African Herbsman is a compilation of The Wailers songs, released by Trojan Records

Trojan Records

Trojan Records is a British record label founded in 1968. It specialises in ska, rocksteady, reggae and dub music. The label currently operates under the Sanctuary Records Group. The name Trojan comes from the Croydon-built Trojan truck that was used as Duke Reid's sound system in Jamaica...

 in 1973, shortly after their major-label debut album Catch a Fire

Catch a Fire

Catch a Fire is the major-label-debut album for Jamaican reggae band The Wailers, released on Island Records on 13 April 1973. The album established the band as international superstars. Leader Bob Marley in particular became world-famous...

had been released by Island Records

Island Records

Island Records is a record label that was founded by Chris Blackwell in Jamaica. It was based in the United Kingdom for many years and is now owned by Universal Music Group...

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This album is a collection of some of the songs that The Wailers recorded in Jamaica

Jamaica

Jamaica is an island nation of the Greater Antilles, in length, up to in width and 10,990 square kilometres in area. It is situated in the Caribbean Sea, about south of Cuba, and west of Hispaniola, the island harbouring the nation-states Haiti and the Dominican Republic...

 together with producer Lee Perry from 1970 to 1971, before they received international recognition. Included are also two of the group's self-productions, "Trenchtown Rock" and "Lively Up Yourself", that both had been big hits in Jamaica.

Several of the songs included here would later be re-recorded by Marley for his later albums. Examples are "Lively Up Yourself" (on Natty Dread

Natty Dread

Natty Dread is a 1974 reggae album by Bob Marley & The Wailers. An important transition in Marley's discography, Natty Dread was the first album released as Bob Marley & the Wailers and the first recorded without former bandmates Peter Tosh and Bunny Wailer...

) and "Sun Is Shining" (on Kaya

Kaya (album)

Kaya is a roots reggae album released by Bob Marley and the Wailers in 1978. The album consists of tracks recorded alongside those present on the Exodus album in 1977. The album has a very relaxed, laid back sound, lacking much of the militant quality of the Wailers lyrically and musically...

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Side one

1. "Lively Up Yourself" – 2:55
2. "Small Axe" – 4:00
3. "Duppy Conqueror" – 3:04
4. "Trenchtown Rock" – 3:01
5. "African Herbsman" – 2:26 (R. Havens)
6. "Keep On Moving" – 3:08
7. "Fussing And Fighting" – 2:30
8. "Stand Alone" – 2:10

Side two

1. "All In One" – 3:38
2. "Don’t Rock My Boat" – 4:38
3. "Put It On" – 3:11
4. "Sun Is Shining
   Sun is Shining
   "Sun Is Shining" is a song by Bob Marley & The Wailers first appearing on the Lee Perry-produced album Soul Revolution in 1971, and then on African Herbsman in 1973. Marley later re-recorded the song for his 1978 album Kaya. In 1999 a reggae fusion remix by "Bob Marley vs. Funkstar De Luxe" reached...
   
   " – 2:13
5. "Kaya" – 2:41
6. "Riding High" – 2:48
7. "Brain Washing" – 2:42
8. "400 Years" – 2:32

Current CD Version

1. "Lively Up Yourself" – 2:55
2. "Small Axe" – 4:00
3. "Duppy Conqueror" – 3:04
4. "Trenchtown Rock" – 3:01
5. "African Herbsman" – 2:26 (R. Havens)
6. "Keep On Moving" – 3:08
7. "Fussing And Fighting" – 2:30
8. "Stand Alone" – 2:10
9. "All In One" – 3:38
10. "Don’t Rock My Boat" – 4:38
11. "Put It On" – 3:11
12. "Sun Is Shining
    Sun is Shining
    "Sun Is Shining" is a song by Bob Marley & The Wailers first appearing on the Lee Perry-produced album Soul Revolution in 1971, and then on African Herbsman in 1973. Marley later re-recorded the song for his 1978 album Kaya. In 1999 a reggae fusion remix by "Bob Marley vs. Funkstar De Luxe" reached...
    
    " – 2:13
13. "Kaya" – 2:41
14. "Riding High" – 2:48
15. "Brain Washing" – 2:42
16. "400 Years" – 2:32