But was - I actually met them in London, when they were stranded in London, because they had been doing some work in Scandinavia, but they hadn't been given the funds to go back to Jamaica. So when you heard them 10 years later, what impressed you?īLACKWELL: I started to hear them really quite a bit because they started to build up their own following. And then about 10 years later, you heard Bob Marley and the Wailers, and you signed them. GROSS: So when you first heard Bob Marley. And then Bob joined up with two other guys, Peter Tosh and Bunny Wailer, and that was the Wailers. And that's the person who first started recording him.
He had started and was produced by a well-known Jamaican producer called Lee Perry, who's really a brilliant guy. How did you first hear Bob Marley and the Wailers?ĬHRIS BLACKWELL (FOUNDER, ISLAND RECORDS): It was in the early '60s. It's a pleasure to have you on our show, and thank you for all the wonderful music that you've released over the decades. No."Ĭhris Blackwell has written a new memoir called "The Islander: My Life In Music And Beyond." Chris Blackwell, welcome to FRESH AIR. Blackwell knew these men and worked as a scout and production assistant on the early Bond film "Dr.
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He grew up in Jamaica, where his mother was close friends with Ian Fleming, who wrote the James Bond books, the great songwriter Noel Coward and the movie star Errol Flynn. He also founded the film production company Island Alive, which made the films "Koyaanisqatsi," "Mona Lisa," "Kiss Of The Spider Woman" and the Talking Heads concert film, "Stop Making Sense."Įven before he got into the music business, Blackwell had a fascinating life. His label recorded U2, Grace Jones, Tom Waits, Roxy Music, Steve Winwood, Cat Stevens, The B-52s and many more. But that's just one side of the music Blackwell was behind. Chris Blackwell was an executive producer of the film "The Harder They Come" and released the soundtrack with the now-classic title song by the film's star, Jimmy Cliff. GROSS: Blackwell and Marley continued to work together until Marley's death. The second Wailers album Blackwell released, "Burnin'," included this anthem.īOB MARLEY (MUSICAL ARTIST): (Singing) Get up, stand up. "Catch A Fire" was produced by my guest, Chris Blackwell, for his record label, Island Records.
The album that introduced Bob Marley and the Wailers to the U.S.
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