{"product_id":"the_bob_marley_songbook","title":"The Bob Marley Songbook","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Bob Marley Songbook is a 2LP\/2CD compilation on Charly Records that focuses on Bob Marley \u0026amp; The Wailers’ formative recordings with producer Lee “Scratch” Perry at the turn of the 1970s. Rather than drawing from the later Island Records hits, it gathers early versions of key songs that would become cornerstones of Marley’s catalogue, capturing the band as they move from rocksteady into the heavier, roots‑reggae style that would define them. Across LP1 (or CD1), you get classics like “Hypocrites,” “Kaya,” “Small Axe,” “Stand Alone,” “Who Is Mr. Brown,” “Put It On,” “Duppy Conqueror,” “Soul Rebel,” “Sun Is Shining,” “Corner Stone,” “Mellow Mood,” “Rainbow Country,” “African Herbsman,” “Caution,” “Lively Up Yourself,” “Back Out,” and “Soul Shake Down Party,” presented in their raw, analog early mixes.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA second “tribute” disc (LP2\/CD2) expands the concept by featuring contemporaries and peers interpreting Marley’s songs, including Dillinger (“Modern Judas”), Cornell Campbell (“Concrete Jungle”), Peter Tosh (“Get Up, Stand Up”), Johnny Clarke (“No Woman, No Cry”), Delroy Wilson (“I’m Still Waiting”), and others, plus a vintage duet with Johnny Lover featuring Marley \u0026amp; The Wailers on “I Like It Like This.” Packaging and label notes frame the set as both an introduction to Marley’s early work and a celebration of his influence on the wider reggae community, emphasizing how these songs formed a shared repertoire that other Jamaican artists continually re‑interpreted. With its combination of foundational Wailers sides and sympathetic cover versions, The Bob Marley Songbook functions as a curated portrait of Marley as songwriter and bandleader, showing how material forged in small Kingston studios went on to resonate across generations and voices.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Record Store","offers":[{"title":"Vinyl \/ 2LP","offer_id":53292310364474,"sku":"37599","price":49.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false},{"title":"CD \/ 2CD","offer_id":53292310397242,"sku":"37600","price":28.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/2041\/0682\/files\/Screenshot_2026-04-08_at_3.51.18_PM.jpeg?v=1775678105","url":"https:\/\/recordstore.ca\/products\/the_bob_marley_songbook","provider":"Record Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}