African Herbsman
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{{Infobox album
| name = African Herbsman
| type = compilation
| artist = Bob Marley and the Wailers
| cover = ArficanHerbsman.jpg
| alt =
| released = {{Start date|df=yes|1973|7}}
| recorded = 1970–71
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = Early reggae
| length = 47:37
| label = Trojan
| producer = Lee Perry
| prev_title = Catch a Fire
| prev_year = 1973
| next_title = Burnin'
| next_year = 1973
}}
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = AllMusic
| rev1Score = {{Rating|5|5}}{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r103777}}
}}
African Herbsman is a 1973 Trojan Records repackage of Bob Marley and the Wailers' 1971 album Soul Revolution Part II produced by Lee "Scratch" Perry, which had had a limited Jamaica only release. African Herbsman was released shortly after the band's major-label debut album Catch a Fire had been released by Island Records.
The album differs from Soul Revolution Part II by adding five other tracks from the period. Four of the added tracks are non-album singles, including two of the group's self-productions, "Trenchtown Rock" and "Lively Up Yourself", as well as "400 Years" by Peter Tosh from the album Soul Rebels.
Several of the songs would later be re-recorded by Marley for his later albums; examples are "Lively Up Yourself" (on Natty Dread), "Duppy Conqueror", "Put It On" and "Small Axe" (on Burnin'), and "Sun Is Shining" (on Kaya).
Track listing
=Original album (1973)=
All tracks written by Bob Marley, unless noted.
{{Track listing
| headline = Side one
| extra_column = Original release
| title1 = Lively Up Yourself
| writer1 = Bob Marley
| extra1 = Non-album single (1971)
| length1 = 2:53
| title2 = Small Axe
| writer2 = Marley
| extra2 = Non-album single (1970)
| length2 = 3:54
| title3 = Duppy Conqueror
| writer3 = Marley
| extra3 = Soul Revolution Part II (1971)
| length3 = 3:44
| title4 = Trenchtown Rock
| writer4 = Marley
| extra4 = Non-album single (1971)
| length4 = 2:57
| title5 = African Herbsman
| writer5 = Richie Havens
| extra5 = Soul Revolution Part II (1971)
| length5 = 2:24
| title6 = Keep on Moving
| writer6 = Lee Perry, Curtis Mayfield, Marley
| extra6 = Soul Revolution Part II (1971)
| length6 = 3:09
| title7 = Fussing and Fighting
| writer7 = Marley
| extra7 = Soul Revolution Part II (1971)
| length7 = 2:28
| title8 = Stand Alone
| writer8 = Marley
| extra8 = Soul Revolution Part II (1971)
| length8 = 2:12
}}
{{Track listing
| headline = Side two
| extra_column = Original release
| title9 = All in One
| note9 = medley pt.1) ("Bend Down Low" / "Nice Time" / "One Love" /
"Simmer Down" / "It Hurts to Be Alone" / "Lonesome Feelings" /
"Love and Affection" / "Put It On" / "Duppy Conqueror"
| writer9 = Neville Livingston, Marley
| extra9 = Non-album single (1971)
| length9 = 3:36
| title10 = Don't Rock the Boat
| writer10 = Marley
| extra10 = Soul Revolution Part II (1971)
| length10 = 4:33
| title11 = Put it On
| writer11 = Marley
| extra11 = Soul Revolution Part II (1971)
| length11 = 3:33
| title12 = Sun Is Shining
| writer12 = Marley
| extra12 = Soul Revolution Part II (1971)
| length12 = 2:15
| title13 = Kaya
| writer13 = Marley
| extra13 = Soul Revolution Part II (1971)
| length13 = 2:39
| title14 = Riding High
| writer14 = Neville Livingston, Cole Porter
| extra14 = Soul Revolution Part II (1971)
| length14 = 2:44
| title15 = Brain Washing
| writer15 = Marley
| extra15 = Soul Revolution Part II (1971)
| length15 = 2:38
| title16 = 400 Years
| writer16 = Peter Tosh
| extra16 = Soul Rebels (1970)
| length16 = 2:32
}}
=Trojan Records [[reissue]] (2003)=
{{Track listing
| headline = Bonus tracks cat# 06076-80399-2 6[http://www.allmusic.com/album/release/african-herbsman-bonus-tracks-mr0000740983 African Herbsman (Bonus Tracks)]
| extra_column = Original release
| title17 = Memphis
| note17 = The Upsetters dub version
| writer17 = Chuck Berry
| extra17 = Soul Revolution Part II (1971)
| length17 = 2:09
| title18 = Live
| note18 = "Lively Up Yourself" version
| writer18 = Tommy McCook
| extra18 = Non-album single (1971)
| length18 = 2:51
| title19 = More Axe
| writer19 = Bob Marley
| extra19 = Non-album single (1970)
| length19 = 2:31
| title20 = the Axe Man
| note20 = "Small Axe" version
| writer20 = The Upsetters
| extra20 = Non-album single (1970)
| length20 = 2:47
| title21 = Zig Zag
| note21 = "Duppy Conqueror" version
| writer21 = The Upsetters
| extra21 = Non-album single (1970)
| length21 = 2:58
| title22 = Grooving Kingston 12
| note22 = "Trenchtown Rock" version
| writer22 = Bob Marley and the Wailers
| extra22 = Non-album single (1971)
| length22 = 2:56
| title23 = Moving Version
| note23 = DJ Big Youth version
| writer23 = Lee Perry, Curtis Mayfield, Bob Marley
| extra23 = Non-album single (1971)
| length23 = 2:58
| title24 = Keep on Skanking
| writer24 = Bob Marley
| extra24 = Non-album single (1974)
| length24 = 3:21
| title25 = Copasetic:
| note25 = "All in One" version) ("Bend Down Low" / "Nice Time" /
"One Love" / "Simmer Down" / "It Hurts to be Alone" / "Lonesome Feeling"
| writer25 = The Upsetters
| extra25 = Non-album single (1971)
| length25 = 3:05
| title26 = Kaya
| note26 = version 2
| writer26 = Bob Marley and the Wailers
| extra26 = Non-album single (1971)
| length26 = 2:41
}}
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Category:Bob Marley and the Wailers compilation albums
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