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Every Little Thing's Gonna Be Alright: Classic Bob Marley Set Remixed in Surround

May 21, 2014 By Mike Duquette 5 Comments

Legend 30The biggest reggae album of all time is getting bigger - 5.1 channels bigger.

Island/Tuff Gong/UMe will reissue Bob Marley & The Wailers' Legend for its 30th anniversary. The posthumous compilation album (Marley had died of cancer three years earlier at only 36) has been a stalwart of catalogue music since its release in 1984, becoming the highest-selling reggae album of all time (15 million copies certified shipped by the RIAA alone, and some 27 million worldwide) and spending 992 non-consecutive weeks on Billboard's charts, second only to Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon. Its most recent reissue was in 2002, featuring all 14 tracks (including two cassette bonus tracks, "Easy Skanking" and "Punky Reggae Party") in their original album versions. (A double-disc deluxe edition added a baker's dozen of 12" remixes.)

The 30th anniversary edition of Legend features a new variant on the 14-track album, with the live version of  "No Woman, No Cry" being replaced by its album version from 1973's Natty Dread. The cassette bonus tracks have also been replaced by previously unreleased alternate versions. That playlist will be available in one set on both CD and Blu-Ray Pure Audio, featuring a new 5.1 surround mix by legendary mixer Bob Clearmountain. The 28-page casebound book package promises new liner notes (including forewords from the likes of Paul McCartney and Stevie Wonder) and unseen photos. For the vinyl enthusiast, a double LP will also be pressed on tri-colored red, yellow and green wax.

The Legend continues on July 1, and you can get your copies after the jump.

Legend 30 packshotLegend: 30th Anniversary Edition (released as Island 90169, 1984 - reissued Island/Tuff Gong/UMe B0020866-00, 2014)

CD/BD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K.
2LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K.

  1. Is This Love
  2. No Woman, No Cry
  3. Could You Be Loved
  4. Three Little Birds
  5. Buffalo Soldier
  6. Get Up, Stand Up
  7. Stir It Up
  8. Easy Skanking (Alternate) *
  9. One Love/People Get Ready
  10. I Shot the Sheriff
  11. Waiting in Vain
  12. Redemption Song
  13. Satisfy My Soul
  14. Exodus
  15. Jamming
  16. Punky Reggae Party (Alternate) *

Tracks 1 and 13 from Kaya (Island, 1978)
Track 2 from Natty Dread (Island, 1974)
Tracks 3 and 12 from Uprising (Island, 1980)
Tracks 4, 9, 11, and 14-15 from Exodus (Island, 1977)
Track 5 from Confrontation (Island, 1983)
Tracks 6 and 10 from Burnin' (Island, 1973)
Track 7 from Catch a Fire (Island, 197
Tracks 8 and 16 previously unreleased. Original versions from Kaya (Island, 1978) and "Jamming" single (Island, 1977)

Legend 30 vinyl

Categories: News Formats: Blu-Ray Tags: Bob Marley, Vinyl

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Michael Duquette (Founder) was fascinated with catalog music ever since he discovered there was more than one version of John Williams' soundtrack to E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial. A 2009 graduate of Seton Hall University with a B.A. in journalism, Mike paired his profession with his passion through The Second Disc, one of the first sites to focus on all reissue labels great and small. His passion for reissues turned into a career, with bylines on catalog at Discogs, City Pages and Ultimate Prince and credits on titles including the Grammy-winning 'Squeeze Box: The Complete Works of "Weird Al" Yankovic.' Born and raised in New Jersey, Mike lives in Astoria, Queens with an ever-expanding collection of music.

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Comments

  1. Don says

    May 21, 2014 at 2:21 pm

    It's hardly Legend without the live version of "No Woman No Cry." And I'm all for alternate mixes, but why not include them as bonuses rather than replacing the album versions? This compilation has been tweaked so many times already.

    Reply
    • Rob Maurer says

      May 21, 2014 at 5:27 pm

      Ridiculous already. The 5.1 remix, I can understand. But REPLACING three originally included tracks with alternates is just incomprehensible to me.

      Reply
  2. Zubb says

    May 21, 2014 at 8:14 pm

    I never understood why "Roots, Rock Reggae" was not included in Legend. And wasn't the original Legend vinyl LP release different from when it was released on CD?

    Reply
  3. SimonP says

    May 23, 2014 at 11:33 am

    The UK Amazon links don't work correctly. Looked it up anyway and the 2 disc is £42! Also spotted that the 5.1 disc says Blue Ray on it, tsskk...

    Reply
  4. Joe F says

    July 3, 2014 at 6:11 pm

    does the blue ray disc have a stereo layer?

    Reply

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