Bob Marley (View Discography)

Release Info

There are countless Bob Marley collections on the market, most of them, like this one, drawing from his pre-Island Jamaican releases. These are usually poorly annotated, tossed-together affairs of dubious legality, and since Marley often re-recorded songs at various stages of his and the Wailers' career, it can be nearly impossible to tell which versions you're getting without actually playing the disc. This two-CD set holds up pretty well, though, collecting the signature tracks Marley & the Wailers did with producer Lee "Scratch" Perry in 1970 and 1971, along with the proto-dub mixes Perry subsequently did of the backing tracks and then attributed to the Upsetters, plus several earlier sides Marley and the group recorded with producer Leslie Kong for his Beverly record label. The end result is a pretty good look at Marley & the Wailers as they were up-shifting into what would ultimately turn out to be their most creative period. ~ Steve Leggett

Tracks

1. Soul Rebel
2. Try Me
3. It's Alright
4. No Sympathy
5. My Cup
6. Soul Almighty
7. Rebel's Hop (aka Rude Boy/Cloud Nine)
8. Corner Stone
9. Four Hundred Years
10. No Water
11. Reaction
12. My Sympathy
13. Keep On Moving
14. Don't Rock My Boat (aka Satisfy My Soul)
15. Put It On
16. Fussing and Fighting
17. Duppy Conqueror V4
18. Memphis
19. Soul Rebel V4
20. Riding HIgh
21. Kaya
22. African Herbsman
23. Stand Alone
24. Sun Is Shining (aka To the Rescue)
25. Brain Washing
26. Mr. Brown (aka Dracula)

1. Lively Up Yourself
2. Small Axe
3. Trench Town Rock
4. All in One
5. Natural Mystic
6. Rainbow Country
7. Mellow Mood
8. Run for Cover
9. Man to Man (aka Who the Cap Fits)
10. Chances Are
11. Hammer
12. How Many Times
13. There She Goes
14. Touch Me
15. Treat Your Right
16. You Can't Do That to Me
17. Soul Shakedown Party
18. Stop the Train
19. Caution
20. Soul Captives
21. Can't You See
22. Soon Come
23. Cheer Up
24. Back Out
25. Do It Twice
26. Go Tell It on the Mountain