Bob Marley & the Wailers - Songs of Freedom (Audio CD - 1999) [Box Set]

When Songs of Freedom was released originally in 1992, it was a perfect complement to either a greatest hits collection like Legend or the entire collection of the reggae master's albums. Songs boasts enough of the recognizable from Marley's canon to address the hit seeker, but the set also reaches way, way back to include Marley's first single, the youthful "Judge Not" from 1962, and then closes more than four hours later with a 1980 live take of "Redemption Song" from his last concert. In between are live takes, studio remixes, and, of course, standard looks at Marley standards, playing together as a perfect balance between the familiar and the new. Of course these four CDs show in wide-angle view exactly how fantastic and commercially improbable Marley was. He was able to popularize tunes about both the repression of African nations and their liberation while also bringing to rock audiences an undeniably Jamaican music, breaking the U.S. and British geographic strongholds on the 1970s pop and rock marketplace. For the 1999 reissue of the original 1992 box set, no new music has been added. The format has changed, though, from a long-box presentation to a cube containing individual slipcased CDs. It's still a remarkable gem.
Condition: Brand New Factory Sealed

TRACK LISTING

Disc 1

1 Judge Not / Bob Marley 2:26
2 One Cup of Coffee / Bob Marley 2:34
3 Simmer Down / Bob Marley 2:50
4 I'm Still Waiting / Bob Marley 3:06
5 One Love/People Get Ready / Bob Marley 3:21
6 Put It On / Bob Marley 3:08
7 Bus Dem Shut (Pyaka) / Bob Marley 2:47
8 Mellow Mood / Bob Marley 3:31
9 Bend Down Low / Bob Marley 2:30
10 Hypocrites / Bob Marley 2:35
11 Stir It Up / Bob Marley 3:12
12 Nice Time / Bob Marley 2:45
13 Thank You Lord / Bob Marley 3:40
14 Hammer / Bob Marley 2:56
15 Caution / Bob Marley 2:44
16 Back Out / Bob Marley 2:18
17 Soul Shakedown Party / Bob Marley 3:05
18 Do It Twice / Bob Marley 2:48
19 Soul Rebel / Bob Marley 3:18
20 Sun Is Shining / Bob Marley 2:11
21 Don't Rock the Boat / Bob Marley 4:31
22 Small Axe / Bob Marley 3:56
23 Duppy Conqueror / Bob Marley 3:39
24 Mr. Brown / Bob Marley 3:32

Disc 2

1 Screwface / Bob Marley 2:23
2 Lick Samba / Bob Marley 2:33
3 Trench Town Rock / Bob Marley 3:28
4 Craven Choke Puppy / Bob Marley 2:52
5 Guava Jelly / Bob Marley 2:17
6 Guava Jelly/This Train/Cornerstone/Comma Comma/Dewdrops/Stir It up/L'M / Bob Marley 12:09
7 I'm Hurting Inside / Bob Marley 3:28
8 High Tide or Low Tide / Bob Marley 4:09
9 Slave Driver / Bob Marley 2:51
10 No More Trouble / Bob Marley 3:59
11 Concrete Jungle / Bob Marley 4:10
12 Get up, Stand Up / Bob Marley 3:14
13 Rastaman Chant / Bob Marley 3:50
14 Burnin' and Lootin' / Bob Marley 4:13
15 Iron Lion Zion / Bob Marley 2:55
16 Lively up Yourself / Bob Marley 5:10
17 Natty Dread / Bob Marley 3:34
18 I Shot the Sheriff / Bob Marley 5:26

Disc 3

1 No Woman, No Cry / Bob Marley 5:22
2 Who the Cap Fit / Bob Marley 4:41
3 Jah Live / Bob Marley 4:15
4 Crazy Baldhead / Bob Marley 3:10
5 War / Bob Marley 3:36
6 Johnny Was / Bob Marley 3:46
7 Rat Race / Bob Marley 2:49
8 Jamming / Bob Marley 5:45
9 Waiting In Vain / Bob Marley 3:59
10 Exodus / Bob Marley 7:25
11 Natural Mystic / Bob Marley 3:28
12 Three Little Birds / Bob Marley 2:56
13 Running Away / Bob Marley 4:14
14 Keep on Movin' / Bob Marley 5:44
15 Easy Skanking / Bob Marley 2:55
16 lS This Love / Bob Marley 4:00
17 Smile Jamaica / Bob Marley 3:13
18 Time Will Tell / Bob Marley 3:32

Disc 4

1 Africa Unite / Bob Marley 2:54
2 Survival / Bob Marley 3:52
3 One Drop / Bob Marley 3:51
4 One Dub / Bob Marley 3:53
5 Zimbabwe / Bob Marley 3:47
6 So Much Trouble In the World / Bob Marley 3:57
7 Ride Natty Ride / Bob Marley 6:22
8 Babylon System / Bob Marley 4:18
9 Coming In from the Cold / Bob Marley 6:04
10 Real Situation / Bob Marley 3:08
11 Bad Card / Bob Marley 2:48
12 Could You Be Loved / Bob Marley 5:26
13 Forever Loving Jah / Bob Marley 3:51
14 Rastaman Live Up! / Bob Marley 5:21
15 Give Thanks and Praise / Bob Marley 3:14
16 One Love/People Get Ready / Bob Marley 7:08
17 Why Should I / Bob Marley 3:33
18 Redemption Song / Bob Marley Live 4:08