Songs Of Freedom - The Island Years
Bob Marley & The Wailers
Songs Of Freedom – The Island Years is a newly revised edition of the classic Bob Marley box set, issued as a 3‑CD and 6‑LP collection that focuses exclusively on Marley’s Island Records period from the early 1970s to his final recordings. Streamlined from the original 1992 Songs of Freedom (which also covered his 1960s Jamaican singles), this version tracks his emergence as an international star, starting around Catch a Fire and running through to “Redemption Song,” with a particular emphasis on rare mixes, B‑sides, and Jamaican single versions appearing on vinyl for the first time outside Jamaica. The 3‑CD edition collects 45 tracks, while the 6‑LP box spreads them across red, green, and gold coloured vinyl (or standard black), all housed with a substantial booklet of essays, photos, and detailed track notes.
Musically, the set moves in roughly chronological arcs: Disc 1 (or LPs 1–2) covers early Island‑era cuts like “High Tide or Low Tide,” “Slave Driver,” “Concrete Jungle,” “Get Up, Stand Up,” “Rastaman Chant,” “Burnin’ and Lootin’,” “I Shot the Sheriff,” “No Woman, No Cry,” “Who the Cap Fit,” “Jah Live,” “Crazy Baldhead,” and “War,” framing Marley’s shift from Jamaican roots artist to globally recognized voice of protest and spiritual resilience. Disc 2 (LPs 3–4) leans into the mid‑ to late‑’70s peak—“Jammin’,” “Waiting in Vain,” “Exodus,” “Natural Mystic,” “Three Little Birds,” “Is This Love,” “Smile Jamaica,” “Africa Unite,” “Survival,” “One Drop,” and its dub counterpart “One Dub”—while Disc 3 (LPs 5–6) covers the Survival, Uprising, and Confrontation period with “Zimbabwe,” “So Much Trouble in the World,” “Ride Natty Ride” (12" mix), “Babylon System,” “Coming in from the Cold” (12" mix), “Could You Be Loved” (12" mix), “Forever Loving Jah,” “Rastaman Live Up,” “One Love/People Get Ready” (12" mix), “Why Should I,” and a live “Redemption Song” from Pittsburgh 1980.
Songs Of Freedom – The Island Years is a newly revised edition of the classic Bob Marley box set, issued as a 3‑CD and 6‑LP collection that focuses exclusively on Marley’s Island Records period from the early 1970s to his final recordings. Streamlined from the original 1992 Songs of Freedom (which also covered his 1960s Jamaican singles), this version tracks his emergence as an international star, starting around Catch a Fire and running through to “Redemption Song,” with a particular emphasis on rare mixes, B‑sides, and Jamaican single versions appearing on vinyl for the first time outside Jamaica. The 3‑CD edition collects 45 tracks, while the 6‑LP box spreads them across red, green, and gold coloured vinyl (or standard black), all housed with a substantial booklet of essays, photos, and detailed track notes.
Musically, the set moves in roughly chronological arcs: Disc 1 (or LPs 1–2) covers early Island‑era cuts like “High Tide or Low Tide,” “Slave Driver,” “Concrete Jungle,” “Get Up, Stand Up,” “Rastaman Chant,” “Burnin’ and Lootin’,” “I Shot the Sheriff,” “No Woman, No Cry,” “Who the Cap Fit,” “Jah Live,” “Crazy Baldhead,” and “War,” framing Marley’s shift from Jamaican roots artist to globally recognized voice of protest and spiritual resilience. Disc 2 (LPs 3–4) leans into the mid‑ to late‑’70s peak—“Jammin’,” “Waiting in Vain,” “Exodus,” “Natural Mystic,” “Three Little Birds,” “Is This Love,” “Smile Jamaica,” “Africa Unite,” “Survival,” “One Drop,” and its dub counterpart “One Dub”—while Disc 3 (LPs 5–6) covers the Survival, Uprising, and Confrontation period with “Zimbabwe,” “So Much Trouble in the World,” “Ride Natty Ride” (12" mix), “Babylon System,” “Coming in from the Cold” (12" mix), “Could You Be Loved” (12" mix), “Forever Loving Jah,” “Rastaman Live Up,” “One Love/People Get Ready” (12" mix), “Why Should I,” and a live “Redemption Song” from Pittsburgh 1980.
Songs Of Freedom - The Island Years
Bob Marley & The Wailers
Songs Of Freedom – The Island Years is a newly revised edition of the classic Bob Marley box set, issued as a 3‑CD and 6‑LP collection that focuses exclusively on Marley’s Island Records period from the early 1970s to his final recordings. Streamlined from the original 1992 Songs of Freedom (which also covered his 1960s Jamaican singles), this version tracks his emergence as an international star, starting around Catch a Fire and running through to “Redemption Song,” with a particular emphasis on rare mixes, B‑sides, and Jamaican single versions appearing on vinyl for the first time outside Jamaica. The 3‑CD edition collects 45 tracks, while the 6‑LP box spreads them across red, green, and gold coloured vinyl (or standard black), all housed with a substantial booklet of essays, photos, and detailed track notes.
Musically, the set moves in roughly chronological arcs: Disc 1 (or LPs 1–2) covers early Island‑era cuts like “High Tide or Low Tide,” “Slave Driver,” “Concrete Jungle,” “Get Up, Stand Up,” “Rastaman Chant,” “Burnin’ and Lootin’,” “I Shot the Sheriff,” “No Woman, No Cry,” “Who the Cap Fit,” “Jah Live,” “Crazy Baldhead,” and “War,” framing Marley’s shift from Jamaican roots artist to globally recognized voice of protest and spiritual resilience. Disc 2 (LPs 3–4) leans into the mid‑ to late‑’70s peak—“Jammin’,” “Waiting in Vain,” “Exodus,” “Natural Mystic,” “Three Little Birds,” “Is This Love,” “Smile Jamaica,” “Africa Unite,” “Survival,” “One Drop,” and its dub counterpart “One Dub”—while Disc 3 (LPs 5–6) covers the Survival, Uprising, and Confrontation period with “Zimbabwe,” “So Much Trouble in the World,” “Ride Natty Ride” (12" mix), “Babylon System,” “Coming in from the Cold” (12" mix), “Could You Be Loved” (12" mix), “Forever Loving Jah,” “Rastaman Live Up,” “One Love/People Get Ready” (12" mix), “Why Should I,” and a live “Redemption Song” from Pittsburgh 1980.
Songs Of Freedom – The Island Years is a newly revised edition of the classic Bob Marley box set, issued as a 3‑CD and 6‑LP collection that focuses exclusively on Marley’s Island Records period from the early 1970s to his final recordings. Streamlined from the original 1992 Songs of Freedom (which also covered his 1960s Jamaican singles), this version tracks his emergence as an international star, starting around Catch a Fire and running through to “Redemption Song,” with a particular emphasis on rare mixes, B‑sides, and Jamaican single versions appearing on vinyl for the first time outside Jamaica. The 3‑CD edition collects 45 tracks, while the 6‑LP box spreads them across red, green, and gold coloured vinyl (or standard black), all housed with a substantial booklet of essays, photos, and detailed track notes.
Musically, the set moves in roughly chronological arcs: Disc 1 (or LPs 1–2) covers early Island‑era cuts like “High Tide or Low Tide,” “Slave Driver,” “Concrete Jungle,” “Get Up, Stand Up,” “Rastaman Chant,” “Burnin’ and Lootin’,” “I Shot the Sheriff,” “No Woman, No Cry,” “Who the Cap Fit,” “Jah Live,” “Crazy Baldhead,” and “War,” framing Marley’s shift from Jamaican roots artist to globally recognized voice of protest and spiritual resilience. Disc 2 (LPs 3–4) leans into the mid‑ to late‑’70s peak—“Jammin’,” “Waiting in Vain,” “Exodus,” “Natural Mystic,” “Three Little Birds,” “Is This Love,” “Smile Jamaica,” “Africa Unite,” “Survival,” “One Drop,” and its dub counterpart “One Dub”—while Disc 3 (LPs 5–6) covers the Survival, Uprising, and Confrontation period with “Zimbabwe,” “So Much Trouble in the World,” “Ride Natty Ride” (12" mix), “Babylon System,” “Coming in from the Cold” (12" mix), “Could You Be Loved” (12" mix), “Forever Loving Jah,” “Rastaman Live Up,” “One Love/People Get Ready” (12" mix), “Why Should I,” and a live “Redemption Song” from Pittsburgh 1980.