- 01Songs of FreedomThe Bob Marley box set, Songs of Freedom, that came out in 1992, has sold over a million, at one point was the best-selling box of all time – in any musical genre – and today it is still up in the top five sets.from the chapter
- 02“One Love”Thanks to its continued use in ‘Come to Jamaica’ TV commercials around the world, Bob's ‘One Love’ has become an unofficial national anthem.from the chapter
- 03“Honour Your Father and Your Mother”Desmond came to Beverley's that way, and we tested him and the first song he recorded was called “Honour Your Father and Your Mother” – I tested that and put in a few lines for him.from the chapter
- 04“Judge Not”I think he had five songs, and I picked three of them – “Judge Not”, “One Cup of Coffee” and “Terror” – and Leslie Kong take him to Federal to record them a week or so later.from the chapter
- 05“One Cup of Coffee”I think he had five songs, and I picked three of them – “Judge Not”, “One Cup of Coffee” and “Terror” – and Leslie Kong take him to Federal to record them a week or so later.from the chapter
- 06Bob, Rita, PeterAt some time during 1968 Danny cut an album with them called Bob, Rita, Peter – it couldn't be billed as the Wailers because Bunny wasn't on it, he was in jail on a ganja charge at the time – and to say it didn't do well would be dictionary-definition understatement:from the chapter
- 07“I Know You Got Soul”Our distributor in England, Major Minor, wouldn't take that Bob Marley album for free – and they were having huge hits with Johnny's “I Know You Got Soul” and “Cupid” [Johnny Nash was the tenth best-selling male singer in Britain in 1969].from the chapter
- 08“Cupid”Our distributor in England, Major Minor, wouldn't take that Bob Marley album for free – and they were having huge hits with Johnny's “I Know You Got Soul” and “Cupid” [Johnny Nash was the tenth best-selling male singer in Britain in 1969].from the chapter
- 09“Israelites”At this point urban Sweden was proving itself receptive to reggae with Desmond Dekker's ‘Israelites’ a number 1 hit single and Johnny Nash's rocksteady crooning also proving popular.from the chapter
- 10I Can See Clearly NowI used them to record backing for some of Johnny's I Can See Clearly Now album, which Bob wrote songs for, and on the recording of “Reggae on Broadway”, which would go out as a Bob Marley solo single for CBS.from the chapter
- 11“Reggae on Broadway”I used them to record backing for some of Johnny's I Can See Clearly Now album, which Bob wrote songs for, and on the recording of “Reggae on Broadway”, which would go out as a Bob Marley solo single for CBS.from the chapter
- 12“Stir It Up”However, the hits kept coming off it: ‘Stir It Up’, ‘Guava Jelly’, ‘There Are More Questions Than Answers’, ‘I Can See Clearly Now’; and as the first two were Bob Marley compositions Danny was keen to get some recognition for the Wailers by piggybacking the group on this success.from the chapter
- 13“Guava Jelly”However, the hits kept coming off it: ‘Stir It Up’, ‘Guava Jelly’, ‘There Are More Questions Than Answers’, ‘I Can See Clearly Now’; and as the first two were Bob Marley compositions Danny was keen to get some recognition for the Wailers by piggybacking the group on this success.from the chapter
- 14“There Are More Questions Than Answers”However, the hits kept coming off it: ‘Stir It Up’, ‘Guava Jelly’, ‘There Are More Questions Than Answers’, ‘I Can See Clearly Now’; and as the first two were Bob Marley compositions Danny was keen to get some recognition for the Wailers by piggybacking the group on this success.from the chapter
- 15“Midnight Ravers”Having been exposed to these revolutionary and artistic influences, during the six months Bob spent in Jamaica in 1971 he wrote and recorded songs like ‘Midnight Ravers’, ‘Satisfy My Soul’, ‘Concrete Jungle’ ‘Natural Mystic’.from the chapter
- 16“Satisfy My Soul”Having been exposed to these revolutionary and artistic influences, during the six months Bob spent in Jamaica in 1971 he wrote and recorded songs like ‘Midnight Ravers’, ‘Satisfy My Soul’, ‘Concrete Jungle’ ‘Natural Mystic’.from the chapter
- 17“Concrete Jungle”Having been exposed to these revolutionary and artistic influences, during the six months Bob spent in Jamaica in 1971 he wrote and recorded songs like ‘Midnight Ravers’, ‘Satisfy My Soul’, ‘Concrete Jungle’ ‘Natural Mystic’.from the chapter
- 18“Natural Mystic”Having been exposed to these revolutionary and artistic influences, during the six months Bob spent in Jamaica in 1971 he wrote and recorded songs like ‘Midnight Ravers’, ‘Satisfy My Soul’, ‘Concrete Jungle’ ‘Natural Mystic’.from the chapter
- 19“Pushbike Song”However, there was a price tag involved: reggae was pitched in with the likes of the Mixtures’ ‘Pushbike Song’, Dawn's ‘What Are You Doing Sunday’ and New World's ‘Tom Tom Turnaround’ and had to compete with those tunes on their own terms.from the chapter
- 20“What Are You Doing Sunday”However, there was a price tag involved: reggae was pitched in with the likes of the Mixtures’ ‘Pushbike Song’, Dawn's ‘What Are You Doing Sunday’ and New World's ‘Tom Tom Turnaround’ and had to compete with those tunes on their own terms.from the chapter
- 21“Tom Tom Turnaround”However, there was a price tag involved: reggae was pitched in with the likes of the Mixtures’ ‘Pushbike Song’, Dawn's ‘What Are You Doing Sunday’ and New World's ‘Tom Tom Turnaround’ and had to compete with those tunes on their own terms.from the chapter
- 22Tighten Up(OK, the Tighten Up covers were high erotica at the time, but take a long look at them tomorrow.)from the chapter
- 23Catch a FiresOriginal Zippo-sleeved Catch a Fires in good nick are not quite as common as hen's teeth.from the chapter
- 24BurninThe follow-up album, Burnin’, seemed aware of these issues as it opted for a far less adulterated sound and was far more successful.from the chapter
- 25Natty DreadIt's in Bob's next LP, Natty Dread, that you can hear the triumvirate Wailers to fullest effect.from the chapter
- 26“Three O'lock Road Block”Of all the albums this is the fattest and the most fulfilled, with a range of songs embracing ‘Three O'lock Road Block’, ‘No Woman No Cry’, ‘Dem Belly Full’ and ‘Talkin' Blues’, to show up all aspects of their personalities.from the chapter
- 27“No Woman No Cry”Of all the albums this is the fattest and the most fulfilled, with a range of songs embracing ‘Three O'lock Road Block’, ‘No Woman No Cry’, ‘Dem Belly Full’ and ‘Talkin' Blues’, to show up all aspects of their personalities.from the chapter
- 28“Dem Belly Full”Of all the albums this is the fattest and the most fulfilled, with a range of songs embracing ‘Three O'lock Road Block’, ‘No Woman No Cry’, ‘Dem Belly Full’ and ‘Talkin' Blues’, to show up all aspects of their personalities.from the chapter
- 29“Talkin' Blues”Of all the albums this is the fattest and the most fulfilled, with a range of songs embracing ‘Three O'lock Road Block’, ‘No Woman No Cry’, ‘Dem Belly Full’ and ‘Talkin' Blues’, to show up all aspects of their personalities.from the chapter
- 30“Redemption Song”The high spots are still up there – ‘Redemption Song’, ‘Natural Mystic’, ‘Waiting in Vain’ to name the three pinnacles – but the depth of writing doesn't run through and these peaks are relatively few and far between.from the chapter
- 31“Waiting in Vain”The high spots are still up there – ‘Redemption Song’, ‘Natural Mystic’, ‘Waiting in Vain’ to name the three pinnacles – but the depth of writing doesn't run through and these peaks are relatively few and far between.from the chapter
- 32“Exodus”Hence the structures, arrangements and sound of so much of the later work didn't change: take, for instance, ‘Exodus’ and ‘Coming in from the Cold’: they sound like they're off the same session but there's four years between them, a lifetime in reggae terms.from the chapter
- 33“Coming in from the Cold”Hence the structures, arrangements and sound of so much of the later work didn't change: take, for instance, ‘Exodus’ and ‘Coming in from the Cold’: they sound like they're off the same session but there's four years between them, a lifetime in reggae terms.from the chapter