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in 1999. Skelly and Wiss continue to record albums and tour the world as Israel
Vibration, backed by longtime associates Roots Radics. In December 2014 they were reportedly recording a new album set for release in early 2015. The new album, entitled "Play It Real" was released on 31 March 2015 via
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Spence and Craig got together in
Kingston and sought out Bulgin, who at the time was working as a tailor. They formed a vocal group, initially adopting the name Israel Vibration Israel Vibrates, soon becoming simply Israel Vibration. They survived on money earned singing in the streets for several
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Utopia. On March 23, 2020, Albert "Apple
Gabriel" co-founder and former member of the group died due to 'compilation sickness', earlier reports indicated that Albert was not well for quite some time, this was supposedly due to some of the polio infections left in his body. On a
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Bulgin (born 1955), Craig (1955–2020), and Spence (1952–2022) first met as children at the Mona
Rehabilitation Clinic, all polio patients in the epidemic that spread through Jamaica in the 1950s. Several years later they formed Israel Vibration. Craig attended the
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Rastafarai after Hugh Booth, a member of the Twelve Tribes, had overheard the three men singing in a wooded area outside Kingston. Apple and Wiss were living in the area, which they had converted into a home. Recorded at the
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studio in 1976, their debut release was the single "Why Worry", released on the Twelve Tribes label late that year. The single was successful enough for the group to be offered support slots at shows by artists such as
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but ran away at the age of fourteen, living on the streets. Spence was a member of the band Hot
Lickers, appearing on Jamaican television with the group at the age of twelve. He also played in the Jamaican
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album in 1985, but by 1987 they decided to relaunch Israel
Vibration. Having all been turned down when they approached Gary "Dr. Dread" Himmelfarb, founder of
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post on March 7, 2020, he had indicated that he had had a stroke. He died on March 23, 2020. On August 26, 2022, Cecil "Skelly" Spence died of lung cancer.
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was the group's fourth album. The band stayed with RAS into the 21st century, releasing more than a dozen albums for the label.
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