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Songs of Freedom
Bob Marley & The Wailers
Retail Price (not our price): $59.98
Release Date: 1999-11-16
Manufacturer: Island
Format: Audio CD
Discs: 4

Track List
Now here, for your listening pleasure, the tracks...

Disc 1
1. Judge Not style="font-size: 10px;" valign="top">1
2. One Cup Of Coffee style="font-size: 10px;" valign="top">1
3. Simmer Down style="font-size: 10px;" valign="top">1
4. I'm Still Waiting style="font-size: 10px;" valign="top">1
5. One Love/People Get Ready (Original) style="font-size: 10px;" valign="top">1
6. Put It On style="font-size: 10px;" valign="top">1
7. Bus Dem Shut (Pyaka) style="font-size: 10px;" valign="top">1
8. Mellow Mood (Original) style="font-size: 10px;" valign="top">1
9. Bend Down Low style="font-size: 10px;" valign="top">1
10. Hypocrites style="font-size: 10px;" valign="top">1
11. Stir It Up (Original) style="font-size: 10px;" valign="top">1
12. Nice Time style="font-size: 10px;" valign="top">1
13. Thank You Lord (Original) style="font-size: 10px;" valign="top">1
14. Hammer style="font-size: 10px;" valign="top">1
15. Caution style="font-size: 10px;" valign="top">1
16. Back Out style="font-size: 10px;" valign="top">1
17. Soul Shake Down Party style="font-size: 10px;" valign="top">1
18. Do It Twice style="font-size: 10px;" valign="top">1
19. Soul Rebel style="font-size: 10px;" valign="top">1
20. Sun Is Shining style="font-size: 10px;" valign="top">1
21. Don't Rock The Boat style="font-size: 10px;" valign="top">1
22. Small Axe style="font-size: 10px;" valign="top">1
23. Duppy Conqueror style="font-size: 10px;" valign="top">1
24. Mr. Brown style="font-size: 10px;" valign="top">1
 
Disc 2
1. Screw Face style="font-size: 10px;" valign="top">1
2. Lick Samba style="font-size: 10px;" valign="top">1
3. Trenchtown Rock (Alternate Mix) style="font-size: 10px;" valign="top">1
4. Craven Choke Puppy style="font-size: 10px;" valign="top">1
5. Guava Jelly style="font-size: 10px;" valign="top">1
6. Acoustic Medley style="font-size: 10px;" valign="top">1
7. I'm Hurting Inside (Alternate Mix) style="font-size: 10px;" valign="top">1
8. High Tide Or Low Tide style="font-size: 10px;" valign="top">1
9. Slave Driver style="font-size: 10px;" valign="top">1
10. No More Trouble style="font-size: 10px;" valign="top">1
11. Concrete Jungle style="font-size: 10px;" valign="top">1
12. Get Up Stand Up style="font-size: 10px;" valign="top">1
13. Rastaman Chant style="font-size: 10px;" valign="top">1
14. Burnin' And Lootin' style="font-size: 10px;" valign="top">1
15. Iron Lion Zion style="font-size: 10px;" valign="top">1
16. Lively Up Yourself style="font-size: 10px;" valign="top">1
17. Natty Dread style="font-size: 10px;" valign="top">1
18. I Shot The Sheriff (Live) style="font-size: 10px;" valign="top">1
 
Disc 3
1. No Woman No Cry (Live At The Roxy) style="font-size: 10px;" valign="top">1
2. Who The Cap Fit style="font-size: 10px;" valign="top">1
3. Jah Live style="font-size: 10px;" valign="top">1
4. Crazy Baldheads style="font-size: 10px;" valign="top">1
5. War style="font-size: 10px;" valign="top">1
6. Johnny Was style="font-size: 10px;" valign="top">1
7. Rat Race style="font-size: 10px;" valign="top">1
8. Jammin' (12in Mix) style="font-size: 10px;" valign="top">1
9. Waiting In Vain (Advert Mix) style="font-size: 10px;" valign="top">1
10. Exodus (12in Mix) style="font-size: 10px;" valign="top">1
11. Natural Mystic style="font-size: 10px;" valign="top">1
12. Three Little Birds (Alternate Mix) style="font-size: 10px;" valign="top">1
13. Running Away style="font-size: 10px;" valign="top">1
14. Keep On Moving (London Version) style="font-size: 10px;" valign="top">1
15. Easy Skanking style="font-size: 10px;" valign="top">1
16. Is This Love (Horns Mix) style="font-size: 10px;" valign="top">1
17. Smile Jamaica style="font-size: 10px;" valign="top">1
18. Time Will Tell style="font-size: 10px;" valign="top">1
 
Disc 4
1. Africa Unite style="font-size: 10px;" valign="top">1
2. Survival style="font-size: 10px;" valign="top">1
3. One Drop style="font-size: 10px;" valign="top">1
4. One Dub style="font-size: 10px;" valign="top">1
5. Zimbabwe style="font-size: 10px;" valign="top">1
6. So Much Trouble In The World style="font-size: 10px;" valign="top">1
7. Ride Natty Ride (12in Mix) style="font-size: 10px;" valign="top">1
8. Babylon System style="font-size: 10px;" valign="top">1
9. Coming In From The Cold (12in Mix) style="font-size: 10px;" valign="top">1
10. Real Situation style="font-size: 10px;" valign="top">1
11. Bad Card style="font-size: 10px;" valign="top">1
12. Could You Be Loved (12in Mix) style="font-size: 10px;" valign="top">1
13. Forever Loving Jah style="font-size: 10px;" valign="top">1
14. Rastaman Live Up style="font-size: 10px;" valign="top">1
15. Give Thanks And Praise style="font-size: 10px;" valign="top">1
16. One Love/People Get Ready (12in Mix) style="font-size: 10px;" valign="top">1
17. Why Should I style="font-size: 10px;" valign="top">1
18. Redemption Song (Live In Pittsburgh) style="font-size: 10px;" valign="top">1

Editorial Reviews (supplied by Amazon.com):

1) Amazon.com
When Songs of Freedom was released originally in 1992, it was a perfect complement to either a greatest hits collection like Legend or the entire collection of the reggae master's albums. Songs boasts enough of the recognizable from Marley's canon to address the hit seeker, but the set also reaches way, way back to include Marley's first single, the youthful "Judge Not" from 1962, and then closes more than four hours later with a 1980 live take of "Redemption Song" from his last concert. In between are live takes, studio remixes, and, of course, standard looks at Marley standards, playing together as a perfect balance between the familiar and the new. The flow of famous takes increases into CDs 3 and 4, where "No Woman, No Cry" appears from a 1976 set at the Roxy and where "Jammin'" and "Exodus" come in mixes that were new to fans in 1992. Of course these four CDs show in wide-angle view exactly how fantastic and commercially improbable Marley was. He was able to popularize tunes about both the repression of African nations and their liberation while also bringing to rock audiences an undeniably Jamaican music, breaking the U.S. and British geographic strongholds on the 1970s pop and rock marketplace. Never mind that he made Island Records' first fortune, he also created a body of work so lasting that a four-CD set heavy on alternate versions can stand out in any contemporary music collection. For the 1999 reissue of the original 1992 box set, no new music has been added. The format has changed, though, from a long-box presentation to a cube containing individual slipcased CDs. It's still a remarkable gem. --Andrew Bartlett


Customer Reviews (supplied by Amazon.com):
Average Customer Rating: 5.0 out of 5

1) Love Songs of Freedom   [Rating: 5 out of 5]
I ordered this for my husband, a huge Bob Marley fan, and he listens to it all the time. It is great to hear different versions of the classics. I also enjoy these cd's a lot.

2) Yes!   [Rating: 5 out of 5]
Yeah, this is another 5 star album from Bob (all of his are 5 stars). The only thing I would say about this is that if you are going to spend the money to buy this, you're probably wanting A LOT of Bob Marley. I would recommend getting his studio albums first (Catch A Fire, Burnin', Natty Dread, Rastaman Vibration, Exodus, Kaya, Survival, Uprising, and Confrontation). After you have those you may want to get some live Marley, so check out Live at the Roxy and Babylon By Bus. Finally, if you still need more Bob, get this box set. It has a lot of rare stuff on it that you'll definitely enjoy if you like all of those other albums.

3) Simply the best   [Rating: 5 out of 5]
Everyone who likes Reggae Music must have this CD.Simply the best of Bob Marley...

4) A Stunning And Brilliantly Assembled Bob Marley Collection.   [Rating: 5 out of 5]
Out of all the Christmas gifts I have received today, one stands clear as my favorite: "Songs Of Freedom", a four cd boxed set compiling 88 classic Marley tunes, a vast number of which are rarities. Alternate takes, never or rarely heard performances (starting with his first recordings with Peter Tosh and Bunny Livingston dating back to 1964) and much more. The sound quality is quite good, as are the sequencing and the liner notes.Bob Marley was an incredibly kind, loving, talented, nurturing and intelligent individual, and "Songs Of Freedom" is a testament to just how great this man truly was and how his message still rings true today: a message of peace, unity, love, tolerance, freedom and faith. This is a must have for all music fans, as no record collection is complete without anything by Bob Marley.

5) Excellent!   [Rating: 5 out of 5]
It's not much I can say because this box set will NOT disappoint! From beginning to end, it captures your ears! With a 95-page booklet which includes insight into Bob's life, song origins and wonderful photos, whether you are a huge fan or a beginning fan, you will not get enough of each of the tracks! The 12" mixes of JAMMIN', EXODUS, RIDE NATTY RIDE, COMING IN FROM THE COLD, COULD YOU BE LOVED, and ONE LOVE/PEOPLE GET READY are the highlights for me as well as the first disc, which includes early mixes of ONE LOVE/PEOPLE GET READY, MELLOW MOOD, STIR IT UP, & THANK YOU LORD!


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