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In assembling Bob Marley & the Wailers' British chart singles for the 1984 compilation Legend, Island Records created what turned out to be a perennial seller, but also an album that misrepresented the range of Marley's work, downplaying its political aspect in favor of danceability and romantic sentiments. Of course, what made Marley such a powerful figure internationally was his message about the uprising of the oppressed, but you wouldn't know that from Legend. Two years later, Island sought to redress the balance with its second major Marley compilation, Rebel Music. Here, in tracks drawn from such albums as Natty Dread, Rastaman Vibration, and Survival, Marley the political activist could be heard in all his glory, decrying "So Much Trouble in the World." In "War," presented in the medley with "No More Trouble" that had appeared originally on the 1978 concert album Babylon by Bus, he quoted Ethiopian ruler Haile Selassie about the dire consequences of denying rights to people of color. At the end, in a version taken from the 1975 "Live!" album, he implored his listeners to "Get Up, Stand Up." (Of course, he was not unaware that that exhortation also allowed them to dance in the aisles.) There were other political songs in Marley's repertoire, of course, and Rebel Music shared with Legend an unfortunate tendency to slight the Wailers' early albums, which contained plenty of appropriate material. (Only one track was drawn from Catch a Fire and none at all from Burnin'.) But for the millions who bought Legend, Rebel Music provided a necessary corrective revealing Marley's impassioned political stance. (Note that this compilation marked the first release on an album of "Roots," the non-LP B-side to the 1977 single "Waiting in Vain.")
© William Ruhlmann /TiVo
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CHRIS BLACKWELL, Producer - Bob Marley & The Wailers, MainArtist - The Wailers, Producer - Hugh Peart, ComposerLyricist - Aston Barrett, ComposerLyricist - Paul Groucho Smykle, Remixer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1974 Island Records Ltd.
Alex Sadkin, Producer, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Bob Marley, ComposerLyricist - Bob Marley & The Wailers, Producer, Mixer, MainArtist, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1979 UMG Recordings, Inc.
CHRIS BLACKWELL, Producer - Bob Marley & The Wailers, MainArtist - The Wailers, Producer - Sylvan Morris, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Carlton Barrett, ComposerLyricist - Phil Ault, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Lecon Cogill, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1974 Island Records, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited
Rita Marley, ComposerLyricist - Bob Marley & The Wailers, Producer, MainArtist
℗ 1976 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Bob Marley, ComposerLyricist - CHRIS BLACKWELL, Producer - Jack Nuber, Producer, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Bob Marley & The Wailers, Producer, MainArtist - Carlton Barrett, ComposerLyricist - Allan Cole, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1978 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Bob Marley, Producer, ComposerLyricist - CHRIS BLACKWELL, Producer - Bob Marley & The Wailers, MainArtist
℗ 1977 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Errol Brown, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Bob Marley, Producer, Acoustic Guitar, Recording Arranger, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Marcia Griffiths, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Tony Platt, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - CHRIS BLACKWELL, Producer - Peter Tosh, Guitar, Organ, Piano, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Rita Marley, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Bob Marley & The Wailers, MainArtist - The Wailers, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Bunny Wailer, Percussion, Bongos, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Carlton Barrett, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Aston Barrett, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - John "Rabbit" Bundrick, Keyboards, Organ, Synthesizer, AssociatedPerformer - Winston Wright, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Carlton Lee, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Stu Barrett, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Chris Karen, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Francisco Willie Pep, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Suha Gur, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1973 Island Records, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited
Alex Sadkin, Producer, Mixer, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Errol Brown, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Bob Marley, ComposerLyricist - DENNIS THOMPSON, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Bob Marley & The Wailers, Producer, Mixer, MainArtist, StudioPersonnel - Chiao, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Philip Zadie, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1979 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Vincent Ford, ComposerLyricist - CHRIS BLACKWELL, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Rita Marley, ComposerLyricist - Bob Marley & The Wailers, Producer, MainArtist - Aston Barrett, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Errol Thompson, Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1976 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Steve Smith, Producer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Bob Marley, ComposerLyricist - CHRIS BLACKWELL, Producer - Phill Brown, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Peter Tosh, ComposerLyricist - Bob Marley & The Wailers, MainArtist - Dave Harper, Mixer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1975 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Bob Marley & The Wailers, MainArtist
℗ 1979 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Album review
In assembling Bob Marley & the Wailers' British chart singles for the 1984 compilation Legend, Island Records created what turned out to be a perennial seller, but also an album that misrepresented the range of Marley's work, downplaying its political aspect in favor of danceability and romantic sentiments. Of course, what made Marley such a powerful figure internationally was his message about the uprising of the oppressed, but you wouldn't know that from Legend. Two years later, Island sought to redress the balance with its second major Marley compilation, Rebel Music. Here, in tracks drawn from such albums as Natty Dread, Rastaman Vibration, and Survival, Marley the political activist could be heard in all his glory, decrying "So Much Trouble in the World." In "War," presented in the medley with "No More Trouble" that had appeared originally on the 1978 concert album Babylon by Bus, he quoted Ethiopian ruler Haile Selassie about the dire consequences of denying rights to people of color. At the end, in a version taken from the 1975 "Live!" album, he implored his listeners to "Get Up, Stand Up." (Of course, he was not unaware that that exhortation also allowed them to dance in the aisles.) There were other political songs in Marley's repertoire, of course, and Rebel Music shared with Legend an unfortunate tendency to slight the Wailers' early albums, which contained plenty of appropriate material. (Only one track was drawn from Catch a Fire and none at all from Burnin'.) But for the millions who bought Legend, Rebel Music provided a necessary corrective revealing Marley's impassioned political stance. (Note that this compilation marked the first release on an album of "Roots," the non-LP B-side to the 1977 single "Waiting in Vain.")
© William Ruhlmann /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 11 track(s)
- Total length: 00:49:18
- Main artists: Bob Marley & The Wailers
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Island Records
- Genre: World
© 2002 Universal Island Records Ltd. A Universal Music Company. This Compilation ℗ 2002 Universal Island Records Ltd. A Universal Music Company.
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