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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
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 (Review copyright Amazon.co.uk)
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Track listing1. Judge Not
2. One Cup Of Coffee
3. Simmer Down
4. I'm Still Waiting
5. One Love
6. Put It On
7. Bus Dem Shut (Pyaka)
8. Mellow Mood
9. Bend Down Low
10. Hypocrites
11. Stir It Up
12. Nice Time
13. Thank You Lord
14. Hammer
15. Caution
16. Back Out
17. Soul Shakedown Party
18. Do It Twice
19. Soul Rebel
20. Sun Is Shining
21. Don't Rock The Boat
22. Small Axe
23. Duppy Conqueror
24. Mr Brown
25. Screwface
26. Lick Samba
27. Trench Town Rock
28. Craven Choke Puppy
29. Guava Jelly
30. Acoustic Medley
31. High Tide Or Low Tide
32. Slave Driver
33. No More Trouble
34. Concrete Jungle
35. Get Up Stand Up
36. Rastaman Chant
37. Burnin' And Lootin'
38. Iron Lion Zion
39. Lively Up Yourself
40. Natty Dread
41. I Shot The Sheriff
42. No Woman No Cry
43. Who The Cap Fits
44. Jah Live
45. Crazy Baldheads
46. War
47. Johnny Was
48. Rat Race
49. Jammin'
50. Waiting In Vain
51. Exodus
52. Natural Mystic
53. Three Little Birds
54. Running Away
55. Keep On Movin'
56. Easy Skanking
57. Is This Love
58. Smile Jamaica
59. Time Will Tell
60. Africa Unite
61. Survival
62. One Drop
63. One Dub
64. Zimbabwe
65. So Much Trouble In The World
66. Ride Natty Ride
67. Babylon System
68. Coming In From The Cold
69. Real Situation
70. Bad Card
71. Could You Be Loved
72. Forever Loving Jah
73. Rastaman Live Up
74. Give Thanks And Praise
75. One Love/People Get Ready
76. Why Should I
77. Redemption Song
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