Timeline

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
On the Billboard Hot 100 of November 22, 1975, this song`s wish (or prophecy) came true. It peaked at #15, a week later.
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
Records by The Maytals had been selling well in the U.K. since the late 1960s. This album was first released there in 1973, when the song "Funky Kingston" was new. By the time the album was released in the U.S., in the fall of 1975, all its songs were between 2 and 5 years old.
 

 
This song was first released as a U.K. single in 1970 (it did not chart) and also appeared on the multi-artist soundtrack album, "The Harder They Come," which was first released in the U.K. in 1972. It`s slotted here because this was when it reached its widest audience in America.
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
One album version of this song is nearly 17 minutes long. This CD source is for the hit single version.
 

 
"Gloria" is the only song appearing three times in the Timeline. This version is a complete reinvention of the original song by Van Morrison, recorded first by Them and then covered by The Shadows of Knight. Samples of the other two versions may be found by a Timeline search on "Gloria," but there is no way a brief sample of this version can compare with the other two.
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
"Bohemian Rhapsody" was a huge hit in England (#1 for nine weeks) during the winter of 1975-1976. When the song was used in the movie "Wayne`s World" in 1992 it was re-released in the U.S. and had a second run on the Hot 100, reaching #2 on the May 9, 1992 chart.
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
The CD source is for the hit single version, which edits out over two minutes of the percussion break from the album version.
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
The LP version clocks at just under 5 minutes. Some CD sources of the single-length version are edits of the LP version, which aren`t quite the same as the single version. My source is one of those LP edits.
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
This version of "No Woman, No Cry" surpassed the original version from the Natty Dread album when the Live! track was chosen for the Legend compilation.
 

 
This song was a Wailers` 1971 single, included in the African Herbsman 1973 compilation album. I slotted it here because it was first heard by most U.S. listeners as the lead track of the Live! album.
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
When Stevie Wonder released "Master Blaster (Jammin`)" in 1980, he was paying tribute to Bob Marley in general and to this song in particular. Wonder`s song neither samples nor directly quotes this one, but rather captures and celebrates its joyful mood and feel.
 

 

 

 
This song is often said to be a cover of or tribute to Curtis Mayfield`s song, "People Get Ready." While certainly a tribute in spirit, the songs are also linked lyrically by Marley`s reference to Mayfield`s "hopeless sinner."
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
The album version of "Another Star" is 8:22 long, the only length available on CD. The 5:17 length is for the single version edit released in 1977.
 

 

 

 

 

 
"I Feel Love" was a disco smash and runs 8:11 in its 12" single version, 5:53 in its album version, and 3:45 in the dj 45 edit, on her Very Best CD.
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
The lead track of the Funkentelechy Vs. The Placebo Syndrome album. (Flash Light was the 2nd single.)