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Ziggy Marley: Conscious Party

April 4, 2018 10:31 pm

On April 5, 1988, “Virgin” label released “Conscious Party”, the third Ziggy Marley & The Melody Makers album. It was recorded 1987 – 1988, at “Sigma Sound Studios” in New York City, and was produced by Chris Frantz and Tina Weymouth. In 1989, “Conscious Party” won “Grammy Award” for Best Reggae album.

Personnel:

• Ziggy Marley – lead and backing vocals, guitar
• Keith Richards- lead guitar
• Mulu Gessesse – guitar
• Earl “Chinna” Smith- guitar
• Mark Roule – tambourine
• Jerry Harrison- Hammond organ
• Dereje Makonnen – keyboards
• Gary Pozner – keyboards
• Melaku Retta – keyboards
• Franklyn “Bubbler” Waul – keyboards
• Zeleke Gessesse – bass
• Raphael W’Mariam – drums, timbales
• Asrat Aemro Selassie – percussion, bongos, conga, tambourine, vibraslap, cabassa, wood block, backing vocals
• Lenny Pickett- clarinet, piccolo, saxophone, contrabass
• Stephen Marley– lead and backing vocals
• Rita Marley- backing vocals
• Cedella Marley – backing vocals
• Sharon Marley – backing vocals
• Teddy Pendergast – backing vocals
• Laura Weymouth – backing vocals
• Tina Weymouth- backing vocals
• Glenn Rosenstein – engineer

Track listing:

All tracks by Ziggy Marley except where noted

1. Conscious Party
2. Lee and Molly
3. Tomorrow People
4. New Love
5. Tumblin’ Down – Tyrone Downie, Ziggy Marley
6. We a Guh Some Weh
7. A Who a Say – Ziggy Marley, Steve Marley
8. Have You Ever Been to Hell
9. We Propose
10. What’s True
11. Dreams of Home

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