Waiting in Vain (album version)

~ Recording by Bob Marley & The Wailers

Appears on releases

#TitleLengthTrack ArtistRelease TitleRelease ArtistRelease Group TypeCountry/DateLabelCatalog#
Official
1.11Waiting in Vain4:17Bob Marley & The WailersLegend: The Best of Bob Marley and The WailersBob Marley & The WailersAlbum + Compilation
  • JP2008-03-06
Tuff GongUICY 90862
1.5Waiting in Vain4:18Bob MarleyTriple Best OfBob MarleyAlbum + Compilation
  • -2009-03-25
1.10Waiting in Vain4:08Bob Marley & The WailersLegend: The Best of Bob Marley and The Wailers (Island 50th anniversary reissue)Bob Marley & The WailersAlbum + Compilation
Island (imprint of Island Records, a division of Universal Music Group)530-305 2
1.7Waiting in Vain4:16Bob Marley & The WailersExodusBob Marley & The WailersAlbum
  • NL2011-11-03
Island (imprint of Island Records, a division of Universal Music Group), Tuff Gong548 542-5
1.11Waiting In Vain4:16Bob Marley & The WailersLegend (Remastered)Bob Marley & The WailersAlbum + Compilation
Island (imprint of Island Records, a division of Universal Music Group)060253785436
1.11Waiting in Vain4:12Bob Marley & The WailersLegend: The Best of Bob Marley and The WailersBob Marley & The WailersAlbum + Compilation
Island (imprint of Island Records, a division of Universal Music Group)
2.7Waiting in Vain4:16Bob Marley & The Wailers5 Classic AlbumsBob Marley & The WailersAlbum + Compilation
  • US2013-11-19
Island (imprint of Island Records, a division of Universal Music Group), Tuff Gong, UMe (imprint of Universal Music Enterprises)B0019494-02
1.7Waiting in Vain4:15Bob Marley & The WailersExodusBob Marley & The WailersAlbum
  • XW2013-12-10
Island (imprint of Island Records, a division of Universal Music Group)
6.7Waiting in Vain4:15Bob Marley & The WailersThe Complete Collection: The Island YearsBob Marley & The WailersAlbum + Compilation
  • XW2013-12-10
The Island Def Jam Music Group (American holding company, not normally a release label)
1.11Waiting in Vain4:17Bob Marley & The WailersLegend: The Best of Bob Marley and The WailersBob Marley & The WailersAlbum + Compilation
Island (imprint of Island Records, a division of Universal Music Group), Tuff Gong0600753423790
2.11Waiting in Vain4:16Bob Marley & The WailersLegend - The Best of Bob Marley and the WailersBob Marley & The WailersAlbum + Compilation
  • XE2014-07-01
  • GB2014-07-01
Island (imprint of Island Records, a division of Universal Music Group)0602537854325
1.11Waiting in Vain4:17Bob Marley & The WailersLegend - The Best of Bob Marley and the WailersBob Marley & The WailersAlbum + Compilation
  • XE2014-07-01
  • GB2014-07-01
Island (imprint of Island Records, a division of Universal Music Group)0602537854325
1.11Waiting in Vain4:17Bob Marley & The WailersLegend: The Best of Bob Marley and the Wailers (30th anniversary deluxe edition)Bob Marley & The WailersAlbum + Compilation
  • US2014-07-01
Island (imprint of Island Records, a division of Universal Music Group)B0020866-00
2.11Waiting in Vain4:16Bob Marley & The WailersLegend: The Best of Bob Marley and the Wailers (30th anniversary deluxe edition)Bob Marley & The WailersAlbum + Compilation
  • US2014-07-01
Island (imprint of Island Records, a division of Universal Music Group)B0020866-00
1.5Waiting in Vain4:18Bob MarleyLes 50 Plus Belles ChansonsBob MarleyAlbum + Compilation
  • FR2014-10-06
1.9Waiting in Vain4:17Bob Marley & The WailersSambaVarious ArtistsAlbum + Soundtrack
  • FR2014-10-13
Quad (French label for soundtracks)
1.7Waiting in Vain4:16Bob Marley & The WailersExodusBob Marley & The WailersAlbum
Tuff Gong602547276223
1.7Waiting in Vain4:09Bob Marley & The WailersExodus (40th anniversary - 3 CD in a book)Bob Marley & The WailersAlbum
  • US2017-06-02
Island (imprint of Island Records, a division of Universal Music Group)602557546712
1.7Waiting In Vain4:09Bob Marley & The WailersExodus (The Movement Continues...) (40th anniversary edition, 2 CDs)Bob Marley & The WailersAlbum
  • XE2017-06-02
Island (imprint of Island Records, a division of Universal Music Group), Tuff Gong00602557591545
1.7Waiting in Vain4:15Bob Marley & The WailersExodus (Exodus 40 Deluxe Edition)Bob Marley & The WailersAlbum
Island (imprint of Island Records, a division of Universal Music Group)
1.7Waiting in Vain4:16Bob Marley & The WailersExodus (Deluxe Edition)Bob Marley & The WailersAlbum
  • XW2018-08-08
Tuff Gong
1.11Waiting in Vain4:11Bob Marley & The WailersLegend: The Best of Bob Marley and The WailersBob Marley & The WailersAlbum + Compilation
  • JP2018-08-10
  • US2018-08-10
Island (imprint of Island Records, a division of Universal Music Group)
1.7Waiting In Vain4:09Bob Marley & The WailersExodus (40th Anniversary Deluxe Edition)Bob Marley & The WailersAlbum
  • -2018-09-14
Tuff Gong
1.10Waiting In Vain4:15Bob Marley & The WailersAfrica Unite: The Singles CollectionBob Marley & The WailersAlbum + Compilation
  • XW2019-02-22
Universal UMC
1.7Waiting in Vain4:16Bob Marley & The WailersExodusBob Marley & The WailersAlbum
  • GB2020-11-20
Island (imprint of Island Records, a division of Universal Music Group), Tuff Gong00602435082165
6.7Waiting in Vain4:15Bob Marley & The WailersThe Complete Island RecordingsBob Marley & The WailersAlbum + Compilation
  • XE2020-12-04
Island Records Group (UK label run by Universal Island Records), Tuff Gong, Universal Music Group International (manages UMG's offices in most countries outside of North America)00602435081243
1.7Waiting in Vain4:15Bob Marley & The WailersExodus (deluxe edition 24-bit 96.0 khz - stereo)Bob Marley & The WailersAlbum
  • -2022
Tuff Gong
1.7Waiting in Vain4:15Bob Marley & The WailersExodus (Deluxe Edition)Bob Marley & The WailersAlbum
Island (imprint of Island Records, a division of Universal Music Group)
1.7Waiting in Vain4:16Bob Marley & The WailersBest OfBob Marley & The WailersAlbum + Compilation
1.7Waiting In Vain4:16Bob Marley & The WailersExodusBob Marley & The WailersAlbumTuff GongCID 9498
1.7Waiting in Vain4:16Bob Marley & The WailersExodus (Xbox Music release)Bob Marley & The WailersAlbumUniversal Music Group (has logo with just “Universal Music Group”)
1.7Waiting in Vain4:15Bob Marley & The WailersExodusBob Marley & The WailersAlbumTuff Gong, BMG Direct Marketing, Inc. (BMG company that owned their direct marketing company/club editions)422-846 208-2, D 101679
1.7Waiting in Vain4:16Bob Marley & The WailersExodusBob Marley & The WailersAlbumTuff Gong846208-2
1.7Waiting in Vain4:15Bob Marley & The WailersExodus (24-bit 96.0 khz - stereo)Bob Marley & The WailersAlbum
Tuff Gong
1.7Waiting in Vain4:15Bob Marley & The WailersExodusBob Marley & The WailersAlbumIsland (imprint of Island Records, a division of Universal Music Group)90034-2
1.8Waiting in Vain4:07Bob Marley & The WailersForever GoldBob Marley & The WailersAlbum + Compilation
1.10Waiting in Vain4:08Bob Marley & The WailersLegend - The Best of Bob Marley and the WailersBob Marley & The WailersAlbum + CompilationTuff Gong
1.11Waiting in Vain4:17Bob Marley & The WailersLegend: The Best of Bob Marley and The Wailers (Sony DADC reissue of 2002 remaster)Bob Marley & The WailersAlbum + CompilationIsland (imprint of Island Records, a division of Universal Music Group), Tuff Gong548 904-2
1.10Waiting In Vain4:16Bob Marley & The WailersLegend: The Best of Bob Marley and The WailersBob Marley & The WailersAlbum + CompilationIsland (imprint of Island Records, a division of Universal Music Group), Tuff GongSTARCD 5662
1.9Waiting in Vain4:14Bob Marley & The WailersOne Love: The Very Best OfBob Marley & The WailersAlbum + Compilation
Bootleg
1.14Waiting in Vain4:19Bob Marley & The WailersGreatest HitsBob MarleyAlbum + Compilation
Star MarkLDB 5193-1/2
1.14Waiting in Vain4:19Bob Marley & The WailersGreatest HitsBob Marley & The WailersAlbum + Compilation
Star MarkLDB 5193-1/2
(unknown)
1.10Waiting In Vain4:18Bob Marley & The WailersLegend: The Best of Bob Marley and The WailersBob Marley & The WailersAlbum + Compilation

Relationships

assistant engineer:Terry Barham
Guy Bidmead
engineer:Karl Pitterson
producer:Bob Marley & The Wailers
mixer:Aston Barrett
Chris Blackwell (Island Records)
Karl Pitterson
acoustic guitar:Bob Marley (Jamaican reggae artist) (from 1977-01 until 1977-04)
bass:Aston “Familyman” Barrett (from 1977-01 until 1977-04)
drums (drum set):Carlton Barrett (from 1977-01 until 1977-04)
guitar:Aston “Familyman” Barrett (from 1977-01 until 1977-04)
Junior Marvin (from 1977-01 until 1977-04)
keyboard:Tyrone Downie (from 1977-01 until 1977-04)
percussion:Aston “Familyman” Barrett (from 1977-01 until 1977-04)
Carlton Barrett (from 1977-01 until 1977-04)
Tyrone Downie (from 1977-01 until 1977-04)
Bob Marley (Jamaican reggae artist) (from 1977-01 until 1977-04)
Alvin “Seeco” Patterson (from 1977-01 until 1977-04)
background vocals:Tyrone Downie (from 1977-01 until 1977-04)
Marcia Griffiths (Linneth Marcia Griffiths - Jamaican Singer Artist) (from 1977-01 until 1977-04)
Rita Marley (from 1977-01 until 1977-04)
Judy Mowatt (from 1977-01 until 1977-04)
vocals:Bob Marley (Jamaican reggae artist) (from 1977-01 until 1977-04)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:Island Records Ltd. (UK) (in 1977)
Island Records, Inc. (US) (in 1977)
The Island Def Jam Music Group (American holding company, not normally a release label) (in 2001)
mixed at:Island Studios (London) in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (from 1977-03 until 1977-04)
has remixes:Waiting in Vain (Jim James remix)
mash-ups:Waiting in Heaven (The Cure vs. Bob Marley) by Mighty Mike
stream for free:https://open.spotify.com/track/58Zt987fK6gWxtO0MwEzPn [info]
recording of:Waiting in Vain (from 1977-01 until 1977-04)

Waiting in Vain

lyricist and composer:Bob Marley (Jamaican reggae artist)
publisher:Almo Music Corp. (USA, affiliated with ASCAP)
Bob Marley Music
Bob Marley Music Inc.
Copyright Control (not for release label use! this is only for copyrights and publishing relationships)
Rondor Music (London) Ltd.
Blue Mountain Music (in 1977)
Fifty Six Hope Road Music Limited (in 1977)
Odnil Music Ltd. (in 1977)