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Artist...[ Bob Marley

Title....[ 1945 - 1981 Spiritual Journey (The Lion of Reggae)

Genre....[ Reggae

Year.....[ 2008

Encoder..[ LAME3.97 (-V2 --vbr-new)

Bitrate..[ VBRkbps

Quality..[ Joint-Stereo

kHz......[ 44.1kHz

Source...[ CDDA

Date.....[ Mar-04-2008

Type.....[ Album

Size.....[ 73,0 MB

Lable....[ WHE International

Cat.Nr...[ n/a

URL......[ www.bobmarley.com























Nr. ARTIST/TRACK. Time.

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01 lively up yourself 02:53

02 soul rebel 03:46

03 treat yourself right 02:14

04 rebel's hop 02:39

05 soul almighty 02:41

06 kaya 02:31

07 trenchtown rock 02:58

08 soul shakedown party 03:11

09 natural mystic 05:44

10 fussing and fighting 02:29

11 african herbsman 02:24

12 keep on moving 03:06

13 go tell it on the mountain 03:16

14 how many times 02:26

15 bonus track 29:15

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TOTAL: 71:33 min



























Reggae's most transcendent and iconic figure, Bob Marley was

the first Jamaican artist to achieve international

superstardom, in the process introducing the music of his





native island nation to the far-flung corners of the globe.

Marley's music gave voice to the day-to-day struggles of the

Jamaican experience, vividly capturing not only the plight of

the country's impoverished and oppressed but also the devout

spirituality that remains their source of strength. His songs

of faith, devotion, and revolution created a legacy that

continues to live on not only through the music of his extended

family but also through generations of artists the world over

touched by his genius.





Robert Nesta Marley was born February 6, 1945, in rural St.

Ann's Parish, Jamaica; the son of a middle-aged white father

and teenaged black mother, he left home at 14 to pursue a music

career in Kingston, becoming a pupil of local singer and devout

Rastafarian Joe Higgs. He cut his first single, "Judge Not," in

1962 for Leslie Kong, severing ties with the famed producer

soon after over a monetary dispute. In 1963 Marley teamed with

fellow singers Peter Tosh, Bunny Livingston, Junior

Braithwaite, Beverly Kelso, and Cherry Smith to form the vocal

group the Teenagers; later rechristened the Wailing Rudeboys

and later simply the Wailers, they signed on with producer

Coxsone Dodd's legendary Studio One and recorded their debut,

"I'm Still Waiting." When Braithwaite and Smith exited the

Wailers, Marley assumed lead vocal duties, and in early 1964

the group's follow-up, "Simmer Down," topped the Jamaican

charts. A series of singles including "Let Him Go (Rude Boy Get

Gail)," "Dancing Shoes," "Jerk in Time," "Who Feels It Knows

It," and "What Am I to Do" followed, and in all, the Wailers

recorded some 70 tracks for Dodd before disbanding in 1966. On

February 10 of that year, Marley married Rita Anderson, a

singer in the group the Soulettes; she later enjoyed success as

a member of the vocal trio the I-Threes. Marley then spent the

better part of the year working in a factory in Newark, DE, the

home of his mother since 1963.





Upon returning to Jamaica that October, Marley re-formed the

Wailers with Livingston and Tosh, releasing "Bend Down Low" on

their own short-lived Wail 'N' Soul 'M label; at this time all

three members began devoting themselves to the teachings of the

Rastafari faith, a cornerstone of Marley's life and music until

his death. Beginning in 1968, the Wailers recorded a wealth of

new material for producer Danny Sims before teaming the

following year with producer Lee "Scratch" Perry; backed by

Perry's house band, the Upsetters, the trio cut a number of

classics, including "My Cup," "Duppy Conqueror," "Soul

Almighty," and "Small Axe," which fused powerful vocals,

ingenious rhythms, and visionary production to lay the

groundwork for much of the Jamaican music in their wake.

Upsetters bassist Aston "Family Man" Barrett and his drummer

brother Carlton soon joined the Wailers full-time, and in 1971

the group founded another independent label, Tuff Gong,

releasing a handful of singles before signing to Chris

Blackwell's Island Records a year later.





1973's Catch a Fire, the Wailers' Island debut, was the first

of their albums released outside of Jamaica, and immediately

earned worldwide acclaim; the follow-up, Burnin', launched the

track "I Shot the Sheriff," a Top Ten hit for Eric Clapton in

1974. With the Wailers poised for stardom, however, both

Livingston and Tosh quit the group to pursue solo careers;

Marley then brought in the I-Threes, which in addition to Rita

Marley consisted of singers Marcia Griffiths and Judy Mowatt.

The new lineup proceeded to tour the world prior to releasing

their 1975 breakthrough album Natty Dread, scoring their first

U.K. Top 40 hit with the classic "No Woman, No Cry." Sellout

shows at the London Lyceum, where Marley played to racially

mixed crowds, yielded the superb Live! later that year, and

with the success of 1976's Rastaman Vibration, which hit the

Top Ten in the U.S., it became increasingly clear that his

music had carved its own niche within the pop mainstream.





As great as Marley's fame had grown outside of Jamaica, at home

he was viewed as a figure of almost mystical proportions, a

poet and prophet whose every word had the nation's collective

ear. His power was perceived as a threat in some quarters, and

on December 3, 1976, he was wounded in an assassination

attempt; the ordeal forced Marley to leave Jamaica for over a

year. 1977's Exodus was his biggest record to date, generating

the hits "Jamming," "Waiting in Vain," and "One Love/People Get

Ready"; Kaya was another smash, highlighted by the gorgeous "Is

This Love" and "Satisfy My Soul." Another classic live date,

Babylon by Bus, preceded the release of 1979's Survival. 1980

loomed as Marley's biggest year yet, kicked off by a concert in

the newly liberated Zimbabwe; a tour of the U.S. was announced,

but while jogging in New York's Central Park he collapsed, and

it was discovered he suffered from cancer that had spread to

his brain, lungs, and liver. Uprising was the final album

released in Marley's lifetime -- he died May 11, 1981, at age

36.





Posthumous efforts including 1983's Confrontation and the

best-selling 1984 retrospective Legend kept Marley's music

alive, and his renown continued growing in the years following

his death -- even decades after the fact, he remains synonymous

with reggae's worldwide popularity. In the wake of her

husband's passing, Rita Marley scored a solo hit with "One

Draw," but despite the subsequent success of the singles "Many

Are Called" and "Play Play," by the mid-'80s she largely

withdrew from performing to focus on raising her children.

Oldest son David, better known as Ziggy, went on to score

considerable pop success as the leader of the Melody Makers, a

Marley family group comprised of siblings Cedella, Stephen, and

Sharon; their 1988 single "Tomorrow People" was a Top 40 U.S.

hit, a feat even Bob himself never accomplished. Three other

Marley children -- Damian, Julian, and Ky-Mani -- pursued

careers in music as well.

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