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WAILERS

REMEBERED

FOREVER!

Jamaican group The Wailers were recently honoured with
a plaque in London. The Nubian Jak Community Trust
(NJCT) One Love Community plaque was unveiled in early
October, on the Basing Street, west London site of the for-
mer Island Studios, where the group’s two 1973 Island Re-
cords albums, Catch A Fire and Burnin, were overdubbed
and mixed.

Whilst plaques to Bob Marley and Bob Marley & The
Wailers can be found elsewhere in London, this is the
first plaque dedicated solely to the breakthrough group
members - Bob Marley, Peter Tosh and Bunny Wailer. The
plaque ceremony, which was organised by NJCT with sup-
port from BritishBlackMusic.com/Black Music Congress
(BBM/BMC) and SARM West Studios, drew hundreds of
reggae fans and notable musicians and producers unto
the Ladbroke street by the former recording studio.

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