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Burnin' (Deluxe Edition)

Bob Marley & the Wailers - Burnin' (Deluxe Edition) Audio CD

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Band: Bob Marley & the Wailers
Title: Burnin' (Deluxe Edition)
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Release Date: 2004-09-28
Media: Audio CD

Tracks: 1: Get Up, Stand Up 2: Hallelujah Time 3: I Shot The Sheriff 4: Burnin' And Lootin' 5: Put It On 6: Small Axe 7: Pass It On 8: Duppy Conqueror 9: One Foundation 10: Rastaman Chant 11: Reincarnated Souls 12: No Sympathy 13: The Oppressed Song 14: Get Up, Stand Up 15: Get Up, Stand Up 16: Duppy Conqueror 17: Slave Driver 18: Burnin' And Lootin' 19: Can't Blame The Youth 20: Stop That Train 21: Midnight Ravers 22: No More Trouble 23: Kinky Reggae 24: Get Up, Stand Up 25: Stir It Up 26: Put It On 27: Lively Up Yourself

Out of key
20 into Slave Driver, the intro to No More Trouble (2. I also think that the live recording from Leeds is spectacular in sound (probably the best sound on a live recording I've ever heard), tightness and energy, but is it only me that have noticed that The Wailers plays out of key during the whole set? Listen to Tosh's guitar 4. 05). Tosh short solo on Stir it Up (3. 46) is a nightmare. These are just a few remarks - the list could be much longer. Sometimes everything sounds right but suddenly Tosh gets lost, or the keyboardist, and sometimes even Marley's rythm guitar sounds out of key. It's only 'Family Man' Barret on base and his brother on drums that got it 100% together on this recording. It's so frustrating! This would have been a pure masterpiece. Live! is meek in comparison to the energy on this live. If I was given one ride with a time machine today i would go to Leeds on the 23/11 1973 and get their instruments in tune. .

Even if you have the original get this for the 2nd disc
My understanding is that Burnin' was the last wailers release to include Peter Tosh. I did not have the original so this was an easy decision to make. Serious Bob fans will want to add this 2 cd deluxe set to their collection. Not only is it crisp and clear but the band is tight and focused - especially true on the live selections (disc 2). The remastering effort is excellent. The first disc makes you feel like you are standing in the studio with the band and the second makes you feel like you're in the audience.
About the live disc: the band is on top of their game here. It's a tight show that features excellent versions from the Burnin' album.
If you're new to Bob you might want to start with Exodus (or at least make Exodus part of your collection at some point) but experienced fans will not go wrong with this 2 cd set.

hot reggae
They WERE the Wailers, the originals. This album is one of the best I've heard! The live album is incredible with such energy and great harmonies from Bob, Bunny, and Peter. The beats are hot with funky guitar effects. WELL WORTH THE MONEY! If you missed catching these guys live, this album takes you there.
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Hallelujah Time!
A mere six months after the release of their brilliant breakthrough album, Catch A Fire, the group actually managed to top themselves with Burnin', arguably the greatest reggae album of all time. 1973 was a monumental year for the original Wailers. This album's most celebrated tunes, "Get Up, Stand Up" and "Sheriff" have certainly stood the test of time. But while they are, without question, worthy of their classic status, it is many of the lower profile tunes, in my opinion, that truly make Burnin' special. Take, for example, Bunny Wailer's two incredible contributions, "Hallelujah Time" and "Pass It On". His lyrics have rarely been more insightful and his voice more hauntingly beautiful than on these two cuts. And, while Peter Tosh only contributes a single song to this collection with "One Foundation", it is easly one of his finest both musically and lyrically. The Wailers' updates of classics recorded a few years earlier for Lee Perry, "Put In On", "Small Axe" and "Duppy Conqureror", are also stellar, if not necessarily superior to the originals. Finally, we have the dark, millitant anthem "Burnin' and Lootin'" and uplifting closing track "Rasta Man Chant" rounding out this amazing collection of songs.

This deluxe edition is certainly worth owning, even if you already have an original copy of Burnin' (in my case, a very worn out LP I purchased about 20 years ago). Featured as bonus tracks are two early sketches of songs Bunny would eventually re-cut for Black Heart Man: "Reincarnated Souls" and "The Opressed Song" as well as Tosh's classic "No Sympathy", which probably should have found its way onto Burnin' originally.

The real exciting news, however, is disc two, which features a concert recorded at Leed's University a short while before Bob, Bunny and Peter went their seperate ways. Bunny, as well as his tour replacement Joe Higgs, are unfortunately absent from this recording and, subsequently, so are the group's trademark three-part vocal harmonies. None the less, this is a great performance and a powerful reminder of how amazing this original lineup was. The sound quality is also vastly superior to the bootlegs I've heard.

This is truly the deluxe edition of an essential album and well worth your hard-earned money.

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if you don't own this you need to go buy it now
After this album tensions amoung the original Wailers (Bob Marley, Peter Tosh, Bunny Wailer)proved to be too much and they broke up. This is the last album by the trio who started out as the Wailers. But this album released in 1973 was the Wailers greatest work. the trio prefectly compliment each other on the classic I Shot the Sheriff and the fine Get Up, Stand Up. On Burnin' unlike on Catch A Fire, each Wailer gets a few of their own songs performed even though Bob Marley still takes many of the lead vocals. Burnin' is mainly some of the band's older songs re-worked with some new tunes that are quite catchy. All the songs have excellent harmonies and phat instrumentation, and to no one's suprise, the Barrett brother lay down some great grooves. This album presents the Wailers at the peak of their powers. the second disc is unbelievable. The leeds show has been in circulation amoungst tape traders but not with the quality here. The leeds show is one of my favorite wailers shows, and is one of the last concerts marley played with tosh. It is well worth the money for this, and I would recommend this as a great introduction to the wailers sound, these 2 discs surpass legened by far. .

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