Name: Small Axe
Brand: Bob Marley

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specxx2049

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Format Music GB

Limited edition

Release date

2010-09-20

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Signed copies: No

Supplier GB

Universal

Tax rate GB

Standard:20

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2 / CD / Extended format: No / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No

Artist

Bob Marley

Genre GB

Reggae / Dub

Label GB

Nesta Robert "Bob" Marley was a Jamaican singer-songwriter and musician. He fronted The Wailers (1963-1974) and Bob Marley &amp; The Wailers (1974–1981), becoming the most widely known performer of reggae music. Marley's music gave voice to the political and cultural issues of Jamaica, spreading both Jamaican music and the Rastafari movement worldwide.Marley's best-known hits include "I Shot the Sheriff", "No Woman, No Cry", "Could You Be Loved", "Stir It Up", "Get Up Stand Up", "Jamming", "Redemption Song", "One Love" and, "Three Little Birds". His compilation album Legend (1984) is reggae's best-selling album, selling 25 million copies worldwide.

after forming the wailers in the early sixties, bob marley, peter tosh and bunny 'wailer' livingston became one of jamaica's leading acts, pummelling the local charts with a catalogue of driving ska hits for studio one records. the late sixties saw a dip in the fortunes, but their spell out of the spotlight came to a spectacular end in 1970 when the trio began working with the enigmatic lee 'scratch' perry. over the next two years, the union spawned a series of sublime sides that are still widely regarded as reggae classics. 'small axe' highlights all of these recordings that saw issue in the uk on both 7" and 12" during the early seventies. included are original versions of numerous songs that would famously be re-cut for island records, plus instrumental versions and collaborations with carl 'ras' dawkins and dave 'double barrel' barker, with the latter featuring on 'all over', a duet with bunny wailer that makes its cd debut with this release. acclaimed by many as bob marley and the wailers' finest work ever, this is the music that made the legend.

Small Axe

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