Ziggy Marley & The Melody Makers ready reissues of Grammy-winning 'Conscious Party' in September

UMe will release a new vinyl reissue of Ziggy Marley & The Melody Makers' third full-length album Conscious Party on September 25. 

This will be the first vinyl pressing of the album since its initial release in 1988. Conscious Party launches in multiple configurations, including limited-edition 1LP 180g Emerald Green color vinyl, 1LP 180g Standard Black vinyl, 1CD, and a digital Deluxe Edition via streaming services.

Pre-order/Pre-save Conscious Party HERE.

Founded in 1979, Ziggy Marley & The Melody Makers featured four of Bob Marley’s eleven children in its ranks, namely Sharon, Cedella, Ziggy, and Stephen. The quartet cut the album at Sigma Sound in New York City with producers Chris Frantz and Tina Weymouth [Talking Heads, Tom Tom Club]. 

Following its original release on April 5, 1988, the album spawned the #1 Billboard R&B Chart hit “Tumblin’ Down” and “Tomorrow People.” The latter has notably generated more than 30 million Spotify streams. Conscious Party also took home “Best Reggae Album” at the 1989 GRAMMY® Awards, giving Ziggy Marley & The Melody Makers their first of three-career GRAMMY® wins as a group.

“Conscious Party came at a pivotal time for us. I think we grew a lot in-between the last album [Hey World] and Conscious Party. We were exploring a lot, and just growing up and becoming young people. So I feel it represents that young energy, and was a very monumental album in our life at the time,” says Ziggy Marley, adding, “It was a new experience, too. With Chris Frantz and Tina Weymouth from the Talking Heads producing it, and we were living in New York for a little bit, it was a whole different and very enlightened experience for us.”

Presenting the definitive vision of Conscious Party, both new vinyl versions now feature “We A Guh Some Sum Weh,” which was previously only available on CD. At the time of its initial release, each format presented the album in a different sequence. The vinyl editions will retain the original LP sequence, with the new-to-vinyl bonus track closing Side 2, while the reactivated CD will be in its original sequence.

Meanwhile, a new digital Deluxe Edition of the album includes remixes of “Tomorrow People” and “Tumblin’ Down”—the latter notable for post-production work by the Bomb Squad team (Hank Shocklee, Eric “Vietnam” Sadler, Keith Boxley) —and as well as a live rendition of “Lee And Molly” captured at the Spectrum in Philadelphia during the band’s 1988 Conscious Party Tour.

LP TRACKLISTING

A1. Conscious Party

A2. Tumblin’ Down
A3. New Love
A4. A Who A Say
A5. Have You Ever Been To Hell
B1. Lee And Molly
B2. We Propose
B3. Tomorrow People
B4. What’s True
B5. Dreams Of Home
B6. We a Guh Some Weh*
* Previously unavailable on vinyl

CD TRACKLISTING

1. Conscious Party
2. Lee and Molly
3. Tomorrow People
4. New Love
5. Tumblin’ Down
6. We a Guh Some Weh
7. A Who A Say
8. Have You Ever Been To Hell
9. We Propose
10. What’s True
11. Dreams of Home

DIGITAL DELUXE EDITION TRACKLISTING

1. Conscious Party
2. Lee and Molly
3. Tomorrow People
4. New Love
5. Tumblin’ Down
6. We a Guh Some Weh
7. A Who A Say
8. Have You Ever Been To Hell
9. We Propose
10. What’s True
11. Dreams of Home
12. Tomorrow People (Reggae This Mix)
13. Tomorrow People (Dub This)
14. Tomorrow People (Dub A Pella)
15. Tomorrow People (New York City Edit)
16. Tumblin’ Down (12” Remix)
17. Tumblin’ Down (7” Remix)
18. Tumblin’ Down (Dub)
19. Lee And Molly (Live Version)