The Very Best of the Early Years 1968–74

Compilation by Bob Marley & The Wailers

Released 1991

Alva “Reggie” Lewis
guitar [2, 5, 10, 13, 17-18]
Aston “Family Man” Barrett
bass [2, 13, 17-18]
Bob Marley
lead vocals [2-5, 7, 10-11, 13, 15-18], producer [1-3, 12-13, 15, 17]
Buddy Davidson
engineer [4, 7]
Bunny Wailer
repeater [17], tenor vocals [2, 4-5, 7, 10, 13, 17]
Carlton Lee
engineer [5-6, 8, 10, 18]
Carlton “Carly” Barrett
drums (drum set) [2, 10, 13, 17-18]
Clement “Coxsone” Dodd
producer [3]
Dave Barker
tenor vocals [10]
Errol Thompson
engineer [2], recording [3, 12-13, 15, 17]
Gladstone Anderson
piano [5]
Glen Adams
keyboard [13, 18], organ [10]
Hortense Lewis
tenor vocals [7]
Hugh Malcolm
drums (drum set) [4, 7]
Hux Brown
guitar [4-5, 7]
Jackie Jackson
bass [4-5, 7, 10]
Larry McDonald
bongos [4]
Lee “Scratch” Perry
producer [3, 10, 12-15, 17-18]
Leslie Kong
producer [5-6, 8]
Paul Douglas
drums (drum set) [5]
Peter Tosh
guitar [5, 7], melodica [17], piano [2], tenor vocals [2, 4-5, 7, 10, 13, 17]
Rannie “Bop” Williams
guitar [10, 13, 17-18]
Rita Marley
tenor vocals [4, 7]
Ted Pounder
producer [4, 7, 9]
The Wailers
producer [2]
Tommy McCook
tenor saxophone [2, 10]
Tyrone Downie
organ [2, 17]
Uziah “Sticky” Thompson
percussion [2, 17]
Vin Gordon
trombone [2, 10]
Winston Wright
keyboard [4, 7], organ [5, 18]
“Deadly” Headley Bennett
alto saxophone [10]