The Wailing Souls started out as a three-piece - Winston 'Pipe' Matthews, George 'Buddy' Haye and Lloyd 'Bread' McDonald - known as the Renegades in 1965. In the late 60s, Matthews and McDonald recorded on Coxsone Dodd's famous Studio One label with singers Oswald Downes and Norman Davis as both The Classics and The Wailing Souls.

The Wailing Souls then moved to Bob Marley's Tuff Gong label in the early 1970s and became known as Pipe and The Pipes to avoid confusion with The Wailers. In 1974, Haye once again took over from Downes and Davis and the group worked with producer 'Jo Jo' Hookim on the Channel One label, before starting their own Massive label in 1977.

The Wailing Souls only became the familiar quartet when ex-Black Uhuru singer, Rudolph ‘Garth’ Dennis, joined. This lineup remained stable for around ten years, during which time The Wailing Souls recorded with notable producers such as Sly and Robbie, 'Junjo' Lawes and Linval Thompson before splitting up in 1984.

DISCOGRAPHY:Note: some of the following were subsequently reissued with different track listings and/or on different labels.1976 - WAILING SOULS (Studio One)1. Back Out With It; 2. Mr. Fire Coal Man; 3.

Run My People; 4. Thou Shall Not Steal; 5. Row Fisher Man; 6. Real Rock; 7. Got To Be Cool; 8. Pack Up; 9. Can't Catch Me; 10. Hot Road.1979 - WILD SUSPENSE (Massive)1. Row Fisherman; 2. Slow Coach; 3.

We Got to Be Together; 4. Feel the Spirit; 5. Bredda Gravalicious; 6. Wild Suspense; 7. They Never Know; 8. Black Rose; 9. Something Funny; 10. Very Well.1981 - FIREHOUSE ROCK (Greensleeves)1. Firehouse Rock; 2.

Run Dem Down; 3. Oh What A Feeling; 4. Kingdom Rise Kingdom Fall; 5. Act Of Affection; 6. Busnah; 7. Fool Will Fall; 8. Bandits Taking Over; 9. Who Lives It; 10. See Baba Joe. 1981 - WAILING (Jah Guidance)1.

Penny I Love You; 2. Scientific Dub Mix; 3. Who No Waan Come; 4. Scientific Dub Mix; 5. Don't Be Down Hearted; 6. Face The Devil; 7. Scientific Dub Mix; 8. Rudy Say Him Bad; 9. Mr. Big More. 1982 - SOUL & POWER (Studio One) 1.

Trouble Maker; 2. You Should Have Known; 3. Don't Fight; 4. Hot Road; 5. Run My People; 6. Soul & Power; 7. I've Got A Burning Fire; 8. Rock But Don't Fall; 9. Everybody Talking; 10. All Alone; 11. Stick Together.

1982 - BABY COME ROCK (Joe Gibbs)1. Baby Come Rock Me; 2. Red Eye; 3. Things & Time Will Tell; 4. Don't Get Lost; 5. Shaa-Lup Shaa-Lup; 6. I Shen Tree; 7. Sweetie Come Brush Me; 8. Inch Pincher; 9. Take A Taste.

1982 - INCHPINCHERS (Greensleeves)1. Inchpinchers; 2. Mass Charley Ground; 3. Tom Sprang; 4. Don't Get Lost; 5. Baby Come Rock; 6. Things And Time; 7. Modern Slavery; 8. Ghetto Of Kingston Town; 9. Oh What A Lie; 10.

Infidels. 1983 - ON THE ROCKS (Greensleeves)1. Down On The Rocks; 2. Stop Red Eye; 3. Baga Trouble; 4. The Gun; 5. Sticky Stay; 6. Jah Is Watching You; 7. The Riddim Of Life; 8. What Is Your Meaning; 9.

Ishen Tree; 10. Don't Burn Baby. 1984 - STRANDED (Greensleeves)1. Stranded in L.A.; 2. File For Your Machete; 3. Thinking; 4. Peace And Love Shall Reign; 5. Helmet Of Salvation; 6. War Deh Round A John Shop; 7.

Eyes Of Love; 8. Divided And Rule; 9. Sunrise Till Sunset; 10. The Best Is Yet To Come.1984 - BEST OF WAILING SOULS (Empire) 1. War ; 2. Joy Within Your Heart ; 3. Very Well ; 4. Things And Time ; 5. Jah Jah Give Us Life ; 6.

To Live ; 7. Back Out ; 8. Fire Coal Man ; 9. Fire A Mus Mus Tail ; 10. Back Slider. 1985 - BEST OF WAILING SOULS (Sunset)1. Water Pump; 2. Bounce Back; 3. What Is Your Meaning; 4. What You Gonna Do; 5.

Down On The Rock; 6. Fire House Rock; 7. Sweetie Come Brush Me; 8. Tom Sprang; 9. Things & Time; 10. Take a Taste. 1986 - THE VERY BEST OF THE WAILING SOULS (Greensleeves)1. War; 2. Jah Give Us Life; 3.

Bredda Gravalicious; 4. Old Broom; 5. Kingdom Rise Kingdom Fall; 6. Firehouse Rock; 7. Who No Waan Come; 8. Baby Come Rock; 9. Things and Time; 10. Stop Red Eye; 11. Sticky Stay; 12. They Don't Know Jah; 13.

War Deh Round a John Shop (Maxi version). 1986 - LAY IT ON THE LINE (Live & Learn)1. Lay It On The Line; 2. We Won't Succumb; 3. Them A Fret; 4. Bum Rap; 5. Informer; 6. Good Over Evil; 7. No Big Thing; 8.

If I Love You Too Much. 1987 - KINGSTON 14 (Live & Learn)1. Kingston 14; 2. Dem Coming; 3. Full Moon; 4. Yet the World Wait; 5. Front Door; 6. Ring My Bell; 7. Pity the Poor; 8. Real Rock; 9. Don't Run.

1990 - STORMY NIGHT (Rohit)1. Where do I stand; 2. Stormy night; 3. Propaganda; 4. Carry on; 5. Fire coal man; 6. She pleases me; 7. What is what; 8. You're my days; 9. What yo gonna do; 10. Dog bite.

1991 - REGGAE INA FIREHOUSE (Live & Learn)1. Reggae ina Firehouse; 2. Cherry Ripe; 3. Who's Running; 4. Wash Mouth; 5. Nice One; 6. It Bad fe True; 7. Play On; 8. For You; 9. Step Right In; 10. I'm Depending on You.

1992 - ALL OVER THE WORLD (Chaos)1. All Over The World; 2. Shark Attack; 3. If I Were You; 4. She Pleases Me; 5. You Ain't Leaving; 6. Sweet Black Angel; 7. Get Real; 8. Picky, Picky Head; 9. Heartbeats Accelerating; 10.

Love You Want. 1994 - LIVE ON (BMG)1. Bandits; 2. Live On (Matthews); 3. Mother and Child Reunion; 4. Don't Give Up; 5. Na, Na, Hey, Hey Kiss Him Goodbye; 6. Trouble No More; 7. Jah Jah; 8. Owe Me Money; 9.

O.K. Corral; 10. Rejection; 11. What the World Needs; 12. Nuff Suffering; 13. What a Life Worth. 1995 - FACE THE DEVIL (Trojan) 1. Face The Devil; 2. Why No (Dub); 3. Rudie Say Him Bad; 4. Penny I Love You; 5.

Mr Bigmore; 6. Face The Devil (Dub); 7. Penny I Love You; 8. Who Da (Waan Come); 9. Down Be Downhearted; 10. Jah Jah; 11. Come Closer; 12. Time Is Important. 1997 - TENSION (Pow Pow)1. Mr. Fire Cole Man; 2.

Holding on to Your Embrace; 3. Tension; 4. Row Fisherman Row; 5. Holiday Man; 6. Back Out Wid It; 7. Fukuoka; 8. Son of a Gun; 9. Lady You Don't Know; 10. Jailer Man; 11. Gangster; 12. Hush Hush; 13. Tension.

1999 - REGGAE LEGENDS VOLUME 1 (Artists Only) 1. Fire Coa; 2. Dog Bite; 3. You Please Me; 4. Mix Up; 5. Pour Your Love; 6. What You Gonna Do; 7. Where Do I Stand; 8. Stormy Night; 9. Spread Propaganda; 10.

Move On.2000 - EQUALITY (MusicBlitz)1. Equality; 2. Hard Living; 3. Not for Us; 4. Back of My Hand; 5. Foundation; 6. No Joyride; 7. Speaking of Time; 8. Down on Your Knees; 9. Power and Glory; 10. Don't Say; 11.

Artificial; 12. Stop the Conflict.2003 - SOUVENIR FROM JAMAICA (Artists Only)1. Souvenir From Jamaica; 2. Play The Tape; 3. Slip & Slide; 4. I Shall Not Want; 5. Got To Move; 6. You Are The Woman; 7. World Abomination; 8.

Nothing Comes Easy; 9. Bus Stop; 10. Pacifier; 11. Back Door; 12. Make That Change.2003 - CLASSIC SOULS (Artists Only)1. Fire Coal; 2. Dog Bite; 3. You Please Me; 4. Mix Up; 5. Pour Your Love; 6. What You Gonna Do; 7.

Where Do I Stand; 8. Stormy Night; 9. Spread Propaganda; 10. Move On. 2003 - SQUARE DEAL (Studio One)1. Who Say So; 2. The Slammer; 3. Fret Not Thyself; 4. Holligan Race; 5. Turn Back; 6. Wicked Intentions; 7.

Tell Me, Tell Me; 8. Where Is The Love; 9. Second Hand Love; 10. Let Them Come; 11. Grill Up The Love; 12. Hurt You The Most; 13. White Squall; 14. Slow Down. 2004 - AT CHANNEL ONE (Pressure Sounds) 1.

War (with Ranking Trevor) (Extended 12" Disco Mix); 2. Joy Within Your Heart; 3. Joy Within Your Heart Version (Revolutionaries); 4. Jah Jah Give Us Life To Live (Extended 12" Disco Mix); 5. Fire A Mus Mus Tail (Extended 12" Disco Mix); 6.

Things And Time; 7. Natty BSC (Dillinger); 8. Natty BSC Version (Revolutionaries); 9. Fire Coal Man (Extended 12" Disco Mix); 10. Lawless Society; 11. Lawless Society Version (Revolutionaries); 12. Back Out (AKA Back Out With It); 13.

Back Out Version (Revolutionaries); 14. Back Biter (AKA Back Slider; Extended 12" Disco Mix); 15. Very Well (Extended 12" Disco Mix); 16. Very Well Version (Revolutionaries).