I am going away soon, when I come back I am going to review other subjects apart from Bob Marley.
I am going away soon, when I come back I am going to review other subjects apart from Bob Marley.
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This cd box set is everything you will ever need when it comes to Bob Marley his life and his music. This has got to be the biggest review written but due to the shear size of this album I cant possibly talk about individual songs.
BOB MARLEY- SONGS OF FREEDOM
This album has been released a couple of times, firstly on the 6th of october 1992 then again in 99.
Label: Tuff Gong Genre: Reggae Length: Aprox. 4 hours
This is a four disc box set with Bobs first song Judge Not recorded in 1962, to a live version of Redemption Song, recorded in 1980 at his last ever concert.
Front Cover: Is a dull black merging into an amber glow with a picture of a relatively youthful Bob playing his guitar with a spliff burning in his hands (the latter edition removed the spliff)
Inside the case: The case opens like a book with two cds one side, two on the other and a booklet in the middle spanning the life of Marley. These cds are set in chronilogical order, when you remove each cd there is a picture of Bob taken around the time that the music contained in each cd was recorded.
As this compilation is all about Bob Marley
I feel it is relevant to talk about his Bob and his life.
Robert Nesta Marley was born in Nine Mile, Saint Ann Parish, Jamaica on the 6th of February 1945.
His dad was called Norval Sinclair Marley, he was born in 1895, he was a white Jamaican with English family from Sussex. Norval was a Marine officer and captain, as well as a plantation officer, He married Cedella Booker,an eighteen-year-old black Jamaican.
Bob's parents split up soon after Bob was born and died ten years later leaving Bobs mam unable to cope without maintanance from her estranged partner. They moved to Kingston Jamaica where Marley was bullied for being half caste. He soon was known as Tuff Gong because he learned self defence.
Bob like many other young Jamaicans dreamed of becoming famous through music and met up with Peter Tosh and Bunny Livingstone who shared Bobs passion for music and desire to become famous.
Bob later formed the Wailers with Bunny and Peter and had massive hits with Simmer Down and Soul Rebel.
Catch A Fire, the Wailers first album was released worldwide in 1973, and sold well. Burnin followed a year on.Up,
In December 1976,Bob conducted a free concert called Smile Jamaica organized by the Jamaican Prime Minister Michael Manley Before the concert gunmen tried to kill Bob at his house. Marley was treated with minor injuries in the chest and arm. The shooting was politically provocted as many felt the concert was really a support rally for Manley. however the concert went ahead and an injured Bob sang as promised
Marley moved to England in 1976 where he recorded his Exodus and Kaya. Exodus was in the British charts for 56 weeks.
In July 77 Bob was diagnosed with cancer, he fought against the cancer and would have maybe recovered if it wasnt for his religion stopping him getting his foot amputated. Bob died on May 11, 1981.
So songs of freedom and the book that comes with it is a fascinating journey through the life of Bob with live performances and old rehersal recordings this is the biggest boldest album ever released. I would like to go through the tracks on the album now.
CD 1:
Judge Not" One Cup of Coffee Simmer Down I'm Still Waiting One Love / People Get Ready"(original) Put It On Bus Dem Shut (Pyaka) Mellow Mood (original) Bend Down Low Hypocrites Stir It Up (original) Nice Time Thank You Lord (original) Hammer Caution Back Out Soul Shake Down Party Do It Twice Soul Rebel Sun Is Shining Don't Rock the Boat Small Axe Duppy Conqueror Mr. Brown
CD 2: Screw Face Lick Samba Trenchtown Rock (alternative mix) Craven Choke Puppy Guava Jelly Acoustic medley I'm Hurting Inside (alternative mix) High Tide or Low Tide Slave Driver No More Trouble Concrete Jungle Get Up, Stand Up Rastaman Chant Burnin' and Lootin' Iron Lion Zion Lively Up Yourself Natty Dread I Shot the Sheriff (live)
CD 3:
No Woman, No Cry (live at The Roxy) Who the Cap Fit Jah Live Crazy Baldhead War Johhny Was" "Rat Race Jamming (12" mix) Waiting In Vain (advert mix) Exodus (12" mix) Natural Mystic Three Little Birds (alternative mix) Running Away Keep on Moving (London version) Easy Skanking Is This Love (horns mix) Smile Jamaica Time Will Tell
CD 4: Africa Unite Survival One Drop One Dub Zimbabwe So Much Trouble in the World Ride Natty Ride (12" mix) Babylon System Coming In From the Cold (12" mix) Real Situation Bad Card Could You Be Loved (12" mix) Forever Loving Jah Rastaman Live Up Give Thanks and Praises One Love / People Get Ready"(12" mix) Why Should I Redemption Song (live in Pittsburgh)
I would now like to tell you my top ten songs on this big album.
1. Acoustic Medley, 2. Bad Card 3.Rastaman Live Up 4.Forever Loving Jah 5.Jah Live 6.Concrete Jungle 7. Judge Not 8.Rastaman Chant 9.No Woman No Cry 10. Redemption Song
Even though every song from Legend is on this album the best tracks are the ones that you wont have heard, they are little gems that will grow on you. You literally will not get sick of this fantastic album. I have all the Tuff Gong cds and am still finding tracks I havent listened to that are really class.
Now be careful when buying this because you can get ripped off (55 quid in Virgin Megastore. I paid 25 from CD WOW which was a bargain but even better check out Amazon and Ebay I have seen some real bargains on there.
Loook after this cd too as the carboard case can start to get battered round the edges.
for more information on this great artist visit www.bobmarley.com
Thanks for reading Phil
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BNibbles 23.07.2007 07:24
Sounds like my kind of 'catch-up' album. I like Marley but I've only got a trickle of his stuff on compilations. Bloody hell, £55 's steep for the kind of album that it is. Lucky you spotted some other deals.
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