear up some confusion that I certainly had with this release and hopefully help others, I purchased the 77' GEMA press and also a still sealed recent US repress. Both copies were missing the vocals in Duppy Conqueror, one of my favorite songs by the Wailers. I then purchased a 73' original press and was shocked when track A3 comes on and poor Bob gets cut right off again. Distressed, I began looking into the source I enjoy on spotify that actually has the vocals and seems to have better channel separation and in general just better sound IMO. It says 2003 under the album name. So after looking here on discogs at the 2003 CD remaster reissue, that appears to be the proper mix I seek, the remastered version with bonus tracks. Now finding it on vinyl I looked to the 2004 Italian Earmark reissue, it says in the notes of the transparent release that Sanctuary records owns the copyright to this remaster, so I would look for any vinyl copy from 2004 or using the Sanctuary credits. Those are my findings with this interesting album, probably my favorite Wailers album, usually the original press sounds the best but in this case the remaster sounds better..