What was the title of the Wailers’ first album, released in Jamaica in 1965?

The Wailing Wailers was the Wailers’ first album, released in Jamaica in 1965.

The album collected early recordings by Bob Marley, Peter Tosh, and Bunny Wailer, produced by Clement “Coxsone” Dodd for Studio One. Its sound belongs primarily to Jamaica’s ska era, several years before reggae became the group’s defining international style.

The album is sometimes mistaken for Soul Rebels or Catch a Fire. Soul Rebels was a later Wailers album associated with Lee “Scratch” Perry, while Catch a Fire was the group’s major international breakthrough album in 1973. The 1965 record is historically important because it documents the Wailers’ formative vocal-trio period.