Wailers Timeline

Selassie Is The Chapel

Bob Marley And The Wailers

Session date, June 8, 1968

Bob Marley, lead vocal
Constantine "Vision" Walker, harmony vocals
Peter Tosh, harmony vocals
Rita Marley, harmony vocals
Peter Tosh, guitar
"Teego", repeater drum
Jeremiah, funde drum

Recorded at Jamaica Broadcasting Corporation (JBC) Studio in Kingston, 4 track
Engineer, Oswald Harvey
Producer, Mortimer Planno

Matrix: Dyna VR 238
First release: blank label

Based on "Crying In The Chapel," recorded by The Orioles in the 50s and
Elvis Presley in the 60s. Legend had it there were only 26 copies pressed,
but Clive Chin said that he pressed 250 copies for the Tuff Gong label in
1978 using the original stamper.

You can hear or buy this song on:
Ark Of The Covenant (cd)
Fy-Ah, Fy-Ah (cd)
The Complete Wailers 1967-1972 volume 2 - Selassie Is The Chapel (cd)

The song sounds best on:
The Complete Wailers 1967-1972 volume 2 - Selassie Is The Chapel (cd)

Learn more about the album on Discogs
Ark Of The Covenant
Fy-Ah, Fy-Ah
The Complete Wailers 1967-1972 volume 2 - Selassie Is The Chapel

Return to the Wailers Timeline