Robert Nesta Marley and the Wailers

A few things first.... I hope my last post makes it's point. Or at least makes sense! My Marley choice -The Lee Perry produced Wailers will always be my favourite Marley records.



The story goes that Lee Perry stole the master takes and sold them to Trojan Records...



...who in return keep releasing the Soul Revolution and Soul Revolution Part II albums under different disguises.



No matter what picture of Bob fronts the cover, I have to say they are all good. Okay, Soul Rebels don't sport a smiling Bob on its cover but it does take the best goods from the two Soul Revolutions and condenses them to one convenient disc. African Herbsman takes those best goods and adds some DeeJay cuts along with a few Augustus Pablo deep dub mixes. A win win situation. The last release is a mighty four disc collection of everything including studio table scraps. Tasty scraps. These cuts all have that Kingston hometown feel to 'em. The vibe coming out of the speaker is more intimate. Bob was a couple of decades away from having his face and name decorating t-shirts at every mall store. Not to mention the million plus posters wallpapering dorm rooms across the world. Bob was still a Jamaican local boy then and not quite the international King of the Arena yet.


A smiling Bob