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Marcus' Children

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Released
  
1978

Length
  
37:05

Release date
  
1978

Genre
  
Reggae

Recorded
  
1978

Artist
  
Burning Spear

Label
  
Island Records

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Marcus' Children (1978)
  
Living Dub Vol 1 (1979)

Producers
  
Burning Spear, Karl Pitterson

Similar
  
Burning Spear albums, Reggae albums

Marcus' Children is a studio album by Jamaican reggae singer Burning Spear originally released in 1978 as Social Living.

Contents

"Marcus Say Jah No Dead" was covered by Sinéad O'Connor on her album Throw Down Your Arms (2005).

The LP appears in a scene in the 1994 film Léon: The Professional, where it is endorsed by one of the movie's antagonists.

Marcus' Children AKA Social Living

  1. "Marcus Children Suffer" - 4:39
  2. "Social Living"- 2:49
  3. "Nyah Keith" - 4:03
  4. "Institution" - 3:29
  5. "Marcus Senior" - 5:09
  6. "Civilized Reggae" - 7:11
  7. "Mister Garvey" - 4:52
  8. "Come"- 3:53
  9. "Marcus Say Jah No Dead" - 3:57

Social Living (2003 Island Remaster)

  1. "Marcus Children Suffer"
  2. "Social Living"
  3. "Nayah Keith"
  4. "Institution"
  5. "Marcus Senior"
  6. "Civilized Reggae"
  7. "Mister Garvey"
  8. "Come"
  9. "Marcus Say Jah No Dead"

Bonus Tracks

  1. "Social Living [Extended Mix]"
  2. "Civilized Reggae [Extended Mix]"

Credits

  • Recorded at Harry J Studio, Kingston, Jamaica and at Compass Point Studios, Nassau, Bahamas
  • Engineer Sylvan Morris
  • Mixed at Compass Point Studios by Karl Pitterson and Benji Armbrister
  • All songs written by Winston Rodney and published by EMI Copyright Holdings Ltd. except tracks 2, 3, 5 published by Blue Mountain Music

    • Musicians

  • Earl "Chinna" Smith - guitar
  • Bertram "Ranchie" McLean - guitar
  • Brinsley Forde - guitar
  • Donald "Roots" Kinsey - guitar
  • Donald Griffiths - guitar
  • Lowell "Sly" Dunbar - drums
  • Leroy "Horsemouth" Wallace - drums
  • Angus Gaye - drums
  • Robbie Shakespeare - bass
  • Aston "Family Man" Barrett - bass
  • George Oban - bass
  • Bernard "Touter" Harvey - keyboards
  • Earl "Wire" Lindo - keyboards
  • Michael "Ibo" Cooper - keyboards
  • Courtney Hemmings - keyboards
  • Bobby Ellis - trumpet
  • Dick Cuthell - trumpet
  • Richard "Dirty Harry" Hall - tenor saxophone
  • Herman Marquis - alto saxophone
  • Vincent "Trommie" Gordon - trombone
  • Rico Rodriguez - trombone
  • Winston Rodney - percussion
  • Uziah "Sticky" Thompson - percussion

    • Songs

    1Marcus Children Suffer4:37
    2Social Living3:00
    3Nayah Keith

    References

    Marcus' Children Wikipedia
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